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Image description: Text ‘Hell’s Kitchen’ on a red background with illustrations of kitchen utensils This breaded snack is a culinary joy that many crave but few can have. A successful football team with its sugary flavour of conquering the rest, soft crumb of overcoming past adversity and its moist texture of bragging rights is an […]
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Image description: Fans at St James’ Park, the Newcastle United FC stadium, c. 1989 In the English premier league, three moments stand out as historic turning points for the commercial side of the competition. The first is its inception, the story of which is a meeting between the new Thatcherite chairmen of the clubs who […]
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Image Description: Telemarker skiing on mountain covered in snow People often think that alpine skiing – the most popular type, where the whole foot is attached to the ski, and the two skis are parallel to one another – is descended from Nordic cross-country skiing. This is true, as cross-country skis have been used for […]
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Image description: A golf course After a decade dominated by team Europe, the Americans stormed to a triumphant victory at Whistling Straits in their strongest showing since 1975. The United States team, their youngest ever, became the first in modern times to reach 19 points — while the Europeans managed just 9. The Ryder Cup […]
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Image description: The Oxford Student logo on a dark blue background with text Do you fancy yourself as an Agony Aunt, a recipe creating connoisseur or a political commentator? Pitch a column to us and shoot your shot at a weekly place in our newspaper in print and online! All ideas are welcome and no […]
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Image description: An American football coach makes an angry gesture When we talk about sports coaches, we think of mentorship. We think of the life-changing coaches, the ones that create legends with belief and hard work. Of course, they are the foundations of every sport and are worth celebrating, but we don’t often talk about the […]
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Image description: A view from the stands at Twickenham Stadium The Oxford University Rugby Football Club (OURFC) has confirmed that the Varsity Matches, the annual Rugby Union fixtures played between Oxford and Cambridge, will return to Twickenham Stadium next year. The home of English rugby has hosted both the men’s and women’s fixtures on the […]
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Image description: Villa Park stadium Aston Villa 1 – 1 Brentford Saturday 28th August Villa Park erupted. In the thirteenth minute, Emiliano Buendia slotted home a cool, crisp finish from the edge of the box. A collective euphoria descended upon this most traditional of British football stadia that has stood stubbornly since 1897. Finally, as […]
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Image description: (L to R) Ellen Buttrick, Giedrė Rakauskaitė, James Fox, Ollie Stanhope, and cox Erin Kennedy receive their gold medals. Erin Kennedy is one of Oxford rowing’s success stories. A double World Champion, European Champion, and world record holder, the 29-year-old Pembroke alumna (and 2014 Boat Race winner) won Paralympic gold last Sunday when […]
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Image description: White text on blue background asking for Creative Team applications: Illustrators, digital designers, and photographers Applications to join the Creative Team of the Oxford Student are now open. If you would like to be an artistic contributor in Michaelmas, now is your chance to apply! Click here for our application form All applications […]
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Image description: Tokyo in 2021 with the Olympic Rings visible. The 32nd Olympic Games have drawn to a close in Tokyo after a fortnight-long sporting bonanza. As we have come to expect, the Opening Ceremony saw a festival of light and colour: a celebration both of Japanese culture and of what Thomas Bach, President of […]
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Image Description: The Women’s Rowing team at the 1908 Olympics. Sometimes they are undercover. You think: this man is so bad at football/hockey/cricket/swimming, that there is no way that he would sit in a sports bar during the ACTUAL Olympics making ‘insightful’ judgments about female athletes. It’s always so disappointing to find out that you […]
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Image Description: the words “Apply to be an Oxstu Editor. Apply through the online form. Open until 2nd July at 6pm.” on a plain blue background. Applications to join the Editorial team of the Oxford Student are now open. If you would like to be a Section Editor or Deputy Section Editor in Michaelmas, now […]
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Image Description: Wade Elliot scoring in the 2009 Play-Off Final Sunday 29th May is the biggest day in the football calendar. I cannot wait to see those two British teams walk out onto the hallowed Wembley turf. No, UEFA have not reconsidered their ludicrous decision to play the Champions League Final in Portugal, instead of […]
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Image Description: Four players gather around the net during a training session College sport has been severely disrupted due to the pandemic. Despite the difficulties, at Merton college Roheena Buckland, Victoria Moon, and Ebube Akojie have managed to set up a mixed-gender Netball team to compete in the cuppers league. The three co-captains detailed the […]
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Image Description: Pages of an open book about Machiavelli Football has never seen such a blatant display of greed as the proposals for the now condemned European Super League. The owners acted in what would commonly be described as a Machiavellian fashion. However, even Machiavelli would have reacted with disdain at the proposed Super League. […]
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Image Description: Manchester United fans at the back of a coach on their way to a game against Halifax Town It has been over a year since away fans have been permitted in stadiums. This has meant that the ritual of thousands of supporters travelling up and down the country on a bi-weekly basis has […]
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Image Description: South Africa vs England, at Newlands, Cape Town Jan 2005, Test Day 3 I have never been to a Test match, or any cricket game for that matter. Yet, I love cricket; the longer the form, the better. So, why was Graeme Swann’s autobiography at the top of my Christmas list as an […]
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Image description: misty running tracks 2021 marks the 30th anniversary of the foundation of the Oxford Student, and in recognition of this landmark, we in the Sports Team would like to take you back three decades, to have a look at the sort of things we would have been commenting on back then, in the […]
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