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Tony Hawk came to the Oxford Union Friday 18 January to talk about his exciting life as a pro skater. In addition to being one of the most iconic skateboarders in the world, Hawk has a line of video games based off of him, is the owner of the skateboarding company Birdhawk, creator of the […]
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The Oxford Caving Club sets its sights on Hungary this summer to embark on an exploration of the wonders of the earth that await beneath Budapest. Most frequently the club will journey to Spain to the Picos de Europa in Asturias. Documentation for these trips date back to the 1960s leading up to 2012, but […]
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Despite a slow start after the holiday break, the Oxford Men’s Blues basketball team came back from an 18-point first half deficit to beat Coventry away last Wednesday. A third quarter small-ball line-up turned the tide after a rusty first half, including six straight baskets from guard Isaac Low. Mid-way through the fourth quarter, Oxford […]
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The Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI) has announced Wednesday that they will be the official charity partner of The Boat Race 2019. The teams are in the midst of training for the rival match against Cambridge along the 6.8 kilometre stretch of the River Thames in south-west London. Thousands of people come to watch the […]
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Playoff season for American football has begun and the countdown for the Super Bowl LIII has started. As of now, the only things that are certain are that the Superbowl will be held in the Mercedes-Benz Stadium, home of the Atlanta Falcons and the halftime show will be performed by Maroon 5 featuring Travis Scott. […]
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Manchester took an easy 3-0 victory over the Wolves in the Premier League game on Monday 14 January. Gabriel Jesus scored the first two goals in the first quarter before he was subbed out after half time. Man-City’s win cuts Liverpool’s lead down to four points, but the Manchester Manager Pep Guardiola is unbothered by […]
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Image Credit: Keith Levit Photography Katherine Copeland has retired from rowing after an eleven year career that, although brief, is decorated with various medals and historical achievements. She caught the media’s eye when she brought home the first Olympic gold for Great Britain’s women’s lightweight team in the summer of 2012 at the London Olympics. Copeland […]
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Image credit: Facebook. Description: Brookes and Blues captains Oxford University Association Football Club is celebrating a double triumph over Oxford Brookes, with the women winning 2-1 and the men winning 4-0 in a thrilling Varsity Match. Oxford University vs. Oxford Brookes is a local derby that inspires fierce animosity and the atmosphere was fervid throughout. […]
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Image credit: Facebook. Description: Wayne Rooney playing for England. “A fudge,” “completely wrong,” “cheapens the shirt,” “a complete mockery of football”; these have been some of the reactions of former England players and journalists to the news that Wayne Rooney will be coming back from retirement for a friendly against the USA on 15th November. […]
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Image credit: Liam Frahm. Description: Rugby match between Oxford and Canada The Oxford University Rugby Football Club Men’s Blues gave an excellent account of themselves but ultimately failed to continue their good run of form against a challenging Canadian national team, losing 26-20. The Canadians came to a buzzing Iffley Road stadium at 7:15pm on […]
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Ever since the final whistle blew in the FA cup two weeks ago, Chelsea’s post-season threatened to bemuse. In perhaps the most muted success since Wigan won the cup but descended to the Championship, Chelsea’s stubborn win at Wembley saw their players alternately celebrating a season saved and confessing it couldn’t plaster over a season […]
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Pictured: Action from the Women’s Varsity lacrosse match from February 2018 I am walking through the University Parks beneath clear and deep blue sky, among trees of pine and sycamore, mottled oak and marvellous copper beech. There is a light breeze in the air and birdsong can be heard all around. I’m with Bella, co-captain of Oxford’s Mixed Lacrosse […]
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Rowan Janjuah has selected his best XI for the season. Do you agree? For me, the principle of the PFA team of the year is problematic for two reasons. Firstly, it is announced on match day 35 of 38. Whilst that’s only leaving 3 or 4 games unaccounted per team, there are so many seasons […]
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Pictured: the Hertford A and Pembroke teams pose for the cameras after a hard-fought final Pembroke capped off a flawless Mixed Cuppers tournament run today at Lady Margaret Hall with a thumping 5-1 victory against Hertford A in the final. After winning all seven of their Pool B matches, then beating Oriel A by five […]
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Image Credit: Connor Thirlwell Keble seized the Head of the River in the Men’s division, and Pembroke in the women’s, to conclude a delightful week’s rowing on the final day of the Summer Eights Competition on Saturday afternoon. Keble M1 and Pembroke W1, after bumping themselves to the top spot on the Wednesday, delivered consistently […]
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Sports Editor Connor Thirlwell, who doesn’t row, wonders about rowing, and why people do it I high-tail down past Christchurch Meadows to the Boathouse Walk for some light research. It’s a bright, blue-sky mid-morning, to be filled in a few days’ time with the fervour of the Summer 8s rowing competition. It starts on Wednesday […]
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Football reporter Rowan Janjuah believes VAR should be here to stay Mark Hughes, at the end of Southampton’s crucial game with Everton (which ended 1-1, sadly for the Saints) came forward in his press conference and openly criticised the refereeing decisions which, he argued, cost him the win. His tone was not fiery or passionate. […]
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OxStu offers an impassioned introduction to a much beloved garden sport In 0th week, I fell in love, or, more aptly, was sent madly through the hoop with a precise mallet stroke (that works!), with croquet, one of the great garden sports. To the unsuspecting passer-by, croquet might seem innocuous, at best a picturesque element […]
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OxStu studies Oxford’s ‘winning draw’ against Cambridge and a 3rd division league college clash. At around mid-day I am patrolling the boundary and studying play. It’s a chilly, overcast Wednesday in University Parks, laced with a stiff north-westerly breeze. This changeable spring-time weather is a nemesis to cricket, always threatening rain. Later in the […]
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