Friday 14th November 2025

Sport

Ethics versus economics: The WTA Finals in Riyadh

I am a tennis aficionado. I follow tennis year-round, and each tournament has a special place for me – except for one.  The WTA Finals, an elite competition open exclusively...

The BBC’s dying sports coverage is hurting Britain

The President’s Challenge – the annual tradition that marks the official launch of the...

Austria, the Allianz, and applause: How we make spaces divine

In March I twice came very close to something holy: once in Austria and...

Oxford Sailors take on the Celtic Sea

Many people would consider offshore yacht racing a somewhat daunting, if not downright insane,...

Oli Hall’s Oxford United Update – W1

"After last week’s defeat the U’s fans were in fine voice at a sold-out away end in Wycombe, bouncing off the back of this week’s stadium news and happy in the knowledge that a win could lift them up the table."

Beer drills and beer fountains: the potential outcomes of Tracey Crouch’s alcohol plans

Mix beer with a sore defeat, and the pint cup could become an effective weapon for the football fan.

The Ashes and the Place of Cricket in the 21st Century

"I know the game I fell in love with as a child, that I remember my grandfather through, will not be the same again in the 21st century."

Jair Bolsonaro’s Brazil shirt

"The purity and innocence of the Seleção has finally been ruptured, eclipsed, and defaced by political calamity."

Oli Hall’s Oxford United updates: Week 0

"Oxford United fell to a first away defeat in League One since September at the LNER Stadium."

Tradition in innovation: Fluminense’s mosaico

"Underneath the surface of floating pieces of coloured paper are multitudes of fans dancing, chanting and jumping in a relentless attempt to mute the opposition fans’ voices. Each is partaking in a ritual that has survived generations."

OUBbC: The end of a beginning

Calum Isaacs covers the latest victories for the Oxford Blues basketball team.

OUBbC: Learning to love on an away night at Brookes

Brookes 84-95 Oxford It’s eight o’clock on a Monday night. The regular crowd shuffles in. We’re in the Oxford Brookes sports centre, and the players...

OUBbC: Oxford unpick keys and win the hallway dance as they waltz to victory

Oxford 92-68 Loughborough 4s In a sports hall thronging with tens of people, the Equinox dance crew put on a halftime show. I know even...

OUBbC: Swishes and switch-offs mark a day of the weird and the mundane

Oxford 101-50 Lincoln Free throws in basketball are a closed skill. A closed skill is a skill that when used, there is nothing dynamic, nothing...

OUBbC: The patchwork of moments that produced drama and a victory

Oxford 78-71 Brookes The thing with writing about uni sport is that basically nobody was at the match, and the responsibility falls on me to...

Talking to Paralympic gold-medallist Erin Kennedy: Competing at Tokyo 2020

Fresh off the plane from Tokyo, Paralympic gold medallist, two-time World Champion,European Champion, and current World Record Holder coxswain Erin Kennedy took sometime out...

Women’s Super League season kicks off live on Sky and the BBC — and it’s been a long time coming.

"What more do we need to do to bring more football-lovers into the women’s game? How can we elevate the status of ladies’ football? It seems as though there’s a wealth of potential left untapped, hindered by years of lurking in the shadows, not receiving the attention nor investment it so needed or deserved."

OUBbC: What makes a club, and what makes a person?

Oxford 75-52 De Montfort In basketball, the game clock stops when the ball goes out of play. But the game clock’s been stopped for a...

A story brews by the hoops on Iffley Road: The Oxford University Basketball Club

In the Acer Nethercott sports hall on Iffley Road, there are men bouncing balls and talking about ‘the Blues’. They toss a ball at...

Boat Race to return to River Thames in 2022

"The Boat Race will return to London this year, taking place on the traditional Championship Course on Sunday 3rd April 2022."

The Changing Face of Olympic Sport

"Tokyo 2020 (+1) was the opportunity for five new sports: skateboarding, sport climbing, surfing, karate, and softball/baseball. In addition, more events were included, such as BMX freestyle, and mixed gender relays in swimming and triathlon. So how successful were these new events?"

Row, Row, Row Your Boat Gently… Across the Atlantic Ocean.

Most of us here in Oxford will be talked into giving rowing a try at some point, be that dabbling in the odd college...

Talking to Tom Mitchell, Team GB Rugby 7s captain

"Achieving your goal feels great, and not achieving what you set out to get is painful for a while. But both outcomes contain emotions that only last for a while."

It’s coming to Rome: The Italian response to Euro 2020

"in order to win you need more experience, hard work, respect, and, most importantly, humility. The humility to realise that football does not have a home, but rather chooses one."

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