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Sport Spotlight: Charlotte Maple

Sport has been a constant feature of incoming Oxford University Cricket Club (OUCC) women’s Blues captain Charlotte Maple’s time at Oxford.

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From Oxford to Cambridge: The 204-mile punt for Alzheimer’s

Four students from St John’s College, Cambridge, have undertaken an extraordinary fundraising challenge, punting over 200 miles to raise money for the Alzheimer’s Society.

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Oxford student and family run record-breaking half marathon in memory of father

Oxford graduate Archie Johnston and his family have attempted to break the Guinness World Record for “fastest half marathon by a mother and three children” at the Worcester Half Marathon.

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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...

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Which footballers are which drugs?

One of the sport's age-old questions

Snow news day for Oxford sport

Last week's snowfall brought about the inevitable raft of cancellations and postponements, but Oxford's rowers, cross-country runners and swimmers battled through

Cherwell tries: surfing

Edward Lowe braved the chilly Atlantic waters and joined the Oxford surfing club on a weekend trip to Newquay

The secret (college) footballer: The snow

Having devoted an entire season of Thursday afternoons and evenings to the sports grounds and curry houses of Oxford, our anonymous man on the inside is better placed than anyone to reveal the sordid truths of life at the ugly end of the beautiful game

An athlete or an aesthete?

Tom Daley is the latest sports star to have attracted criticism for his media commitments, but Josh Platt doesn’t see the problem

The untold story of the sporting year

Sick of review of the year articles reminding you of how great ‘Wiggo’ was at the Olympics, at the Tour, and everywhere else he rode? Samuele Volpe takes a look at the some less well-known stories from a remarkable sporting year

Hockey blues hold off Hawks

Alex Copestake reports on a victory which sees the blues hold on to their top spot

The secret (college) footballer: The Fans

Priced out of the Premier League

Josh Platt takes issue with the extortionate prices charged by top flight clubs, and advocates a boycott

New rugby league side arrives at Iffley

Edward Lowe gets the lowdown on Oxford Rugby League, a new side set to join Championship One

Let them take drugs

Will Dufton relishes the thought of a sporting world populated with testosterone-fuelled Ã¼bermen

Simply sensational: Alan Hansen speaks to Cherwell sport

Josh Platt talks to BBC football pundit and former Liverpool player Alan Hansen about his career in broadcasting and his predictions for this season

Darts: more than just a pub game

Badly dressed fat men with a taste for beer can be sportsmen too

SPOTY: It’s not (just) about the sport

The BBC's Sports Personality of the Year has been criticised by some for being little more than a popularity contest. Tamsyn Woodman doesn't see the problem.