Mees-y Peasy
OXFORD MADE A spirited response to recent attacks on their first class status in an encouraging opening fixture at the Parks. Recently re-launched as the 'Oxford Centre of Cricket Excellence', the side has been strengthened by the selection of a number of Oxford Brookes students - including captain Joseph Porter - and appears to be both well balanced and competitive....
Sport: Tigers maul Panthers
After a somewhat disjointed season of numerous cancelled matches, the Oxford Panthers faced the Cambridge Tigers in their annual varsity match.
Sport: Do you remember when...?
AFTER THE RELEGATION of Oxford's only professional football team and defeat in the Boat Race, it is nice to take a look back at some of the times when the sporting mood in the city was not one of gloom or despondancy. Below are five nominations for the prestigious title of "Oxford's Greatest Sporting Moment."
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Sport: Sporting Thoughts
TIGER WOODS' RECENT triumph at the US Masters to record an unparalleled fourth consecutive major victory, has provoked frenzied discussion among sports fans across the world. Can it be said that Woods has won the Grand Slam, bearing in mind his feat was spread across two seasons? Is he the greatest golfer the world has seen? Indeed, is he the greatest sportsman of all time?...
Sport: High hopes for Millar's men
LAST SEASON WAS one of contrasting fortunes for cricket in Oxford. The highlight was undoubtedly Oxford's first victory over first class opposition for over two years when Northamptonshire were dispatched in The Parks at the start of June.
Sport: Varsity victory beckons
THE BLUES FOOTBALL team's long-awaited varsity match against Cambridge has now been confirmed for Friday of 2nd Week (4th May), at Oxford United's Manor Ground (ko 7.45pm). Tickets are priced at £7.
Sport: Achilles bring US to heel
Easter vacation saw the cream of Oxford athletics tour the United States and compete against four of the top Ivy League Universities as part of a triennial Achilles trip that has been running since 1899, writes Tommie Kemp.