As hopefuls from every nation slug it out in each Olympic event, descriptions of what goes into each performance have been all too familiar.

Regardless of medals gained, competitors have 'given it everything', 'pushed themselves to their absolute limit', 'done everything in their power', [add your own favourite cliche to...

Having been brought up in an Olympics-loving household, I have always enjoyed the Games.

One prominent memory of childhood is from 2000, when I got up early and joined the rest of my family to huddle around a tiny television and roar Steve Redgrave on to his fifth Olympic...

News filtered through on Wednesday that from 2015, the annual women's boat race will take place on the same day and the same course as 'The Boat Race'. This is both heartily welcomed and long overdue.

Everybody knows of 'The Boat Race', of course. Every year around the...

Yesterday, a presumably slow day at the BBC saw an article published on their website about somebody rejected from Oxford 'getting back' at the university. On being turned down by Magdalen College, 19 year old Elly Nowell decided to produce a mock up of the rejection letter she...

Starting a blog on university life at Christmas time does feel slightly jarring, writing outside of my natural habitat. Nevertheless, the holidays seem as good a place as any to discuss the full-time nature of the course.

I had a dream today that one day I will do nothing...