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Phil Packer

Veteran walks in Cambridge for charity

30 May 2012

Major Phil Packer MBE will today walk eight miles in Cambridge as part of his BRIT 2012 Challenge. This challenge, which is fundraising for the...

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I Boanas-Evans

Osprey of the Year award for sporting success

16 May 2012

The President of Cambridge University Women’s Boat Club, Isabel Boanas-Evans, has been awarded the annual Osprey of the Year trophy in what has been...

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Cambridge Sports Centre

Work starts on Cambridge Sports Centre

01 May 2012

Construction work has begun on the site of the £16 million Phase One of the long-awaited Cambridge Sports Centre at West Cambridge.

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London 2012 is now just 100 days away

One hundred days until London 2012

18 Apr 2012

The one hundred day countdown to the Olympic Games has begun.

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CUWBC racing

The Henley Boat Races this Sunday

19 Mar 2012

Top university rowers hope to follow in footsteps of Olympic greats

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Usain Bolt

Maths + Sport: exploring the hidden maths behind the Olympics

24 Feb 2012

University's mathematical contribution to the London 2012 education programme

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Dr Vanessa Heggie

What the Olympic Games have done for us

22 Jan 2012

The genuine scientific benefits that have emerged from the modern Olympic Games have often been lost in the hype surrounding these high profile...

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Cricket Ball

Big crowd anticipated for Twenty20 Varsity match

16 Jun 2011

A huge crowd is expected at Fenner’s on Friday afternoon when Cambridge take on Oxford in the Charles Russell Twenty20 Varsity Match.

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Johan Cruyff at the 1974 World Cup Final.

The beautiful, neglected game

26 May 2011

Millions of people will tune into the Champions’ League Final this weekend; billions watch the football World Cup. But despite its popularity...

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Making the Olympic Countdown a matter of maths and science

15 Mar 2011

With 500 days to go to the 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games, the University of Cambridge is helping everyone to understand more about the maths and...

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A very bumpy playing field

11 Mar 2011

As the electronic clock purrs away the milliseconds to the opening of the 2012 London Olympic Games, a new book by a Cambridge University researcher...

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2011 Xchanging Boat Race Crews Announced

07 Mar 2011

The 2011 Xchanging Boat Race later this month will pit an Oxford boat composed largely of British students with an impressive rowing pedigree against...

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