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Sport Spotlight: Robin Munday

When I sit down to interview second-year Ancient and Modern History student Robin Munday, he happens to be wearing his Swiss Glacier Pistol Club fleece.
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A sport inspired by Harry Potter has come into its own

It isn’t often that fiction becomes reality. But that is exactly what has happened to Quidditch, now named Quadball.
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The insidious advertising of women in sport

All advertising sells a dream, Mad Men style: the aftershave, the sports car. Here the dream is sport itself, betting on it, and the opportunities it gives you.
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Sport Spotlight: Sam Fitzgerald

Sam Fitzgerald only took up cycling during his undergraduate degree, and yet he’s now President of Oxford University Cycling Club.
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In Defence of Rowing

Why 'messing around in boats' is the best thing that's happened to my mental health

100th year of Major Stanley’s match

A momentous occasion for both the Men's and Women's sides

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Lacrosse Blues storm to ‘euphoric’ victory in Exeter

An important BUCS victory for the Dark Blues.

South Africa victorious in the year the World Cup reached new heights

A victory for rugby, if not for England

First round of football cuppers launches

Oxford's premium college football competition gets underway

OUAFC Blues win against Coventry

A report on a somewhat successful weekend of football for Oxford.

Iran opens stadium doors to female fans at last

For the first time, women can go to football matches in Iran

England vs New Zealand Semi-Final

What a match!

OURFC find success in first week

The Dark Blues have begun the term well, with wins against Croatia for the men, and Bath for the women.

What should we expect from new Premier League managers?

New football managers should not be expected to gain immediate success.

England emerges from their Summer of Cricket

2019 saw England win the World Cup and draw the Ashes, both in the most exciting of fashions.

OURFC fourth in world university invitational tournament in Tokyo

The Dark Blues headed to Japan, while the Women's Blues spent preseason in Gibraltar.

The greatest Ashes innings ever?

Ben Stokes now ranks among British sport's greats.

Oddball England must win at Headingley

Despite their struggles so far, you'd still fancy England.

Cambridge clinch victory in Varsity Tennis

The last weekend of June saw the Oxford lawn tennis club travel to Cambridge for their annual varsity fixture. Ten teams headed to Fenner’s, home of...

Mid-table mentality and the perennial notion of ‘Kicking On’

Wolves won the league title last year in impressive style, taking the crown from Burnley who, in turn, took it from its more regular holders Everton....

What this World Cup will mean for the future of women’s football

With the World Cup now long behind us, the promise of a new era for female representation in the sport beckons. The USA's victory...

UEFA Nations League: fun or flop?

Another opportunity for both players and fans to engage with their national team and challenge for silverware should not be taken lightly, as the UEFA Nations League provides a new, refreshing and competitive avenue for International football, distracting fans from the wait for next summer’s European Championships.

Why has basketball not taken off in the UK?

Perhaps it is the case that in each society there is a limited amount of space for popular sports. Once a particular sporting culture has established itself and the country’s sports fans’ conscience is occupied by particular sports, there is a diminished capacity for interest in additional sports.
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