Wednesday 27th May 2026

Sport

Oriel’s quest for headship at Summer VIIIs 2026

Sitting in Oriel Boat Club’s Captain's room, across from Captains Freiderikos and Merle, I am immersed in a blue and white legacy. The walls, as Freiderikos tells me, are...
Sport Sophi Hayes-Hoyle -

Formula One’s controversial 2026 regulations

Formula One – F1 – is widely regarded as the pinnacle of motorsport, 22...
Sport Gabriella Bedford -

The Roger Bannister mile and its modern legacy

The legacy of Roger Bannister and his famous sub-four-minute mile is etched all over...
Sport Tim Herd -

Oxford Competition Dance dazzles in first place

"Going into Loughborough, OUCD’s Varsity loss on 21st February still stung fresh."
Sport Niamh Tooher -
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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

Sport talk: a dictionary

Cherwell sport gives you another Fresher glossary that you’ll only be interested in if you’re a massive lad.

A college sporting chance

Cherwell sport introduces you to the highs and lows, pros and cons and ins and outs of Oxford college sport
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