Tuesday 1st July 2025

Sport

Away days for less than a tenner (plus hand luggage)

You probably know Prague as the boozy city break loved by British teenagers and stag do-goers alike. But did you know you could also attend a game at one...

And the Isis roared – Summer Eights 2025

For the viewing public, and those involved in the racing, Summer Eights 2025 gave...

In defence of the much-maligned offseason

What will you watch? That’s always the complaint, the second the final whistle blows...

Fencing Novices may be new, but they get the point

Varsity competitions might seem out of reach to many. Sportspeople who fill the ranks...

England are learning to win again – can Wales do the same?

Despite contrasting results, England and Wales’ most recent performances show that both sides have started to turn a corner and are ready to compete...

Clear handballs, dodgy calls and ‘learn the rules’

“Fancy reffing my football match today?” It was an innocent enough message. My footballing ability might not be much to shout about, but I know...

The day I saw magic on the cricket pitch

All sport is an endless struggle to scale the heights of human perfection. That sentence reads like a hopelessly pompous platitude, but I think...

Town bests Gown in Union boxing showdown

There are few places on Earth as synonymous with disputes as the Oxford Union. Since its inception just over two centuries ago, the society...

Even contest in uneven waters: Boat Race trial

On December 18th during the vac, the Oxford University Boat Club took to the Tideway for their one dress rehearsal before the Boat Race...

Women’s Blues carve out ski victory at varsity

Recent years have seen Cambridge dominate the Varsity Skiing competition that dates back over a hundred years, as Oxford have seen only seven victories...

Skills, Thrills, and the X20

Having decided that sporting mediocrity will always triumph over academic success, I quickly bin that off and pore over the events of the game...

When you want to play sports but you’re lowkey just a chill guy

...it’s easy, at least for me, to prefer the comfort of sitting down in a warm library over going out into the cold to run about in a field or on a ground.

Growth, but at what cost?

It was a simple but clear signal; women’s football ‘isn’t football’. They were less important than the men, and so had to make do...

The epic highs and lows of uni hockey

No matter how ridiculous it seems that someone would volunteer for death by Google Sheets, ours is not to reason why...

Holding down the Fort(ress)

This week, Cherwell reached out to a titan of St John's, and indeed, Oxford sport: Ian Madden. Madden has been a groundsman at the St John's ground for 17 years, and a groundsman for 40.

Bazball 2: Electric Boogaloo

They don’t go into tricky situations with the same reckless abandon now; there’s a recognition of the need to grind it out sometimes.

Oxford at the Olympics

He remembers the sound of 30,000 people cheering in the last 50m of his race as the best memory in Paris. “That feeling can only happen at the Olympics”.

Summer Eights 2024: Oriel, Christ Church stay on top

Eights Week is part of the 200-year old Oxford tradition of ‘bumps’ racing.

The 2025 Grid: F1’s biggest shakeup yet?

With over half of this year's drivers out of contract at the end of 2024, when the music stops who will be left without a seat?

Celebrating 70 years: The Bannister mile

On May 6th 2024 Oxford marked the 70th anniversary of Roger Bannister’s historic feat

The death of the FA Cup

The magic of the FA cup is a sentiment that all fans of teams below the Premier League hope to experience

Life without sport: Let’s talk injuries

Whether the end of sport comes via retirement or injury, there is always a period of mourning but, importantly, there is always a period of re-finding.

Hassan’s final: St Catz defeat New College 7-0

The second half, which Catz had so completely dominated, saw them saunter to victory assuredly. 

Sport vs studies: can a balance be found? 

From 1896 to 2020, a considerable 170 Olympic medals have been won by Oxford alumni in a whole range of sports. This certainly is impressive, but is it possible to uphold this standard of achievement in sport whilst still studying at one of the most academically challenging universities?

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