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How the Boat Race turned toxic

There is a trailer for a documentary about this year’s Boat Race that ends with Oxford women’s president declaring: “I will sell my soul to the devil to win this race.” If the makers of Turning The ...
AOL

Cambridge continues Boat Race dominance with double victory over Oxford

LONDON (AP) — Cambridge extended its dominant run in the annual Boat Race with victories in the men’s and women’s events on a polluted River Thames on Saturday. The men claimed a fifth trophy in six ...
The New York Times

The Boat Race: Why has Oxford and Cambridge’s annual river rivalry endured for almost 200 years?

You get two long, thin, canoe-type structures, stick nine people in them and then row along the River Thames in London for 15 minutes or so. Sounds pretty basic, yes? Well, it is, but then so is ...
The New York Times

Oxford University branded ‘slimy’ and ‘desperate’ amid Boat Race eligibility row

Controversy has broken out ahead of this year’s Boat Race between Oxford University and Cambridge University over the eligibility of certain students which has been labelled “a desperate ploy … to ...