Thursday 4th December 2025

Sport

50 years of women’s cross-country Varsity

The 50th anniversary of women’s cross-country in the Oxford-Cambridge Varsity Competition is set to be celebrated on Saturday 6th December. The event will be held at Roehampton Vale, the...

The inescapable exhaustion of the tennis season 

The fatigue is inescapable as the tennis season draws slowly towards a close. Players...

Inside the little-known world of Oxford’s real tennis club

Real tennis? What, as opposed to fake tennis? No, real as in Real Madrid,...

Ethics versus economics: The WTA Finals in Riyadh

I am a tennis aficionado. I follow tennis year-round, and each tournament has a...

Clinical Blues wrap up Bucs hockey double

Matt Roller and Thomas Browne report on Oxford's hockey success against the Tabs

Blues train with Windies captain

Matt Roller reports on Carlos Brathwaite's training sessions with the Blues

What has happened to the north-west derby?

TJ Fitzegerald laments the demise of the Premier League's fiercest rivalry

College football mind-games

The Secret College Footballer mulls over the tactical battles of any given Monday

Why fans must embrace four-day Test innovation

Shiv Bhardwaj argues that Test cricket's survival relies on innovation, whether we like it or not

Blues edge out battling Dubliners

Peter Woodcock reports from Iffley Road where the men’s Blues managed to cling onto a narrow lead against Trinity College, Dublin

Away day magic is hard to beat

The Secret College Footballer returns to demystify the magic of an away game

Blues play through the night for Um Rio

Thomas Browne reports on a 24-hour rugby session at Iffley Road

Cliché of the week: “Nadal is past it”

The Spaniard still has plenty left in the tank, writes Jorge Lopez Llorente

Cliché of the week: “He’s really enjoying his football at the moment”

Barnaby Harrison tries to unpack a seemingly mindless phrase for cliché of the week

Cuppers – the greatest show on earth?

The Secret College Footballer returns with a look ahead to the 2017/18 season

Blues finish third in Elite University Cup

Thomas Browne reports on the Men's Blues' dramatic tour of China

Ben Stokes’ arrest has killed England’s Ashes chances

Jack Beadsworth sees little cause for optimism ahead of England's tour Down Under

2017/18 JCR Premier League preview: Catz favourites to retain the title

Matt Roller previews the 2017/18 JCR Premier Division

Cherwell’s guide to sport at Oxford

With so many opportunities on offer, sporting life at the university is just what you make it, writes Matt Roller

De Boerexit Means De Boerexit: Have Palace Got it Right?

James Martin asks the question of whether Crystal Palace were right to send manager Frank De Boer packing after just four league games

Has football finally sold its soul to money?

Jack Allsopp tries to make sense of Neymar's staggering transfer to PSG

Gus Poyet: “You have to be clear in what you believe”

Ex-Sunderland and Brighton manager Gus Poyet analyses pressure, power, and money in football with Daniel Curtis

Crichard’s haul sees Oxford slump to four-day defeat

Matt Roller reports on a disappointing four days at Fenner's

Inside the madness of the MLS

Shiv Bhardwaj reports from the Stanford Stadium on the Cali Clasico

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