Sunday 31st May 2026

Sport

The women who turned the tide

Summer 2024 Annie Anezakis has just been elected OUBC Women’s President, Lilli Freischem is celebrating Osiris’ Boat Race win, and Esther Briz Zamorano is racing in the Paris Olympics. Two years...

Summer VIIIs roundup: day two

Early divisions started strong, with many boats that bumped yesterday continuing on the same...

Summer VIIIs roundup: day one

It’s one of the hottest Mays in recorded history. Crews are wearing layers of...

Oriel’s quest for headship at Summer VIIIs 2026

Sitting in Oriel Boat Club’s Captain's room, across from Captains Freiderikos and Merle, I...

Blues reach out

Vincent’s Club start outreach programme to support sport at under-funded state schools

My Summer-y of Eights

Rowing has never tickled our Sports Editor's fancy, but this year's Summer VIIIs gave it a good go

Hertford duck up on river

Hertford boat accidently kill duck on the Isis in 'freak accident'

Summer VIIIs 2011

The Cherwell Photo Team ventures down to the river, among the crowds and crews, to bring you the most exciting, and exhausting, rowing event of the year

Mario Kart Cuppers: Part II

The second installment of the high-octane thrillfest that is Mario Kart Cuppers 2011

Kick corruption out of football

Allegations of corruption against Sepp Blatter have tainted the game's image at the top. It is time for a change

Oar-some Oriel bump Christchurch

Matt Nicol reports on the first day of Summer Eights, which saw Oriel snatch the head of the river from Christchurch

Have we seen the back of Shaq?

Shaquille O'Neal called time on a nineteen year career on Twitter last Wednesday. The once unstoppable centre departs the game with an indelible legacy

Mario Kart Cuppers

Alex O'Bryan-Tear takes you inside the dangerous world of competitive video games as he reports on the 2011 Mario Kart Cuppers

Rowers outraged at compulsory swimming tests

Council of Oxford University Rowing is reviewing decision to make swim tests compulsory for anyone to go on the water after many rowers condemn the plan

Hertford student makes a splash

Oxford swimmer self-rusticates to pursue his Olympic dream

Boathouses broken into

Lincoln and Queen's college boathouses trashed by thieves over the weekend

Scotland’s problem with football violence

Neil Lennon has been subjected to physical abuse on the pitch and death threats off it. What is it that makes Scottish football so divided?

‘Town and Gown’ unite for charity run

Over 3,000 people raced 10km through Oxford to raise money for muscular dystrophy last Sunday

American sport in crisis

Victor Mallet explains how the NFL's prolonged lockout is distancing fans from the sport

Interview: Stefan Szymanski

Cherwell Sport talks with Stefan Szymanski a leading expert in the world of sports economics

Oxford beat Cambridge in Varsity Football

Cherwell Sport access all areas at the Kassam Stadium to see Oxford take the 127th Varsity Football title

Win for tiddlywinking Tabs

Amidst the hymns and hangovers of May Day, Cambridge triumph again in Varsity tiddlywinks by 99 to 13 points

Varsity Match 2011 Preview

This year's Varsity Match promises to be a hard-fought encounter at the Kassam Stadium, Oxford. Cherwell Sport gets an exclusive inside preview from one of the players.

Oxford triumph in pentathlon

Dark blues take varsity victory in Cambridge

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