Thursday 16th 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...
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Over 12,000 compete in the 2025 Oxford Half Marathon

Thousands took to the streets of Oxford yesterday morning to race in the Oxford...
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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...
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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...
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Cliché of the week: “Transfer saga of the summer”

Thomas Browne revels in the excitement of the opening of the summer transfer window

Summer VIIIs stories you may have missed

Matt Roller reports on ejector crabs, fines, beer boats and Instagram rivalries

Mixed fortunes for OUPSC in tightest-ever Varsity

Wesley Rawlings reports on the tightest-ever Varsity matches, which were both decided on the very last frame

PakSoc beaten by rivals OIS

Shiv Bhardwaj reports on a convincing victory for Bharat Ramanathan's Oxford India Society CC

Oxford Women beat Cambridge Men in Triathlon Varsity

Matt Roller speaks to Lucy Farquhar about an historic Varsity victory

Cliché of the week: “Without troubling the scorers”

An early dismissal is actually the stuff of nightmares for scorers, writes Matt Roller

Christ Church win record 33rd Summer VIIIs headship

Matt Roller reports on a dramatic day of bumps racing on the Isis

Christ Church and Wadham primed for Summer Eights headships

Matt Roller previews the final day of the highlight of the college rowing year

The ICC’s neglect of Irish cricket

Matt Roller writes that cricket's governing body has failed to promote the growth of the game

Cliché of the week: “Where’s the cue ball going?”

James Lamming pleads with John Virgo to cease from using his favourite catchphrase

Play-off heartbreak for men’s hockey Blues

Caitlin Rigler reports on an unfortunate end to a brilliant season for the men's hockey Blues

Oriel confident of Summer Eights success

Matt Roller previews this week's Summer Eights competition, and predicts success for Christ Church and Wadham

Corpus end five-year cricket dry spell

Captain Peter Woodcock reports on his side's first victory over another College's First XI since 2012

Cliché of the week: “Relegation six-pointer”

Daniel Bingham wishes the media would stop trying to make Burnley vs Palace seem important

Victories for Keble and All Saints in Rugby Cuppers

Fraser Macdonald-Lister and Lucy Fenwick report on a dramatic day at Iffley

Trinity triumph in Handball Cuppers final

Moritz F. Adam reports on a deserved Trinity victory

Urwin and Hooper named Blues Football captains

Matt Roller speaks to OUAFC's new skippers about their 2017/18 aims

Cliché of the Week: “Top, top player”

Daniel Bingham claims to have solved the issue of repetitive punditry with the help of Michael Gove

Hughes wide of the Mark for Stoke City

Barnaby Harrison argues that Stoke's regression is down to their manager's failings

Cliché of the week: ‘If Messi had scored that’

Matt Roller says that great goals are even more special when scored by average players
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