Saturday 8th November 2025

Sport

Austria, the Allianz, and applause: How we make spaces divine

In March I twice came very close to something holy: once in Austria and once in the Allianz.  In Vienna, where Mozart played, lived, and died, I buy a ticket...
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Oxford Sailors take on the Celtic Sea

Many people would consider offshore yacht racing a somewhat daunting, if not downright insane,...
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The elusive magic of club cricket

As summer draws to a close and we all arrive in Oxford ready for...
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Over 12,000 compete in the 2025 Oxford Half Marathon

Thousands took to the streets of Oxford yesterday morning to race in the Oxford...
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The Need for Greed: has F1 gone too far and put its integrity at the back of the pack?

"Pageantry is nothing new for Formula 1, but in recent years it seems that there has been a shift towards increasing the celebrity of all the drivers"

Oxford’s Rugby League Glory

"This Saturday saw the Women’s Rugby League Blues team defeat Cambridge in their second Varsity since reinstating the club in 2022."

Scrapping for Survival 

The scrap for survival in the Premier League is always a thrilling spectacle from the neutral’s perspective, but one with potentially devastating consequences for those involved.

Men’s Blues are triumphant once again

For the third year running, the Oxford Blues Men’s Football team claimed a Varsity victory. They were worthy winners and were presented with the trophy by Oxford University Vice Chancellor

Cambridge comfortably defeat Women’s Blues

Cambridge women emerged as comfortable Varsity Football victors with a definitive performance against Oxford. For the first time in three years, Oxford did not get the double win.

Why the USA won’t win the World Cup

Since their Olympic bronze medal in Tokyo 2020, there have been questions as to whether their long reign at the top is coming to an end.

Captain’s Corner: OUAFC

This week Cherwell spoke to OUAFC captains Jess and Finlay in the build-up to the 138th Football Varsity Matches

“The Best Coaches don’t play.” Does this ring true in the footballing world?

The player-turned-manager trope is present in all sports, but nowhere is it more heavily scrutinised than in the world of football.

London Marathon Round-up

Ultimately, the race ran smoothly with the abnormal sights being the ice creams, dinosaurs, dominoes garlic herb dip and rhino gracing the track, among many more.

Captain’s Corner: OUBbC

"If you're athletic, you can do well at basketball but at the same time there's so much intelligence to the sport, and you can really study it, its tactics and plays for example."

Looking Ahead to the Women’s World Cup

"WWC23 promises to be a record-breaking event, in both attendance and viewership"

Klopp the problem?

So, is Klopp really at the heart of Liverpool’s rapid decline? The majority of pundits and fans alike have been reluctant throughout the season to point the finger at the manager first and foremost, proposing a variety of other factors as larger contributors. Areas such as the team’s ageing midfield and a loss of form of some of the team’s key men

Spoils shared at Twickenham in the historic rugby Varsity matches 

There are few institutions which are as obsessed with the past and tradition in the same way that Oxford University tends to be. Rugby has a similar tendency to dwell on the past, meaning that ensuring the annual Rugby Union Varsity fixtures are something of a match made in heaven,

Tabs sink Oxford in Boat Race clean sweep.

For the third time in history, Cambridge University boat club achieved a clean sweep of races, including Sunday’s boat race victories in both the...

Varsity Football: Women’s past is the future

This Sunday’s football Varsity against Cambridge will be the 138th played by the men and the 37th by the women since the club was founded in 1872. The dark blues will be looking for a repeat of last year’s double victory, a success which saw Oxford lifting both trophies. However

Naval Warfare: A review of Oxford water polo

Oxford B v Cambridge B February 8 The Oxford squad huddle as Hertford spectators converge on the poolside. Cambridge? Absent… but soon the mint shorts...

A varsity society match like no other; an ACS affair

'In a game in which the Cambridge side saw bursts of greatness at the very start and end, it was unquestionably Oxford ACS’s deserved victory.'

Broken Jumbotrons and Blurred Lines: Victor Wembanyama’s Roanne Rematch

In the second quarter, Victor finds himself double marked, he goes up for a three and finds Bandja Sy with a pass instead.

The Mankad, sporting etiquette and the so-called “Spirit of Cricket”

While the level of skill required is up for debate, it doesn’t explain the centrality of ‘sportsmanship’ in this conversation.

This is(n’t) a surface level issue

It comes back to the situation: the progress is almost there, so close yet so far.
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