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If anyone were to peruse the Oxford University Association Football association league tables, they ought to take a look at the nine-team JCR Reserves Third Division; therein shall be found arguably the greatest team that Oxford college football has ever produced. They don’t sit on the top of the table; they haven’t bamboozled the division […]
Continue Reading(Photo from top left to bottom right: Cameron Fern, Daniel Khan, Prannay Kaul, Gus Gayford, George Galla, Matthew Evans, Tom Lambert, Will Yates, Sam Packer (c), Vivek Lodhia, Sanesh Mistry, Tom Smith) Somerville College today added to their highly successful year of sport as the Cricket Club defeated Brasenose by three runs in a final over […]
Continue ReadingThe Oxford Sirens, Oxford University’s competitive cheerleading squad, has been going from success to success, with their all-girls Level 2 team placing first in a national competition back in February and the entire squad performing their inaugural showcase just a few weeks ago. Continuing on from this success, the Sirens hosted the largest Cuppers competition […]
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Twenty-nine teams entered, but only one emerged victorious. No, it wasn’t Teddy Hall, who were trying to repeat as champions after winning it all in 2014. It wasn’t New, who escaped a challenging group unscathed and seemingly with all the momentum on their side. Nor was it Oriel, who entered the tournament as league winners, […]
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Every year, three matches of Calcio Fiorentino – a bizarre and archaic type of football – take place in Florence’s Piazza Santa Croce. The mini-tournament, featuring a team from each quarter of the city, attracts around 1500 Italian spectators who arrive keen to see choking, head-butting, and the other “assertive” tactics that the rules of […]
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This being Magdalen’s second time in the Cuppers Final in as many years, captain Richard Clark and his team came out wanting it more than ever and fighting hard. Worcester, led by Michael Balderson, were no shrinking violets though. What began as a fairly pedestrian, calm game of hockey in the first half (with lots […]
Continue ReadingDescribed as ‘a mixed season’ by Football Blues captain Jack Fletcher, the Blues have been strong at home all year – losing just one league fixture at Iffley through a last minute goal by a capable Nottingham side who head the BUCS division. With veterans Ezra Rubenstein and Peder Beck-Friis firing on all cylinders, the […]
Continue ReadingOxStu Sport collates the biggest and best of the weekend’s women’s football fixtures
Continue ReadingOxford’s best long-distance runners were on full display on a grey Saturday, as Cuppers Cross Country took over South Parks for an afternoon of impressive endurance.
Continue ReadingKeble finish ahead of St John’s and Hertford at Athletics Cuppers, reports Emily Moss
Continue ReadingBalliol captain’s sporting gesture goes unrewarded as Worcester fight back, reports Joe Mansour
Continue ReadingFans were already awaiting a feast of football this Michaelmas with El Clasico, the Tyne-Wear derby and the first Premier League meeting of Cardiff and Swansea on our screens in the coming weeks. Today, the Cuppers’ draw threw up a rivalry which trumps them all. All eyes will be on Abingdon Road in 3rd Week […]
Continue ReadingFor Michaelmas, The OxStu has teamed up with the University’s Quidditch team to bring you the inside scoop on all things Quidditch. In the first of a number of articles, Matthew Western gives us the lowdown on the sport…
Continue Reading1282: just south of the Oxford city wall Hart Hall is established, becoming Hertford College in 1874. Five thousand miles to the east Kublai Khan, grandson of Genghis Khan, is opening up trade routes with Europe that will lead his great ambassador Rabban Bar Sauma as far as the court of Edward I in […]
Continue ReadingReport and video highlights from the 2013 Hockey Cuppers Final
Continue ReadingTeam Oxstu Looks back on the moments that have defined Oxford sport this year
Continue ReadingRichard Foord reports from a thrilling cuppers final
Continue ReadingThe sun made a timely appearance last weekend to complete an idyllic summer scene at Cuppers including picnics, Pimm’s, and plenty of polo! With 6 colleges competing, spirits were high and support was out in force. Play kicked off in style with a nail-bitingly close call between St Peter’s and a Hertford-St Cross alliance. Imposing […]
Continue ReadingAlex Tyndall reports on the annual rowing highlight that is Summer VIIIs
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