A dragon boat racing club which was taken to the brink of closure after Storm Henk washed its boats away is now celebrating ...

The Boat Race between England’s most prestigious universities returns on Sunday 13 April, to the River Thames for the 170th men’s and 79th women’s races with the tantalising prospect of ...

The build-up to today’s Boat Race has been beset by controversy. Oxford insisted that Tom Ford, a gold-medal winner from last year’s Paris Olympics, was ineligible to row for Cambridge because ...

CAMBRIDGE and Oxford resume their rivalry in the university Boat Race TODAY! Due to an eligibility dispute involving gold winner Tom Ford, relations between the two have only become worse in the ...

On Sunday, the University of Cambridge Boat Club and the University of Oxford Boat Club will take to the icy cold Thames and row it out in the 170th edition of the historic rowing race. Last year ...

A row has broken out ahead of the Boat Race after three Cambridge rowers were blocked from competing amid what has been branded “a desperate ploy from Oxford to gain an upper hand in the most ...

Oxford narrowly escaped disqualification from the Women's Boat Race after the oars of both boats collided on the Thames - leading to a stoppage just seconds in. Umpire Sir Matthew Pinsent ...

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Whilst the build-up to the 2025 Boat Race has been dominated by disputes, the boat clubs from both universities have thrown their support behind the London Rivers' Pledge, a commitment to cleaning ...

This Sunday sees the 170th men's and 79th women's Oxford and Cambridge boat races take place on the Thames. Crews will battle it out over a 4.25mile stretch of the river, between Putney and ...

The build-up to the 2025 Boat Race has been dominated by disputes over eligibility rules and the spirit of the contect. Oxford and Cambridge will go head-to-head on April 13 over the traditional ...

Imogen Grant won the Boat Race in 2017, 2018 and 2022 Olympic gold medallist Imogen Grant says the row between Oxford and Cambridge University Boat Clubs over selection for this year's Boat Races ...