Saturday 18th July 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...

Cristiano Ronaldo: saint, not devil

Mohamed Eghleilib praises Cristiano Ronaldo and explains why CR7 deserved to win the 2016 Ballon d'Or

The beautiful face of 2016 sport

Karl Frey looks over the most heart-warming and poignant sporting moments of the last year

Head to Head: Kelechi Iheanacho vs Marcus Rashford

Laolu Ayeko and Sam Pace debate who is better out of the young talents of Kelechi Iheanacho and Marcus Rashford

Unlikely champions and unbelievable success: Cherwell’s top sporting moments

Despite its turbulence, 2016 proved to be a great year of sport

Mixed fortunes for Oxford in rugby varsity

The women's team won their match early in the day while the men's team suffered an agonising defeat

The fundamentals of sporting passion

Why is so much emphasis placed upon the relevance of passion in sport, despite its seemingly ever-present nature, asks Adam Hilsenrath

Oxford Ice Hockey Blues Triumph Over RAF in Charity Pre-Season

Oxford University Ice Hockey Club's team beat the RAF in an entertaining pre-season friendly in support of KEEN and the RAF Charitable Trust

The Promised Land

Until the early hours of Thursday morning – Chicago Cubs were the worst franchise in American sporting history. 71 years had passed since their...

Shots and Statistics

How far can we rely on statistics to tell the true story of football that so many will tell you are hidden from mathematical analysis?

The Beauty of Reserves Sport

College reserve team football is not exactly seen as the pinnacle of sport in Oxford. When the topic of sporting participation comes up and...

The State of English Management

The sacking of Francesco Guidolin, on his birthday, represents somewhat uncommon ground for Swansea City as of late. It is a club that saw...

The Sporting Don?

As discussed in my first column – Why does sport matter – ‘we (humans) always try to simplify, quantify and break down life.’ Sports...

Lessons from the World of Sport

With freshers and older students settling into term, we take a look at the lessons that the summer's sport outside of Oxford can teach to aid us during our university lives

The Dangers of Sport

How can we justify the unavoidable risk of sport to those who participate, and to those who are inspired by it?

The Myth of Momentum

In the modern age of radio talk shows, huge TV rights deals and more Sky Sports channels than one could ever dream of, pundits...

Welcome to Sport at Oxford

I recall the day I walked into Oxford as a student for the first time just over a year ago, casting my eyes along...

Why does sport matter?

The world is a largely depressing place. With humans plagued by a chronic awareness of the futility of their own existence, it is a...

Oxford’s Olympic Medallists: Andrew Triggs-Hodge and Constantine Louloudis

Olympic Gold medallists and Oxford alumni Andrew Triggs-Hodge and Constantine Louloudis talk exclusively to Cherwell

OUWBC announce Ali Williams as new Chief Coach

Christine Wilson departs from her tenure as Oxford University Women's Boat Club Chief Coach

Something to take away from Rio

Xavier Greenwood praises the Games' worldwide revelation of sport's benefits for refugees

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