April 7 (Reuters) - Cambridge beat Oxford by two seconds to win the 165th men's Varsity boat race on the River Thames on Sunday with double Olympic champion James Cracknell rowing himself into the ...

intruder forced the umpire to halt the contest near the halfway mark with the crews racing close together. A man wearing a black wetsuit was almost hit by the oars of the Oxford crew before he was ...

April 4 (Reuters) - Cambridge men's and women's crews scored a double win over Oxford in an epic edition of the university boat race on Sunday, which was held without crowds on the River Great Ouse in ...

ELY, England, March 30 (Reuters) - Sandwiched between a country road and a train line, the wind funnelled by its banks, the Great Ouse river appears an unlikely venue for one of Britain's most watched ...

For the first time in the Oxford and Cambridge University Boat Race history, the women's event will be held on the same day as the men's. Tamara Keith speaks with American rower Caryn Davies. Equality ...

Race umpire John Garrett halted the race around 2 1/2 miles into the 4 1/4-mile course in front of thousands of shocked spectators along the river banks in southwest London, before the swimmer - who ...

The catchphrase is already taken, but every year an event known simply as the Boat Race renews a rowing tradition unlike any other. It involves Oxford — the marquee invitee to Saturday’s 24th annual ...

clash of oars between the crews of the two boats. That effectively ended Oxford’s challenge and Cambridge sprinted away to win by several lengths. But as Cambridge celebrated, there was despair and ...

(Reuters) - Cambridge men's and women's crews scored a double win over Oxford in an epic edition of the university boat race on Sunday, which was held without crowds on the River Great Ouse in the ...