Monday 9th June 2025

Sport

And the Isis roared – Summer Eights 2025

For the viewing public, and those involved in the racing, Summer Eights 2025 gave some reasons to be fearful. The Thamesis Regatta, the very first novice regatta of the...

In defence of the much-maligned offseason

What will you watch? That’s always the complaint, the second the final whistle blows...

Fencing Novices may be new, but they get the point

Varsity competitions might seem out of reach to many. Sportspeople who fill the ranks...

Lancer-lot: Oxford American Football trounce Cambridge Pythons

There aren't many sports in which 48-0 is a respectable scoreline. American Football is...

Tennis Blues ease relegation worries with win

The Women’s Blues edged out Cardiff Met to ease their relegation worries and leaving their Welsh counterparts looking over their shoulders

Plenty of snow but little silverware for Oxford’s skiers

The races end honours even on the Varsity Trip following a batch of heavy snowfall

Keep your health afloat and stay in the boat

A first-year perspective on why you shouldn’t give rowing the heave-ho

The Premier League – how sustainable is the current format?

Man City's scintillating season highlights the problem of a polarised division

Some sage seasonal advice from the Secret College Footballer

Mince Pie, North Pole, Come on Oxford score us a goal

A pick of Oxford’s best running routes

Rob Lentz takes a tour of the best places in and around the city to go for a jog

It’s time to freshen up the BBC coverage of the Varsity Match

Cal Flintoff believes that the BBC coverage could do more to reflect the true spirit of this venerated fixture

Bell stars as Oxford beaten at Twickenham

Cambridge, who were clinical in attack, sealed a 20-10 victory

Oxford beaten by dominant Cambridge in Women’s Varsity

The Light Blues dominated proceedings to win 24-0 at Twickenham

“We’ve got lots of exciting talent in the team”

Blues Rugby captains Conor Kearns and Sophie Behan speak to Thomas Browne ahead of the Varsity Match.

“If we dig in and accept the challenge, it is very much in our hands”

Ahead of Thursday's Varsity Match, former Saracens flanker Andy Saull tells Matt Roller that he is playing the most unselfish rugby of his career

England on the brink of success

England's adult team may be stuck in a rut, but our youth sides just can't stop winning

Oxford leave Heineken Cup winner on bench for Varsity

Dominic Waldouck fails to make the Oxford XV after an injury-riddled term

“You never felt like you’d actually made it”

Ex-England batsman Chris Tavaré tells Matt Roller about his Ashes success and Blues memories

Valtteri Bottas: living his F1 dream

The Finn tells Shiv Bhardwaj about his Formula One season to date

All-weather warriors

Not even rain of biblical magnitudes dampens a college footballer's enthusiasm

Hooliganism overshadows Oxford’s win over Brookes

Last night's football match between the Oxford Men's Blues and Oxford Brookes ended in a pitch-side brawl

Injuries overshadow Men’s Blues victory

Heineken Cup winner Dom Waldouck lasted just 18 minutes on debut

Blues ensure league survival with Bristol victory

Oxford continue their Varsity preparations with a narrow win

Could Man City become the new ‘Invincibles’?

TJ Fitzgerald argues that talk of an unbeatable team is premature

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