Monday 20th October 2025

Sport

The elusive magic of club cricket

As summer draws to a close and we all arrive in Oxford ready for the start of Michaelmas term, spare a thought for the country’s club cricketers who are...

Over 12,000 compete in the 2025 Oxford Half Marathon

Thousands took to the streets of Oxford yesterday morning to race in the Oxford...

England batter Canada to claim the 2025 Women’s Rugby World Cup

After consecutive final defeats in 2017 and 2022, England have finally claimed a third...

Oxford Handball’s historic season: From promotion to British Champions

The Oxford University Handball Club Men’s team, the Blues Team of the Year, has...

Mario Kart Cuppers

Alex O'Bryan-Tear takes you inside the dangerous world of competitive video games as he reports on the 2011 Mario Kart Cuppers

Rowers outraged at compulsory swimming tests

Council of Oxford University Rowing is reviewing decision to make swim tests compulsory for anyone to go on the water after many rowers condemn the plan

Hertford student makes a splash

Oxford swimmer self-rusticates to pursue his Olympic dream

Boathouses broken into

Lincoln and Queen's college boathouses trashed by thieves over the weekend

Scotland’s problem with football violence

Neil Lennon has been subjected to physical abuse on the pitch and death threats off it. What is it that makes Scottish football so divided?

‘Town and Gown’ unite for charity run

Over 3,000 people raced 10km through Oxford to raise money for muscular dystrophy last Sunday

American sport in crisis

Victor Mallet explains how the NFL's prolonged lockout is distancing fans from the sport

Interview: Stefan Szymanski

Cherwell Sport talks with Stefan Szymanski a leading expert in the world of sports economics

Oxford beat Cambridge in Varsity Football

Cherwell Sport access all areas at the Kassam Stadium to see Oxford take the 127th Varsity Football title

Win for tiddlywinking Tabs

Amidst the hymns and hangovers of May Day, Cambridge triumph again in Varsity tiddlywinks by 99 to 13 points

Varsity Match 2011 Preview

This year's Varsity Match promises to be a hard-fought encounter at the Kassam Stadium, Oxford. Cherwell Sport gets an exclusive inside preview from one of the players.

Oxford triumph in pentathlon

Dark blues take varsity victory in Cambridge

Doxbridge does Dublin

Olek Hola-Peryer reports on this year's Guinness-fuelled and not-so-serious sports tour to the Emerald Isle

Oxford win the Truelove Bowl

Oxford's boxers come from behind to beat Cambridge 6-3 in East London

Oxford women triumph on the water

Natalie Redgrave, daughter of Sir Steve, helps Oxford row to victory

Nothing New as Worcester win it again

The hard-fought end to New College's cup run saw Worcester re-establish themselves as the kings of college football

It’s not easy being a blue

The hardships of life as an elite rugby player

Handing them it on a plate

Lamenting the broken system of rugby cuppers

Match Reports

A rugby league win, and a couple of college crackers.

I don’t like sport very much

The view from the other side

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