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...

First Varsity hurdle fast approaching

Mid-October’s Varsity horse race is on track to wow Newmarket

Sports to look out for in Michaelmas

We give you the lowdown on new sports to get involved in the upcoming year

British athletes’ success bodes well

A review of the 2014 European Atheletics Championships in Zurich

6 ways to get involved in sport at Oxford

With Freshers' week on the horizon, Anna Murphy runs through her top tips on getting involved in the sporting scene amongst the spires

Women’s boxing: Knocking prejudice out for good

Summer Taylor provides an insight into female boxing and the prejudices it has to strive to overcome

What can we learn from the Commonwealth Games?

Ruth Akinradewo looks back and analyses how the athletics panned out after an intriguing competition

It’s back already: A Premiership football preview

With the big kick-off (no disrespect to the lower leagues) almost upon us, Jacob Rabinowitz takes a look at what the coming season may have in store

In defence of the Commonwealth Games

Anna Murphy argues that, despite many early jokes at its expense, Glasgow's sporting festival was an exciting and worthwhile event

Seven sporting disasters

After Brazil's calamitous World Cup 'choke', Jamie Farmer had a go at compiling a list of some other sporting disasters...

Oxford cricket team draw 4-day game but sneak series victory

Cherwell Sport looks back on a tight but ultimately successful conclusion to this year's varsity cricket series

Wimbledon and the Male Gaze

Mary Reader discusses the media's treatment of women in Wimbledon, both on and off the pitch

Archers shoot for the stars

Kirstie Smith talks BUCS victory for Oxford's archers

Oxford cricket side take "impossible" Varsity victory

Andrew Lindsay talks us through the action from the Varsity cricket match at Lords

Tignes announced as destination for Varsity Ski Trip 2014

The trip will be returning to the world-famous Espace Killy ski area for the second year in a row

Memories of 1966: How should we treat the legends?

With the World Cup now begun, Joel Nelson questions how the heroes of ‘66 are celebrated

Sporting Rock Stars: Maria Sharapova

This week Jamie Farmer takes a look at one of tennis' fiercest yet sparkliest modern competitors

2013-2014: The year of watery victories

With the academic year drawing to a close, Samuele Volpe reviews some of the sporting highlights

Conflict of interest: Supporting England and Man United

Sam Rabinowitz discusses the difficulty of solving the club versus country dilemma during the World Cup

College cricket scene set for an exciting finale

Jonny Turnbull takes a look into the inter college cricket leagues and cricket Cuppers

Oxford dominates the Varsity punt race

William Tomsett reviews the Varsity punt race, which took place in Cambridge this week

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