THE Boat Race returns for the 170th time this weekend – and fans will be preparing to take their place on the banks of the River Thames. The famous old race between Oxford and Cambridge ...

Got it. Welcome to the Boat Race. For the uninitiated, this is a true British — or more specifically, English — sporting event like no other. Once a year, on a four-and-a-bit-mile stretch of the River ...

The 2025 Women’s Boat Race was briefly stopped after the Cambridge and Oxford teams collided in the River Thames. Cambridge ...

Oxford had already been accused of “slimy” off-boat manoeuvres following the controversial exclusion of four Cambridge rowers ...

"I can't see who's in the lead but it's either Oxford or Cambridge" - John Snagge, Boat Race commentator in 1949. Considered ...

Thrill seekers should experience this exhilarating high-speed boat ride on the River Thames - which was certainly more than I bargained for.

The build-up to the annual Boat Race contested by Oxford and Cambridge Universities is shrouded by fears rowers could contract E.coli thanks to the poor water quality of the River Thames.

E-coli levels along the stretch of the River Thames where the annual Boat Race takes place are three times over the threshold for poor bathing water, campaigners have found. Samples collected ...