Wednesday 17th June 2026

Sport

It’s impossible not to be Romantic about football 

It’s impossible to not be romantic about football, and by that I mean Romantic with a capital R. Turns out the literary canon of the Romantics and the sporting...

Goodbye football: Welcoming political tension to the centre stage of the World Cup

It’s been four years since England men lost to France at the quarter finals...

The women who turned the tide

Summer 2024 Annie Anezakis has just been elected OUBC Women’s President, Lilli Freischem is celebrating...

Summer VIIIs roundup: day two

Early divisions started strong, with many boats that bumped yesterday continuing on the same...

OUHC optimistic about varsity match

Oxford University Hockey Club Men's Blues hope this match will be first win since 2011

Oxford Uni Snooker Club varsity win

Oxford University men's snooker team resoundingly defeated the team from Cambridge

Oxford hope for historical BNY Mellon Boat Race victories

As OUWBC hope to win their first ever Boat Race on the Tideway, all Oxford boats are optimistic of their chances of victory over Cambridge

"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

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