Thursday 18th 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...

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

The death of a footballing superpower?

Jonny Minshull-Beech argues that Barcelona and their possession-based footballing philosophy have met their demise

Dimitar Berbatov – A tribute

Gareth Atkins bemoans the departure of one of the Premier League's most mercurial talents

Six Nations Preview: Wales to win, Scotland to suffer?

James Reid profiles the teams ahead of this year’s competition

College football round-up: Teddy Hall triumph

A good week for the league leaders, as Ben Sanders keeps us up to date with all the action in the JCR divisions

Sporting Biography: Gus Jones

Pippa Goodfellow and Ben Szreter continue our series profiling Oxford’s elite sportspeople.

Stanislas Wawrinka: The real deal?

Emma Alexander looks at tennis star Stanislas Wawrinka’s shocking Aussie Open win

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