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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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Image Description: Personal Training at Gym – Press Ups On the 25th March it will be exactly six years since the Government launched the Mental Health in Sport Initiative. This moment was critical for so many reasons, but most importantly it represented the first-time 20+ sporting organisations, ranging from the Rugby Football Union to the […]
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Five Ballon d’Ors, 100 international goals, 31 major trophies, and, of course, six perfectly chiseled abdominals. It seems the more we look at Cristiano Ronaldo’s achievements, the more we are convinced that he really could be the greatest ever to put on a pair of studs. What’s crazier is that his legacy is still far […]
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Applications to join the Editorial team of the Oxford Student are now open! All applications consist of a written application and following this you may be called to an interview with the new Editors in Chief for Trinity term 2021, Isaac and Natasha. News Team applicants may also be required to send in an example […]
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Image description: an eight on the river in Oxford, viewed from the river bank on a sunny day A boat full of college students, rowing down the stretch of the Isis in Christchurch Meadows, whilst the less sporty amongst us watch whilst drinking pimms is one of the more iconic ‘Oxford’ images of usual term […]
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If the NBA were ever to commission a Basketball equivalent of Mount Rushmore, for those who had the biggest influence on the game, three of the four faces picked would be pretty unanimous candidates. Michael Jordan. LeBron James. Magic Johnson. The fourth face would have a bit more debate. Many would call for Allen Iverson, […]
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Image Description: Baseball at the Dodgers’ Stadium Oxford University baseball is one of Oxford’s newest Half-Blue sports. While boasting a robust history as a sport at Oxford, baseball was only made a Half-Blue this past year. This inclusive community creates a space for players of all abilities; players can learn a new skill or compete […]
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The departure of England’s Phil Neville to David Beckham’s Inter-Miami and the mutual termination of Wales boss Jayne Ludlow has left all four of the home nations manager-less. This lack of direction at the top of women’s football is surprising, considering the interest generated by the 2019 world cup. Women’s football is replete with stars, […]
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Image description: Drawing of a man saluting in a stadium. We are all too aware that football stadiums are eerily quiet and artificial crowd noise is just not capable of replacing the presence of football supporters. Football grounds are focal points for communities, and this is not the first time that governments have had to […]
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Image Description: Cyclists participate in the Tour de France As the pre-season training camps wind down for another January, and we build into a highly anticipated 2021 season, it is vital to take stock of a momentous 2020 for cycling. Despite not racing for four months, in an incredible feat of organisation all three Grand […]
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“It’s a strange world. Some people get rich, others eat shit and die” – Hunter S. Thompson For Charles Barkley, former professional basketball player turned sports analyst, those who are rich seemingly ‘deserve’ to be protected from the prospect of ever joining the masses of shit-eaters at the bottom of the pile. Speaking on TNT, Barkley […]
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