Author: Harry Hodges

Stripped of his titles but has Lance Armstrong been unfairly treated?

Despite its benefits, there are problems with Hawk-eye. Is it all or nothing?

Brilliant in its own right, but not quite as good as the original

The rise and rise of Olympic women

The day our heroic little island got close

The inside story on the opening ceremony from a volunteer drummer

Fencing is better for the participant than the spectator, writes Reuben Cohn-Gordon

Despite the disappointing result, I have to say that watching the Murray brothers in the Men’s doubles at Wimbledon was the highlight of my day. With the crowd at court two at capacity and queues of around thirty outside every door, the support the British pair gathered was incredible. Indeed, supporters couldn’t even leave the […]

‘Part of the experience of being colonised is having images of yourself made up by outsiders stuffed down your throat’ – J.M. Coetzee It is inevitable that culture and nationhood are intertwined in sporting achievement, no more so than in the brave new world of 2k12 and Team GB’s inevitable march towards our screens.  To […]

Third division JCR champions Somerville FC try their luck against some nifty opposition in the Netherlands.

Goalline technology has been approved. Football will never be the same again. Good, argues James Restall.

Andy Murray has reason to hope after failing to win Wimbledon. But he must begin winning soon, writes Tim Williams.

The broadcasting veteran sits down with Tim Williams to discuss the Olympics, presenting disasters and the future of live sport

Former Dragons’ Den star Richard Farleigh tells Tim Williams about investing in bright ideas and what he really thinks of the other Dragons…

A postcard from Adolf Hitler as a young soldier has been uncovered by Oxford researchers. The postcard, dated December 1916, was written from Munich while Hitler was on leave from the First World War and describes a trip to the dentist. One of the leaders of the European 1914-18 project, Dr Stuart Lee, an English […]

Student barometer reveals that University’s lowest satisfaction level is on postgraduate funding, with only just over half happy with support.

Students’ verdict on their colleges revealed as barometer shows views on satisfaction, dining, library and sport.

Union believes Africa should decide its own future without foreign intervention

Tim Williams looks at what we know, and don’t know, about Oxford’s latest big money philanthropist