Monday 9th June 2025

Sport

And the Isis roared – Summer Eights 2025

For the viewing public, and those involved in the racing, Summer Eights 2025 gave some reasons to be fearful. The Thamesis Regatta, the very first novice regatta of the...

In defence of the much-maligned offseason

What will you watch? That’s always the complaint, the second the final whistle blows...

Fencing Novices may be new, but they get the point

Varsity competitions might seem out of reach to many. Sportspeople who fill the ranks...

Lancer-lot: Oxford American Football trounce Cambridge Pythons

There aren't many sports in which 48-0 is a respectable scoreline. American Football is...

‘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

Just another night at Bridge

The delights of an evening at Bridge society

Wasteful Oxford keep winning

A lacklustre Blues continue their winning streak

Cuppers Match Reports

The run down on three of the cuppers quarter finals, unlucky St Hughs v Worcester

Army send Blues into retreat

On the pitch perspective of the Blues' army work out

A day in the life

The 'typical' day of two very different university sportsmen

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