Tuesday 2nd 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...

Losing is no laughing matter

Ross McDonald considers a new commonplace in modern sports: tearful athletes

"En garde" for fencing Blues

Match report of this thrilling Varsity encounter

Varsity Weekend Extravaganza

Photo Special from all the Varsity matches

Refugee camps to world cup: Afghanistan

Afghanistan's cricketing rise

Watch your back on the way home

Tim Wigmore shares his experiences from the pitch, both good and bad, as a football referee.

The other Presidential election

James Lester interviews the five candidates for Sports Federation President

Basketball Blues cruise into last 8

The basketball Blues defeat Warwick

Magdalen make LMH Waite in Cuppers

Magdalen's strong back line prove decisive against LMH

A sporting charity

Highlights of the work of Oxford charity 'Right To Play' and how to get involved.

Unsung Hero: Sports Fed President

What you don't know about this key role

The Pro: Amy Ellis-Thompson

This week: Judo

Dodge, duck, dip, dive…

Watch the movie. Now play.

Ch-Champions in the making

Scott Mody reports from JCR Football Premier division, where Christ Church thrash Catz 4-1

Chelsea’s other scandal

Ralph Turner on how Chelsea have buried bad news during their captain's ongoing scandal

Coulthard’s circuitous career

Assessing the highs and highs of David Coulthard's career

F1’s greatest champion returns

Michael Schumacher is back

Rumble at the Union

Town versus Gown 2010 shows a clear 7-4 win for the Town

Keble bear down on Teddy Hall

The tense college rugby title-decider between Keble and Teddy Hall

Footballing Frustration

No goals in crucial clash

This sport Lax nothing

A crash course on lacrosse

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