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...

Women’s Blues give Brookes a bashing

Elliot Chester reports on a comprehensive Women’s Blues victory over their noisy neighbours

Hockey Blues start Hilary term unbeaten

Chris Knowles and Oliver Sugg report on the start of the Blues Hockey Hilary term

Blues unbeaten in Dublin tour

Ezra Rubenstein rounds up a successful winter Irish excursion for Blues football

Is Italian football entering a new era?

Gruffudd Owen asks whether Clarence Seedorf’s appointment at AC Milan is the sign of better things to come

Time to savour the romance of the FA cup

Jonny Minshull-Beech champions the importance of the world’s oldest cup competition

Swimmers make a splash in Spain

Holly Winfield reports on Oxford University Swimming Club’s eventful winter training camp

David Moyes: the chosen one?

Jacob Rabinowitz analyses Manchester United’s newfound mediocrity

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

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