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...

"Soccer lends itself to being depicted in an iconic way"

Football illustrator Daniel Nyari discusses his work and what it's like to be a 'football purist'

Polo Club Cuppers Hilary 2015

St Peter's return to the arena to defend their Michaelmas title

OUSC continue supremacy in pool

The Dark Blues win their varsity for the fourth year running

Interview: Paul Trevillion

Fergus Morgan chats to legendary sports artist Paul Trevillion

Interview: Alexandra Heminsley

Alexandra Heminsley talks about getting fit one day at a time

Victory for Oxford on Superbowl weekend

Last Sunday saw two American football matches: the Superbowl and the Oxford-Brookes derby

The Cherwell guide to watching sports in Hilary Term

We’ve summarised the next term of spectator sporting events for you to figure out how to spend your time not working.

Interview: Andrew Strauss

Samuele Volpe talks to the former England cricket captain about retirement, the stresses of touring, and Kevin Pietersen's book

Cupsets, drama, and humiliation on the road to Iffley

After the shock exit of the holders, will the football pitches of Oxford see another surprise?

Is F1 about to hit the barriers?

Samuele Volpe wonders if Formula One has wandered blithely into an existential crisis

Real Tennis: Tennis, but not as you know it…

Introducing one of the oldest sports in the world – a game that was ancient when Henry VIII picked it up

All in the timing: heat turned up on Qatar 2022

Despite human rights violations and FIFA corruption, Qatar’s biggest challenge is heat

Twickenham calling: Blues gunning for five in a row

With a month until the Varsity Match and tickets now on sale, Cherwell Sport looks ahead to the biggest game in university rugby

OUAFC Women thrash Cambridge 5-0

Shoe the tabs: Oxford women’s football team smashes Cambridge in BUCS thriller

Catz sports teams sign up to anti-homophobia campaign

St Catz sports teams to take part in #RAINBOWLACES anti-homophobia initiative

“This running malarkey was harder than I had anticipated"

Running 13 miles is no mean feat – one of the runners who took to the streets for the Oxford Half Marathon recalls her experience

Swimmers about to dive in to Cuppers

Novice inter-college event set to take place tomorrow at the Iffley Road Sports centre

Oxford’s jockeys fall at the last against impressive Tabs

The Oxford team performed admirably in an incredible day of racing at Newmarket racecourse

Runners criss-cross Kent countryside in training camp

Oxford University Cross Country prepared for an important Michaelmas just outside of Tonbridge

Oxford cyclists impress in Bristol

The season started well with cyclists placing as high as third in Bristol climbing event

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