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Sport Spotlight: Charlotte Maple

Sport has been a constant feature of incoming Oxford University Cricket Club (OUCC) women’s Blues captain Charlotte Maple’s time at Oxford.
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From Oxford to Cambridge: The 204-mile punt for Alzheimer’s 

Four students from St John’s College, Cambridge, have undertaken an extraordinary fundraising challenge, punting over 200 miles to raise money for the Alzheimer’s Society.
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Oxford student and family run record-breaking half marathon in memory of father 

Oxford graduate Archie Johnston and his family have attempted to break the Guinness World Record for “fastest half marathon by a mother and three children” at the Worcester Half Marathon.
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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...
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London Marathon Round-up

Ultimately, the race ran smoothly with the abnormal sights being the ice creams, dinosaurs, dominoes garlic herb dip and rhino gracing the track, among many more.

Captain’s Corner: OUBbC

"If you're athletic, you can do well at basketball but at the same time there's so much intelligence to the sport, and you can really study it, its tactics and plays for example."

Looking Ahead to the Women’s World Cup

"WWC23 promises to be a record-breaking event, in both attendance and viewership"

Klopp the problem?

So, is Klopp really at the heart of Liverpool’s rapid decline? The majority of pundits and fans alike have been reluctant throughout the season to point the finger at the manager first and foremost, proposing a variety of other factors as larger contributors. Areas such as the team’s ageing midfield and a loss of form of some of the team’s key men

Spoils shared at Twickenham in the historic rugby Varsity matches 

There are few institutions which are as obsessed with the past and tradition in the same way that Oxford University tends to be. Rugby has a similar tendency to dwell on the past, meaning that ensuring the annual Rugby Union Varsity fixtures are something of a match made in heaven,

Tabs sink Oxford in Boat Race clean sweep.

For the third time in history, Cambridge University boat club achieved a clean sweep of races, including Sunday’s boat race victories in both the...

Varsity Football: Women’s past is the future

This Sunday’s football Varsity against Cambridge will be the 138th played by the men and the 37th by the women since the club was founded in 1872. The dark blues will be looking for a repeat of last year’s double victory, a success which saw Oxford lifting both trophies. However

Naval Warfare: A review of Oxford water polo

Oxford B v Cambridge B February 8 The Oxford squad huddle as Hertford spectators converge on the poolside. Cambridge? Absent… but soon the mint shorts...

A varsity society match like no other; an ACS affair

'In a game in which the Cambridge side saw bursts of greatness at the very start and end, it was unquestionably Oxford ACS’s deserved victory.'

Broken Jumbotrons and Blurred Lines: Victor Wembanyama’s Roanne Rematch

In the second quarter, Victor finds himself double marked, he goes up for a three and finds Bandja Sy with a pass instead.

The Mankad, sporting etiquette and the so-called “Spirit of Cricket”

While the level of skill required is up for debate, it doesn’t explain the centrality of ‘sportsmanship’ in this conversation.

This is(n’t) a surface level issue

It comes back to the situation: the progress is almost there, so close yet so far.

Oxford Blues have grey day against England Under-20s

After the sacking of England rugby men’s coach Eddie Jones, the men’s rugby Blues were the first team to face an England side under...

I tried out college football last term, you should too

But if anything, I hope that I showed it is, believe it or not, worth it.

Somewhere between a rock and Arteta’s “nice place”: Oxford United versus Arsenal in the FA Cup Third Round

The FA Cup third round is here: Man City banished a weakened Chelsea; Man United saw off Everton and now Arsenal will clash with a perilously underestimated Oxford United. 

Looking ahead – Cricket in 2023

Speaking of the Australians, they arrive in the summer for one of the most hotly anticipated Ashes series in memory.

The palace gates are opened: watching Spain vs Morocco live from Rabat

The entire city took to the streets in revolutionary fashion. It was a race to Morocco’s Telecom Tower in Hay Riad.

Oxford, it’s World Cup time!

"Whether you can list all the winners since 66’ or you just learned today that project Mbappe isn’t the French spinoff of project runway. It can be enjoyed by all."

Why I’m not watching the World Cup

If your answer to this is that football is just a game and should not be about politics, then I say that is exactly the point.

Will the full-time whistle be blown on Rugby Union?

"A recent survey published by the Statista Research Department shows that from 2016 – 2021 participation in senior rugby in the United Kingdom has nearly halved."
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