Wednesday 3rd 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...

Stash: All the gear and no idea

Jonny Woods gives us an insight into the wonderful world of sporting stash. Does it serve a purpose other than to look ‘cool’ in Park End?

Disability sport not looking so grey anymore

James King speaks to Baroness Tanni Grey Thompson about her experiences in disability sport and what we can expect at London 2012

Aussie rules ok?

John Federssen gives us the low down on Oxford Aussie Rules

Blues battered at Shark End

Ralph Turner reports on a difficult night for the Blues against an impressive Sale Sharks side

On your marks, get set

Nick Hasle dives right into an over-chlorinated Swimming Cuppers

A game of two halves is better than one

Jonny Woods reports on how sporting dynamics at St Hilda’s have changed since the college became unisex

Cuppers: It’s a knockout

Cherwell Sport hears from the winners and losers from an eventful first round of football cuppers

The ups and downs of sport this term

Halfway through the sporting season Jonny Woods considers this term’s successes and failures so far

Oxford women net an emphatic victory

Newly appointed netball correspondent Alex Harding reports on Oxford’s impressive win

Not quite stuck in the mud

Oliver Moody reports from the quagmire that was an entertaining, but chaotic, cross country cuppers

For King and Country

David Timmins on the progression of archery since we last fought France

Brookes just don’t like us. Do we care?

Jonny Woods demonstrates how last week's friendly was a good indicator of Oxford�s one-way sporting rivalry

From the player’s mouth

Cherwell Sport gets a run down of the second week of college sport from the players on the ground.

Tales from the deep

David Hyman on one of the stranger sports you can play in Oxford

Blues stung by angry Wasps

James King watches the first major Blues fixture of the season, at the Iffley Road Stadium

Blues can’t shut out Brookes

Ralph Turner watches a day of intense drama at Iffley Road, both on and off the pitch

Right of passage: sporting initiations

Jonny Woods looks into the tabloid fodder of sporting initiations, and hopes that the Daily Mail doesn't read this.

From the players mouth

Cherwell sport gets the run down of the first week of College sport from the players on the ground.

Tips for the season

Trust Cherwell to make you a million with our hot tips for the upcoming sport season.

Oxford stumped by Tabs

Claire Bell reports on the Varsity women’s defeat at Lord's

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