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Image Description: France and Italy’s women’s rugby teams set for a scrummage. On the pitch Women’s rugby is on the rise, both domestically and internationally. The COVID-19 pandemic has certainly interfered with progress, as it has in all sports, and sadly the women’s game in England was more adversely affected than the men’s. For instance, […]
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Image Description: A humble few basketball fans sit scattered around a court, waiting for a game. Basketball For many North Americans, the first signs of COVID-19 impacting them actually came via the NBA. What was supposed to be an ordinary Wednesday night of basketball suddenly turned into breaking news when Utah Jazz superstar Ruby Gobert tested […]
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Image Description: A silhouetted man running up a rocky hill I have to admit, before lockdown I never quite understood why running was so popular as a form of exercise. I’d watch my friends and housemates go off on runs to “blow off some steam” after a long day at work, while I waved them […]
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Image Description: Rows of empty blue chairs at Chelsea FC stadium Rugby The Gallagher English Premiership returned in August after a five-month suspension with an accelerated schedule, bringing an additional dimension to squad selection. Since not every game could be played by every player, decisions had to be made about who should be rested, and for […]
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Image Description: Members of Oxford University Swimming Club jump into a pool to celebrating Oxford University has today announced that the Iffley Road sports facility will not be used for teaching and academic purposes in the upcoming Michaelmas term. This comes after a student petition was signed by over 1,500 students protesting the potential change […]
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To our readers, We know it’s been an unusual term. Not having a physical paper has been disappointing, to say the least for the OxStu editorial team, but we like to think we have continued to create worthwhile and interesting content for you. Moving forward, we have exciting plans to transform and modernise the paper […]
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Term may not quite have been what we all expected, but the OxStu is busier than ever! If you want to be part of Oxford’s largest and most inclusive student paper, apply with one or more of the links below: News and Broadcast Team Application Editorial Team Application Columnists Application Illustrators and Designers Application News: […]
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Sign-up link is here! So, we have to admit that things next term aren’t exactly going to plan. However, we hope to find an opportunity within this adversity, and whilst the regular sports fixtures will unfortunately not be taking place in the foreseeable future, the e-sports industry is booming! What better time than now to […]
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Some sporting individuals are remembered in a single snapshot. Tommie Smith’s black-clad fist in Mexico, Francois Pienaar’s handshake with Mandela in Johannesburg, Ben Stokes’ tribalistic roar at Leeds. Some are immortalised through totemic achievements. Ronnie O’Sullivan’s blink-and-you’ll-miss-it maximum in Sheffield, Roger Bannister’s four-minute mile in Oxford, Nadia Comaneci’s perfect 10 in Montreal. Some remain etched […]
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It is always potentially hazardous to open a discussion which seeks to decide once and for all who is the best in a certain sporting category. Messi or Ronaldo? Hamilton or Schumacher? Biles or Comaneci? Titles and achievements are compared, difficulty of opponents assessed, and memories recalled. If things get heated, each point is hurled […]
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Over the Christmas period, several sports teams have been planning and carrying out fundraisers in order to support the local and wider community. At the beginning of last year, the University Sports Federation opened the University pool at Iffley Gym to elderly residents of Oxford in an attempt to give back to those who make […]
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At the arrival of a new decade, it seemed sensible to the Oxford Student to cast our eyes towards the sporting treats awaiting us in the upcoming year. Here is your definitive (-ish) top ten sporting events to be aware of in 2020: Rugby League Ashes, 31 October – 14 November Not seen since 2003, […]
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When trying to decide which gym is best to sign up to, it can be really confusing to troll through all of the advertisements and promotions that fill your inboxes, especially at this time of the year. As a fresher, I signed up to a gym just by clicking on the first link that came […]
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Runner Five? Looks like there are some zombies after you. Run! Those are the words, along with the moans of the undead, which get me jogging in the morning. Some people might want their morning exercise to be relaxing, accompanied by music or the sounds of nature. Personally, I’m motivated by the threat of being […]
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Following the merger of the Men’s and Women’s Blues Committees, the university’s first Joint Blues Committee met over the summer and discussed the eligibility of transgender athletes and whether a trans athlete could play in both men and women’s varsity matches. A verdict is yet to be determined however it is ‘thought to be unlikely’ […]
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As I walked up the stairs to the GLD I noticed the door tremble as it attempted to contain an ominous thunder of thumps. The scene behind it revealed fifteen girls split between five punchbags, three on each. In each team, one girl would hold the bag in place whilst it was relentlessly assaulted by […]
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This week saw the ultimate comeback game from both women’s teams with the Blues drawing their fixture with Bristol 17-17 and the Panthers overcoming Staffordshire with a 38-27 win. On a fresh autumn afternoon at Iffley Road, the Women’s Blues welcomed Bristol University for their fourth BUCS League fixture. Having won two and lost one […]
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On 16th November, members of University College Boat Club will be rowing continuously for 24 hours to raise £2000 for local mental health charity, Oxfordshire Mind. The rowers will be powering two rowing machines overnight to raise money for the charity, rotating every twenty minutes to half an hour. The challenge will start on the […]
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The scraping of ice, the clatter of sticks, and the raucous bells of a charging herd of cows? This is the soundscape of Blind Ice Hockey, the world’s fastest team parasport for the visually impaired, that was co-hosted this month by the Oxford University Ice Hockey Club. It was the second time ever that the […]
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