The future development of Oxford United's Manor Ground could be dictated by members of Headington Bowls Club. United is hoping the sale of the Manor will help fund the club's new stadium at Minchery Farm. The club's owner, Firoz Kassam, has paid the bowls
Oxford Univ 1, Cambridge Univ 3 CAMBRIDGE ended a run of 12 games without a win when they beat Oxford in the 117th Varsity Match at the Manor Ground last night. The Light Blues were gifted the win with two goals from penalties. The match was barely a
OXFORD Stadium are set to introduce an innovation in tote betting on top of the recently announced £1.5m refurbishments at the Sandy Lane greyhound track. The go-ahead circuit are about to introduce hand-held fast distribution tote ticket machines in
BUDDING coaches Adam Claydon and Clare Mattingley, from King Alfred's Community and Sports College in Wantage, have received recognition for their efforts to promote sport in the community. Claydon, 17, and Mattingley, 18, were named Sportsman and Sportswoman
The 19 year-old Oxfordshire man imposed his authority on his more experienced rival from the bell, but the 30 year-old Limassol veteran took the verdict. Joyce has an opportunity to avenge that defeat in the autumn when a return encounter is planned in
Oxford's official jester, Justin Time, practises tightrope walking before the Fun in the Parks season gets under way with a massive free party. The event in South Park on Monday, sponsored by the Oxford Mail, is a revival of the 1970s and 1980s Mayfly
Novelist Brian Aldiss is angry that an Oxford street has been wrongly named on a bus company map of the city. The science fiction writer lives in St Andrew's Road, Headington, but the new public transport route plan has merged the street with Barton Lane
Oxford United finished their miserable season with another defeat on Saturday - despite having taken the lead. Read the full report, and send a message to the forum, on This is United
halt Pakistan charge OXFORD'S representatives Joe Porter and Ja,mie Dalrymple could not prevent the British Universities being overwhelmed by the Pakistan tourists at Trent Bridge yesterday. Porter made the third top score of 14 as the students were shot
OXFORD Devils go for glory today in the National Basketball League Division 1 play-offs at the Wembley Arena. The Oxford outfit, who play their home matches at Oxford Brookes University, start slight favourites but know they will have to play to their
OXFORD Cheetahs' star Leigh Adams, currently the hottest property in British speedway, believes this could be his year in the Grand Prix which gets under way tonight at the Friedrich Ludwig Jahn Stadium in Berlin, writes JOHN GAISFORD. He lines up along
THE world's first Internet institute will open in Oxford in the autumn, writes Chris Koenig. Dame Stephanie Shirley, one of Britain's richest women, and founder of leading business technology company FI Group, has donated £10m to the project through the
Great Train Robber Ronnie Biggs has visited Britain several times in disguise during his 35 years on the run, the gang's leader, Bruce Reynolds, has revealed. Reynolds made the claim about Biggs, who is due to return from his Brazil hideaway to face arrest
More than 150 Unison union members marched through Oxford in the opening salvo of their campaign for a regional weighting allowance. The union called the demonstration, which processed through Bonn Square, Queen Street, Cornmarket and Broad Street yesterday
