Sport

Publicity or progression: The Battle of the Sexes

Women’s tennis does not need exhibition matches to command attention.

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Will running a half-marathon fix you?

Running has undergone a paradigm shift; no longer a punishment in PE class or your parents’ Sunday morning escape, running is a lifestyle: a personal brand.

Sport Sophi Hayes-Hoyle -

Trump, tennis, and test cricket: Winter’s sporting woes

Wherever you look, sport in all its myriad forms appears to have stumbled into a great mess over the Michaelmas vac.

Sport Arun Lewis -

From ergs to euphoria: college rowing at Oxford

College rowing is an exercise in delayed gratification; the suffering of winter morphs into blades come Trinity.

Sport Arun Lewis -

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Sir Bobby Charlton: A True Gent of the Beautiful Game

"The death of Sir Bobby Charlton is a sad moment for all football fans. He was one of the last remaining representatives of a different, gentlemanly era of football"

Captain’s Corner: OUAFC

Cherwell spoke to the new Blues captains at OUAFC, Iona Bennett and Roza Bailey who co-captain the women, and Harry Way who captains the Men's team.

The Winners and Losers of the Men’s Grand Slams 2023

The 2023 men’s tennis calendar certainly had fans anticipating big things, with fresh, young blood threatening to disrupt the status quo and upset the tennis hierarchy by challenging the top players. Below I discuss the winners and losers on tennis’ biggest stages in 2023

Bumps, Banks, Blades and Spoons: Summer VIIIs 2023

Summer eights has come and gone, and the highlight event of the Oxford rower’s trinity term card has left us for another year. How did the regatta unfold?

The Mad Hatters

The likes of Erling Haaland, Mohamed Salah and Kevin De Bruyne will be competing in a stadium that’s stands overlook the washing lines of locals.

Captains Corner: OURFC

This week Cherwell spoke to the new women's Blues captain for rugby union in Oxford, Sophie Shams.

The F1 cartel: do the Big Three have too much power in Formula 1?

F1 is a cartel, which is bad for smaller teams and fans, as it makes the racing less competitive and more predictable. Not only have the Big Three teams – Red Bull, Mercedes and Ferrari – won 198 of the 201 races in the last 10 seasons, but they control what happens off the track as well.

Ever Gunner get a better chance?

Arsenal’s 1-0 loss to Nottingham Forest officially crowned Manchester City as Premier League champions for the fifth time in six years. But how did Arsenal let their biggest rivals win so comfortably with three games still to play? The accusations of ‘bottling’ from rival fans are natural, but the reasons for such a late-season falter are of course more complex.

Oxford Lancers thrash Cambridge to retake Blues Bowl title

Saturday 13th May saw Cambridge Pythons visit Oxford’s brand-new pitch at University Parks to face off against the Lancers in the 16th annual varsity bowl.

Worcester x St Catz take home the Women’s Rugby Cuppers trophy

This Women's Cuppers final saw Worcester/St Catz emerge victorious over last year's champions Corpus/LMH/Trinity/St Hilda’s.

The Need for Greed: has F1 gone too far and put its integrity at the back of the pack?

"Pageantry is nothing new for Formula 1, but in recent years it seems that there has been a shift towards increasing the celebrity of all the drivers"

Oxford’s Rugby League Glory

"This Saturday saw the Women’s Rugby League Blues team defeat Cambridge in their second Varsity since reinstating the club in 2022."

Scrapping for Survival

The scrap for survival in the Premier League is always a thrilling spectacle from the neutral’s perspective, but one with potentially devastating consequences for those involved.

Men’s Blues are triumphant once again

For the third year running, the Oxford Blues Men’s Football team claimed a Varsity victory. They were worthy winners and were presented with the trophy by Oxford University Vice Chancellor

Cambridge comfortably defeat Women’s Blues

Cambridge women emerged as comfortable Varsity Football victors with a definitive performance against Oxford. For the first time in three years, Oxford did not get the double win.

Why the USA won’t win the World Cup

Since their Olympic bronze medal in Tokyo 2020, there have been questions as to whether their long reign at the top is coming to an end.

Captain’s Corner: OUAFC

This week Cherwell spoke to OUAFC captains Jess and Finlay in the build-up to the 138th Football Varsity Matches

“The Best Coaches don’t play.” Does this ring true in the footballing world?

The player-turned-manager trope is present in all sports, but nowhere is it more heavily scrutinised than in the world of football.

London Marathon Round-up

Ultimately, the race ran smoothly with the abnormal sights being the ice creams, dinosaurs, dominoes garlic herb dip and rhino gracing the track, among many more.

Captain’s Corner: OUBbC

"If you're athletic, you can do well at basketball but at the same time there's so much intelligence to the sport, and you can really study it, its tactics and plays for example."

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Sport

Publicity or progression: The Battle of the Sexes

Will running a half-marathon fix you?

Trump, tennis, and test cricket: Winter’s sporting woes

From ergs to euphoria: college rowing at Oxford

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