Monday 22nd June 2026

Sport

Branding the beautiful game: How the World Cup logo signifies the commercialisation of football

As billions around the world gear up for the beautiful game to touch down in not one, but three cultural superpowers, there has been an overriding sense of disgruntlement...

It’s impossible not to be Romantic about football 

It’s impossible to not be romantic about football, and by that I mean Romantic...

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...

Blues v. Russia: The Lowdown

Cherwell's sport provides the essential big-game preview as the Blues Rugby team take on the 19th best team in the world.

College football 4th week round-up: Hotting up

Resident college football expert Ben Szreter runs through the last week's winners and losers.

Exeter student recalls mountaineering adventure

Exeter College's very own Patrick Gartland was lucky enough to climb Mt. Kilamanjaro earlier this term, he wrote this of his trek to the peak of Africa's highest mountain.

Blues netball: 4th week update

Gruffudd Owen caught up with the netball squad to catalogue some promising early season signs.

Oxford Baseballers strike-out Southampton

The University baseball squad travelled to, and dominated, Southampton last week and Elliot Chester was there for Cherwell.

Badminton Blues looking good

Following an impressive start to the season, Christopher Knowles catches us up on the Badminton team's recent success.

Women’s footy team pick-up vital away win

Anna Green summarise a bright women's football result for the Oxford u-21s.

Blues bruised by Premiership power

Sean Morris reports on a plucky defeat for the rugby boys versus Worcester Warriors.

Cross-Country Cuppers: A stroll in the park?

Elliot Chester gives us a competitor's perspective on last week's trying South Parks course.

Football’s three weirdest loans

Gruffudd Owen counts down three of the strangest short-term associations that football has ever seen.

Rugby girls tackling financial problems

Oxford University RFC tell us about the fun and games going towards raising money for the women's squad.

Univ’ rowers fundraise for Acer

Edward Beard tells Cherwell about this weekend's fundraising 'ergathon' designed to raise money in memory of Acer Nethercott and Capt. James Townley

Oxford Quidditch team serious about winning

Anna Murphy has spoken to the captain of the Radcliffe Chimeras about the upcoming challenges faced by this left-field sport.

Oxford triathlete has big plans

Samuele Volpe speaks to Sophia Saller about her recent international successes and the future.

Craven Cottage "in discussions" to hold Varsity football

A Fulham FC spokesman has disclosed that the West London side are in preliminary talks to give the University football match a more permanent home.

Boat Race Squads Announced

Thursday saw preparations for next year's Boat Race begin in earnest, as provisional squads for the 2014 event were announced.

How to ace college sport in five easy steps

Samuele Volpe offers a few tid-bits of advice guaranteed to lead you to sporting stardom.*

International Rescue?

Gruffudd Owen bemoans the problems the latest international break exposed for the home nations.

A Concrete Jungle: The US Open 2013

Emma Alexander takes a close look at the draw for the men's side of the last Tennis Grand Slam of the year, and makes a few predictions too.

Football League Preview

Nick Hilton looks at what to expect from the lower leagues teams next season

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