Dating back to 1829, The Boat Race is a historic rowing competition between the UK’s two premier universities. It became an annual fixture in 1856 and has taken place nearly every year since.

The 1877 Boat Race was declared a dead heat because, legend has it, finishing judge "Honest" John Phelps was not only blind in one eye but blind drunk too. In 2025 we have multiple Olympic ...

Three brothers are hoping to set a record time for rowing across the Pacific Ocean - having already conquered the Atlantic. Ewan, Jamie, and Lachlan Maclean, from Edinburgh, start their four-month ...

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The build-up to this year's event has seen tensions rise between the two over an eligibility row centred on gold medallist Tom Ford. Popular historian and TV presenter Snow rowed three times for ...

The trio is expected to spend more than 120 days at sea in their custom-built carbon fibre ocean rowing boat, as they cover a distance equivalent to 343 marathons. The boat, which they helped ...

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Xavier will become the first HBCU to have a co-ed varsity rowing team. This comes just two years after rowing became a club ...

The world's most famous rowing event is back this weekend, with squads from Oxford and Cambridge taking part in the annual Boat Race. It will take place over 4.25 miles of the tidal River Thames ...

OXFORD and Cambridge have released their rowing crews for the 2025 boat race - but the selection has been mired in controversy. FOUR Cambridge rowers have been excluded on eligibility grounds as ...