Wednesday 24th 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...

Oliver Wyman hockey tournament

Magdalen pip Jesus off the post in final of Oliver Wyman 7-a-side hockey tournament

Wimbledon 2011

Adam Fellows rounds up on a fortnight of hope, disappointment and a whole lot of grunting.

The Transfer Window – Who needs whom?

With just under a week to go until the Transfer Window opens up for business, Aleks Klosok gives his definitive Barclays Premier League club-by-club guide as to what fans can come to expect to witness at their clubs this summer

Blues reach out

Vincent’s Club start outreach programme to support sport at under-funded state schools

My Summer-y of Eights

Rowing has never tickled our Sports Editor's fancy, but this year's Summer VIIIs gave it a good go

Hertford duck up on river

Hertford boat accidently kill duck on the Isis in 'freak accident'

Summer VIIIs 2011

The Cherwell Photo Team ventures down to the river, among the crowds and crews, to bring you the most exciting, and exhausting, rowing event of the year

Mario Kart Cuppers: Part II

The second installment of the high-octane thrillfest that is Mario Kart Cuppers 2011

Kick corruption out of football

Allegations of corruption against Sepp Blatter have tainted the game's image at the top. It is time for a change

Oar-some Oriel bump Christchurch

Matt Nicol reports on the first day of Summer Eights, which saw Oriel snatch the head of the river from Christchurch

Have we seen the back of Shaq?

Shaquille O'Neal called time on a nineteen year career on Twitter last Wednesday. The once unstoppable centre departs the game with an indelible legacy

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

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