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Early in the morning on the twenty-third of October, as the mist hung low in the trees and the moon showed its pale face from behind the clouds, it was almost as if South Park itself was anticipating the drama that would later unfold on its unforgiving slopes. With every stake, flag, and sprinkling of […]
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Bill Bryson once wrote that “nobody deserves to go to the World Series more than the Chicago Cubs. But they can’t go because that would spoil their tradition of never going”. But, after a wait of 108 years, the Cubs are world champions once again. The Cubs entered as favourites, and having split the first […]
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I bought my friend, a diehard Leicester City fan, a beer a few months ago. You can probably guess why. I hadn’t seen him in a while and wanted to congratulate him on seeing his childhood team win the Premier League. Before he left, I asked him what he thought the future held for Leicester. […]
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Do you know who won the 1874 FA Cup? No, not one of the current giants of English football – a rather humbler side, Oxford University. OUAFC have historical pedigree, meaning that there are big boots to fill for Laurence Wroe, the team’s current captain. A third-year physicist at Pembroke, he was elected last summer […]
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Two-time Superbowl champion Carl Banks came to Oxford recently and shared his thoughts on everything from the future of the NFL in the UK to Trump’s ‘locker room’ remarks. On the rise of the NFL in the UK and its prospects going forwards: I’m really excited that American football is taking shape at such a […]
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Boasting the likes of World Cup winners Andrea Pirlo and David Villa in their roster, alongside England and Chelsea legend Frank Lampard, New York City FC are trying to boost the profile of Major League Soccer in a city full of sporting giants… giants who play other sports, that is. A good indication of the […]
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At the start of this Premier League season, David Moyes, the current Sunderland manager, made the rather strange claim that there would be “no dramatic change” from the relegation battling form produced by the club during the last four years. However, not even the apparently uber- pessimistic Moyes could have quite predicted the truly awful […]
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Whilst much of the attention currently falling on the US is focused upon the upcoming election and the potential end of American democracy, before that there still lies the prospect of one last World Series before society collapses. And, with an historic ending imminent, this World Series should be one to be remembered. The American […]
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Anyone who has talked to me about cricket, and hasn’t drifted into an irrevocable catatonia by the end of the second sentence, will know that I am the stuffiest of stuffy, elitist and insufferable cricket supporters. For me, cricket isn’t really cricket unless interspersed with a couple of meals really not fit for a professional […]
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Has Jose Mourinho’s dream turned into a nightmare? His move to Manchester United over the summer seemed the perfect fit. A man who had often spoken highly of the club and Sir Alex Ferguson finally becoming the successor to the great Scot. His signings boded well, reuniting him with Zlatan Ibrahimovic (with whom he had […]
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At the start of this year Andy Murray lost his fifth Australian Open final, on this occasion losing in straight sets to Novak Djokovic (a repeat result of the previous years’ final). At this point in time, with two grand slam wins under his belt and a vast array of other ATP titles, Murray had […]
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In a week when Johanna Konta became the first British woman to break into the tennis top ten for thirty years and Gareth Southgate became the sixth man to manage England in ten years, it is worth musing over the fickle nature of sporting development. After all, ten years ago it would have been elite […]
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The NBA season is nearly upon us and, whilst an offseason of huge turnover should make for one of the most interesting early seasons in recent years, there are some trends from both the offseason itself and what has happened so far in the preseason that could be extrapolated further. No team is likely to […]
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Founded in 1874, thereby making it one of the oldest polo clubs in the UK (the title of the oldest is disputed with Cambridge) it has always been difficult for any one season to stand out for the Oxford University Polo Club. However, with an historic victory against Cambridge in the varsity match and victory […]
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When England were eliminated from Euro 2016 by Iceland, many considered the moment to represent a true rock bottom for the English national team, how wrong they were. The recent release of undercover reporter footage of Sam Allardyce, a man only appointed to the England role in late July, sent the reputation of English football […]
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When Derek Jeter retired in 2014, it was in a near-fairy tale fashion. A walk-off single in the bottom of the 9th in his last game in Yankees Stadium allowed for him to walk off into the sunset. He was able to walk out to the place at short-stop that he had occupied for over […]
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British cycling is currently experiencing a generation of athletes, the likes of which no nation has ever seen before. The relatively-recently-retired Sir Chris Hoy is currently tied as the most successful track cyclist in Olympic history with six gold medals and a silver. The person he is tied with is current GB athlete Jason Kenny […]
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After the unimaginable and meteoric rise of Leciester City last season, this Premier League season begun with a renewed sense of excitement and unpredictability unmatched in other European leagues. Managerial changes dominated the pre-season news cycle, but what have we learnt about the star-studded managerial cast list and their assembled squads from the first six […]
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As another Oxford year begins, with a debauched Freshers’ Week or a raft of collections, the time has come to cast an eye back over the summer. The Olympic Games came as a welcome antidote to the sustained drudgery of Euro 2016, bringing the usual sights of world records dropping like flies, gold medals for […]
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