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...

The secret (college) footballer: The Fans

Having devoted an entire season of Thursday afternoons and evenings to the sports grounds and curry houses of Oxford, our anonymous man on the inside is better placed than anyone to reveal the sordid truths of life at the ugly end of the beautiful game

Priced out of the Premier League

Josh Platt takes issue with the extortionate prices charged by top flight clubs, and advocates a boycott

New rugby league side arrives at Iffley

Edward Lowe gets the lowdown on Oxford Rugby League, a new side set to join Championship One

Let them take drugs

Will Dufton relishes the thought of a sporting world populated with testosterone-fuelled übermen

Simply sensational: Alan Hansen speaks to Cherwell sport

Josh Platt talks to BBC football pundit and former Liverpool player Alan Hansen about his career in broadcasting and his predictions for this season

Darts: more than just a pub game

Badly dressed fat men with a taste for beer can be sportsmen too

SPOTY: It’s not (just) about the sport

The BBC's Sports Personality of the Year has been criticised by some for being little more than a popularity contest. Tamsyn Woodman doesn't see the problem.

Premier League: five things we’ve learned this season

Scoring goals, team selection and the value of a Scotsman at the helm.

Sports Short: Best and Worst of Varsity Trip Stash

Resident ski-wear expert Will Dufton takes to the slopes in search of the best and the worst of Varsity Trip style

Cambridge skiers edge out Oxford in Varsity races

Injured Oxford skier Lucy Purslow looks on as Cambridge triumph in weather-affected races

Varsity hat-trick for Oxford

Oxford achieves its third victory in a row in the annual rugby match against Cambridge.

View From A Blue: Max Denning

Alex Hawkins-Hooker interviews Blues skier, Max Denning

Quidditch flying high

Monish Kulkarni speaks to Oxford Quidditch Captain, Angus Barry

Exeter dominate JCR Premier League

James Gheerbrant rounds up some of the Premier League's key matches

Keep up!

James Nottage wonders how to stay in touch with the world of sport in the Bubble

Hockey Blues truimph in gritty victory

James Taylor reports from the Blues v Cardiff Metopolitan’s 1sts hockey match.

‘Sorry guys, the game’s off’

James Nottage discusses the most annoying moment in the life of a college sportsperson: match cancellation

What can England hope for?

Monish Kulkarni rates England's chances in their upcoming Test tour against India

Teddy Hall go 22-12 over Oriel

Alex Hawkins-Hooker reports on this week's memorable match between last year's cupper finalists, Teddy Hall and Oriel

View From A Blue: Jamie Wheeler

Monish Kulkarni speaks to Jamie Wheeler on his experiences as a squad power-lifter

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