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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: 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: View of the Radcliffe camera (left) and cartoon of a woman holding giant rapid Covid-19 test (right) The University has recorded 3 positive cases out of 39 tests taken between 13th and 19th March, down from 6 in the previous week. Further, twice-weekly asymptomatic testing arrangements are confirmed to be in place from […]
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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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Oxford University Hockey Club has successfully appealed the University ban on sports fixtures with teams from outside of Oxford. The guidance, which prohibits teams from travelling to matches or hosting teams from outside Oxford, was issued by the University’s Silver Group to all teams affiliated with the University. Collegiate matches are still permitted to take […]
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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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With the new season fast approaching, OxStu Sport caught up with Blues Ice Hockey player Joseph Ghoussoub to see why we should all be playing one of the hottest sports around. Why should people get involved in Ice Hockey? Playing for the Blues Ice Hockey team hockey is almost always a revival of someone old […]
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Image description: Lewes women footballers Football. Sweary drunk people. Far too many men not wearing T-shirts. Famously not my scene. But this summer offered me a gateway into the great British tradition of watching football in a pub. I have always grown up detesting the rowdy group of men who gather in the pub to […]
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This year’s season has been unrivalled in Oxford University Equestrian Club’s (OUEC) history. The squad, captained by Psychology finalist Amy Small, consists of three teams: two of these compete in BUCS leagues and all three in varsity. At trials in Michaelmas, the new intake of freshers was promising, with many of these talented riders joining […]
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“Make sure you don’t put your parachute on the ground. It might not open when it’s wet.” We’re speeding up St Giles on the bus to Bicester and Tor can see I’m starting to panic. He reassures me, “don’t worry, no one ever has to use them.” I’m with Tor Walberg, former president of Oxford […]
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This year has seen one of the most successful seasons in recent OUFC history. Within Oxford, fencing remains one of the most popular sports for beginners, with the club recording over 500 signups at Freshers Fair. With four teams in BUCS, fencing was Oxford’s highest scoring sport in BUCS this season, scoring 179 BUCS points, […]
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Here are some selected Varsity reports to highlight some of the sporting action you may have missed during the vacation. The standard of sport was very impressive with a thrilling atmosphere for all those involved. Swimming Oxford emerged victorious in a closely contested Varsity following last year’s draw. Many records were broken in a day […]
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After the rain got the better of them on Wednesday, washing out their BUCS fixture against Loughborough, the Oxford MCCU girls were eager to get back out onto the cricket pitch this week. On a beautiful morning at Parks, the Navy won the toss and put Oxford in to bat. The girls got off to […]
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Summer sports will soon be getting into full swing so here is a taste of what to expect! Athletics After great success in the FEAR/ Indoor Varsity, Athletics promises another exciting term. The 145th Varsity will be hosted away at Cambridge’s Wilberforce Road on 18th May. It will be a jam-packed day as Oxford looks […]
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