Sunday 8th March 2026

Sport

OURFC crush Cambridge to sweep Varsity 2026 

Stepping out onto the field carrying the weight of a historic rivalry is one thing; winning the battle is another. Yet that is exactly what Oxford’s Blues did last...

A matchweek with the OURFC Blues

Oxford is starting to wake up, a couple of cars and the occasional runner dotted about the roads.

Away day blues: The impact of unfamiliar territory

With Varsity season fully underway, conquering the complications of an away day is key to a successful display of Oxford’s sporting superiority.

Off the bench, on the mend

Oxford’s eight week termly orbit cares little for the inconvenience of an injury or...

Worcester ease into Cuppers final again

Adam Scott Taylor reports as Worcester thrash Lincoln while looking to retain their Cuppers football trophy

The MGA marches on

St Anne's Captain Matt Nicol reports as his side reach their second ever Cuppers final after a nail-biting victory over Teddy Hall

War paint for the win

Ellie Swinton looks at the rituals, superstitions and team-bonding exercises undertaken to maximise chances of that all important Varsity victory

All going swimmingly for the Blues

James Nottage watches OUSC record a record breaking Varsity victory in the Iffley Road pool

Blues put second-rate Brookes to bed

Blues left back Adam Fellows reports on the Friday's football 'Varsity' between OUAFC and Oxford Brookes at Iffley Road

Bolt: Catch him if you can

Caspar Eliot talks to Usain Bolt, the world's fastest man, about running, records and Ruud van Nistelrooy

Cup runneth half-empty

James Nottage looks at the problems with postponement and match-throwing gamesmanship facing the rugby Cuppers competition

From the top, the only way is down

Monish Kulkarni looks at the reasons behind England's test series defeat to Pakistan in Dubai

David Hemery: The Extended Interview

Caspar Eliot speaks to Olympic 400m hurdles champion and 1968 BBC Sports Personality of the year David Hemery

The toughest job in world sport

With all the current talk about the 'poisoned chalice' of the England job, James Nottage takes a look at a position that really separates the men from the boys

The Olympics — Cann she do it?

Ellie Swinton speaks to English international badminton player Elizabeth Cann about her plans for 2012 and beyond

Oxford boxers Gown and out

Monish Kulkarni watches Oxford University Amateur Boxing Club's finest as they take on the Town in the Union Debating Chamber

Mario Balotelli spotted queueing up for hall

With the transfer deadline creating its annual flurry of chaos, madness and completely unsourced rumours, Ollie Waring examines it from an Oxford perspective

Mayweather vs. Pacquiao: will it ever happen?

It would be the biggest fight of the last twenty years, pitting two of the greatest against each other, but has yet to even get near being fought. Monish Kulkarni asks why.

How to get the Oxford Blues

Want to join the sporting elite and look dashing in a Dark Blue blazer? Caspar Eliot explains the options.

Rugby League snatch defeat from the jaws of victory

James Nottage watches OURLFC let a half-time lead slip, as they host UWIC at a blustery University Parks

B-ballers come close, but no cigar

James Nottage beats the frost while watching Oxford University Basketball Seconds take on their Light Blue rivals at a humid Iffley Road

Darts And Respectability

Deputy Sports Editor Tom Goulding takes a look at the camaraderie surrounding the nation's fastest-growing sport.

The Mike Richards Interview

Ollie Waring and Ellie Swinton chat to Mail on Sunday deputy Sports Editor and Oxford alumnus Mike Richards about Mario Balotelli, the Olympics, and whether transfer rumours really come from 'some bloke down the pub'

Cherwell Sport gets the inside scoop

Ellie Swinton and Ollie Waring talk to Mike Richards, deputy sports editor of the Mail on Sunday

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