Wednesday 15th October 2025

Sport

The elusive magic of club cricket

As summer draws to a close and we all arrive in Oxford ready for the start of Michaelmas term, spare a thought for the country’s club cricketers who are...

Over 12,000 compete in the 2025 Oxford Half Marathon

Thousands took to the streets of Oxford yesterday morning to race in the Oxford...

England batter Canada to claim the 2025 Women’s Rugby World Cup

After consecutive final defeats in 2017 and 2022, England have finally claimed a third...

Oxford Handball’s historic season: From promotion to British Champions

The Oxford University Handball Club Men’s team, the Blues Team of the Year, has...

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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