Wednesday 4th June 2025

Sport

In defence of the much-maligned offseason

What will you watch? That’s always the complaint, the second the final whistle blows on the last game of the season and football loses all its appeal. This is...

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...

Summer Eights final day: Live updates

18:48 - Apologies to loyal Cherwell readers, phone service was a persistent issue throughout...

Interview: Martin Keown

Jack Pitt-Brooke chews over the Blues' loss at Craven Cottage with the Oxford coach.  

Oxford team christen Prague stadium

Oxford University will play Czech side Slavia Prague to open their new stadium in May.

Cricket: Pembroke vs Anne’s

Pembroke 165-9; St Anne's 167-2

Putting the Oomph in Barbados Rally

Oxford Motorsport    

Cricket: New vs Balliol

New 98 ; Balliol 99-4

Cricket: ChCh vs Magdalen

Christ Church 117-2 ; Magdalen 115

Varsity heartbreak: interview

Midfielder James Kelly was devastated to lose a pulsating match 5-3, but is optimistic for the future.  

Varsity: Heartbreak at Craven Cottage

Oxford 3 - 5 Cambridge

Rugby: SEH v Keble

Teddy Hall 46 - 36 Keble

Football: SEH v Worcester

Teddy Hall 0 - 1 Worcester

Cricket preview

It's not going to be a quiet season...

Just not cricket: unusual sports

Do you take part in a less orthodox summer sport? Get in touch.

College football round up, 7th and 8th weeks

PREMIER DIVISION Teddy Hall 3 Oriel 0 Last week, SEH regained some form by beating Oriel 3-0. It was a good attacking display, in...

Varsity Fives-A double report on all the highlights of the day

Report 1: by James DuboffLast week saw the massive Oxford dynasty descend upon Eton, all guns blazing, raring to go and greet the Cambridge...

Blues Athlete of the Week: Sam Humphry-Baker

Club: Oxford University Rugby Football Club College: Saint Edmund Hall Year/Course: 3rd Year Materials Science Position: Centre How long have you been involved with...

Boat Race: One month to go

In British University sport there is nothing comparable to the boat race. World class athletes putting in 1,200 hours of training, a crowd that...

Teachers discouraging state school applicants

Teachers’ conceptions of Oxbridge are a major obstacle to applications from the state sector, according to a report published by the Sutton Trust last...

New CD Releases

Do you like rock music?  British Sea Power   4/5An impassioned baritone, declaiming over music both anthemic and intimate. The best of ‘80s indie cross-bred...

London Marathon Man

The nipples and inner thighs were daubed with Vaseline, the tummy full of energy bars, and I was ready to go. The moment had...

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