Friday 26th June 2026

Sport

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 in not one, but three cultural superpowers, there has been an overriding sense of disgruntlement...

It’s impossible not to be Romantic about football 

It’s impossible to not be romantic about football, and by that I mean Romantic...

Goodbye football: Welcoming political tension to the centre stage of the World Cup

It’s been four years since England men lost to France at the quarter finals...

The women who turned the tide

Summer 2024 Annie Anezakis has just been elected OUBC Women’s President, Lilli Freischem is celebrating...

Beyond the surface level: which court is the ideal one for tennis?

Few major sports are defined by their playing surface in the same way that tennis is.

Harris Manchester sweep the floor in Floorball Cuppers

The side beat Keble in the final to claim the Cuppers title

Worcester run riot in Athletics Cuppers

Impressive individual performances in the lead up to the season

Futsal Club off to a flying start

Men and Women’s fledgling Futsal teams continue to grow with victories over Staffordshire Uni

A whole new ball game

Oliver Donaldson on rackets sports you might not know

Worcester win hockey Cuppers again

Sweet revenge for Worcester as they defeat Teddy Hall

Riding into the Record Books

British road cyclists seek to defend their titles after a dominant few years in the Grand Tours

Giving thanks to football

Greg Pankhurst reports on what became a breath-taking week for English football

Sibling rivalry: St Hugh’s take on Clare College

Lucy Tansley reports on this multi-sport all-day event

Super Saturday Double-Header in Women’s Rugby

The time was here. The stage was set. The teams were ready. A grey and overcast Saturday of 1st Week provided the perfect conditions...

Trials and Tests for female cricketers

Claire Taylor, an alumnus of The Queen’s College, Oxford, is known for being one of the best female cricketers England has ever seen. Taylor...

Brookes receive an (indoor) kicking

Next year, there will be two new teams sporting the famous dark blue strip for Oxford University Association Football Club (OUAFC), as both a...

HCNC beat HCAFC 11-5 in charity netball game

Eleanor Frew reports on the charity clash between the netball team and the men’s football club

Women in Sport: OUWAFC President Charlotte Rougier

An interview with OUWAFC President Charlotte Rougier

Mauricio Pochettino: the best of the rest

Greg Pankhurst gives the case that Pochettino should be considered manager of the season

A sport for everyone?

Why croquet is a sport which thrives in its contradictions

Women’s football at its peak ahead of World Cup

Women’s football is growing rapidly, but more needs to be done to ensure equality

The Enduring British Tradition

Why the Boat Race still captures our interest almost two centuries on

Kicking out racism in football

Greg Pankhurst examines what needs to be done to eliminate racism from the game

2019: a high-point for British sport?

Tom Ashley looks forward to the rest of 2019 in British sport

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