Sunday 13th July 2025

Sport

Away days for less than a tenner (plus hand luggage)

You probably know Prague as the boozy city break loved by British teenagers and stag do-goers alike. But did you know you could also attend a game at one...

And the Isis roared – Summer Eights 2025

For the viewing public, and those involved in the racing, Summer Eights 2025 gave...

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...

The Boat Race: Preview

Feel the rhythm, feel the rhyme, get on up, it's Boat Race time. Cherwell gives an overview of the biggest event in Oxford's sporting calendar

Varsity report: Table Tennis

Polly Streather reports and reviews the 2014 table tennis varsity match held at Iffley Road.

Oxford’s women rowers bid fond farewell to Henley

Jacob Rabinowitz reports on the Newton Women's Boat Race held at Henley on Sunday in the lead up to the Men's Boat Race this weekend.

Six Nations Team of the Tournament

James Reid talks us through his team of the tournament at this years Six Nations

Derby, not Forest, threaten a return to the big time

Andrew Lindsay reports on the history of the East Midlands Derby, and the recent clash between Derby County and Nottingham Forest at the iPro Stadium

Exeter win football cuppers in the dying moments

A last-gasp winner from George Bustin secured a first Cuppers Football Trophy in over 40 years for Exeter College AFC on a glorious Sunday afternoon

Cambridge crews heavier as Boat Race weigh-in takes place

On average Cambridge's men are 2.7kg heavier, and the women 4kg heavier, as the various crews look ahead to the next month of battles on the river.

Varsity Squash ends honours even

Andrew Lindsay reports on the men’s and women’s 2014 Squash Varsity in London

Mixed results in Varsity Duathlon

George Heppel reports back on events at the Varsity Duathlon

The Sporting Bio – Rupert Allison

Chris Knowles continues our series profiling Oxford’s elite sportspeople

2014 Six Nations: Once More Unto the Breach

Cherwell Sport looks ahead to the final rounds of fixtures of yet another close-run Six Nations championship

Blues Hockey men face international test

Cherwell preview the Blues Hockey team's marquee pre-varsity fixture against the GB Women

Is England’s ‘New Era’ a false dawn?

Ben Horton questions the removal of Pietersen and Flower in the ECB’s ‘rebuilding’ process

Balliol look set for the drop as Wadham inflict woe

Jacob Rabinowitz reports on the 'clash of the liberals' in the JCR Prem

Uni boxing club win Town vs. Gown

Samuele Volpe was ringside to see the Oxford University Amateur Boxing Club take on the town

Interview: Constantine Louloudis

Ben Szreter talks rowing with Oxford’s own Olympian, Constantine Louloudis

Can sport help to engineer social change?

Jacob Rabinowitz considers the impact of the Sochi Olympics and Qatar hosting the World Cup upon gay rights

Only Blues and Horses – The European Tour

Susie Wise reports on the Oxford University Equestrian Team’s a—neigh—zing exploits in France

A chance for England in Bangladesh?

Ben Horton is cautiously optimistic about England’s chances in the T20 World Cup

Modern Pentathlon: A Beginner’s Guide

Anna Murphy swims, rides, jabs, shoots and runs us through the basics of this gruelling Olympic event

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