Saturday 27th 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...

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

‘Absolute wally’ Cook’s Boat Race medal drama

Cherwell's Sport Editor undercovers the bizarre story of a lost and found Boat Race medal

Life after cricket for Varsity hero Sam Agarwal

Matt Roller speaks to the man with the highest-ever Varsity score about his career

Slow start for England’s IPL stars

Shiv Bhardwaj reports on an underwhelming set of English performances in the Indian Premier League

Warren Gatland selects controversial Lions squad for upcoming summer tour

Eyebrows have been raised at the presence of 12 Welshmen in the squad

The gradual death of the FA Youth Cup

Matt Roller says the lack of first-team opportunities for academy graduates throws the Youth Cup's purpose into question

Oxford Men battle to Boat Races victory

Oxford avenge their defeat last year and the women's defeat earlier in the day

Oxford Women beaten in the Boat Race

Cambridge's initial lead proved long-lasting after Oxford caught a crab with their first stroke

UPDATE: Boat Races set to go ahead after discovery of unexploded WWII bomb

Event expected to take place as planned after police inspected the area

Six Nations hints at future Lions XV

With the Six Nations over, Theo Davies-Lewis picks his strongest British and Irish Lions XV

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