Thursday 23rd October 2025

Sport

The elusive magic of club cricket

As summer draws to a close and we all arrive in Oxford ready for the start of Michaelmas term, spare a thought for the country’s club cricketers who are...

Over 12,000 compete in the 2025 Oxford Half Marathon

Thousands took to the streets of Oxford yesterday morning to race in the Oxford...

England batter Canada to claim the 2025 Women’s Rugby World Cup

After consecutive final defeats in 2017 and 2022, England have finally claimed a third...

Oxford Handball’s historic season: From promotion to British Champions

The Oxford University Handball Club Men’s team, the Blues Team of the Year, has...

The trials of being a sportsperson

Chris Knowles explores the physical and mental challenges of professional sport

The Sporting Bio: Rich Smith – Football

In the first of a series of sporting biographies, Ben Szreter profiles Oxford’s most gifted sportspeople

The Premier League’s World Cup hopefuls

Gruffudd Owen assesses the World Cup chances of the Premier League’s English, Spanish and Brazilian stars

Undergrad retains England youth rugby place

Gus Jones of St. Catz and London Wasps has been named in the England U-20s squad for the forthcoming Six Nations.

Is the Swann-song justifiable?

Jonny Minshull-Beech provides a criticism of Graeme Swann's retirement mid-Ashes

So we’ve lost the Ashes, now what?

Samuele Volpe discusses the failings of the England cricket team this winter: what we can expect in the remaining two tests of the series.

Carter leads Blues to fourth win in a row

Samuele Volpe recaps an enthralling game at Twickenham which saw the Oxford blues victorious yet again

England responsible for own fate in Brazil

Jonny Minshull-Beech argues that neither the group nor the weather can be blamed if England flounder in Brazil

Rugby’s Southern Hemisphere still dominate the Home Nations

James Reid provides a retrospective on Rugby's Autumn Internationals

Twickenham calling: Varsity rugby preview

Samuele Volpe, Christopher Knowles, and Sean Morris provide a detailed look at the form of the Varsity rivals and the way this year's contest is shaping up.

College netball looking tense

Anna Murphy brings us up to speed with the goings on in the college netball scene

Big week for novice boaties

Gruffudd Owen profiles the ongoing Christ Church rowing regatta

Rugby reserves prove point

Matt Slomka watched the rugby league Maroons for Cherwell

Blues 2 – 0 Birmingham

Ben Szreter and Tom Phelan report on a Blues football revenge mission

Friday fight night doesn’t go to plan

Jack Prescott was ringside for the first big night of the year for the University’s amateur boxing club

Hockey season gets interesting

Christopher Knowles updates us on the recent goings-on at the hockey club.

Top of the JCR Premiership hotting up

Ben Szreter discusses the tense battles emerging in this year’s JCR top division.

An American werewolf in Wembley

Visiting student Elliot Chester spent Tuesday at England v. Germany, and explains his revelatory experience.

MT13 college rugby season review

Man-in-charge Sean Morris examines this term's rugby winners and losers.

Swimming Update

Gruffudd Owen fills us in on the recent meets of the Swimming club.

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