By Mauricio Alencar A fixture between the universities of Oxford and Cambridge was once seen as the pinnacle of sporting events – or at least in 1829, the year of the first ever Boat Race. Two years prior to that, the first ever inter-Oxbridge meeting came in cricket. In the following 100 years, the two universities led the way in sports as they competed against one another in Varsity fixtures ranging from football and rugby to basketball and, more recently, quidditch. But the story of almost two centuries of the contests has been one of fading prestige. In the last 20 years alone, Varsity foo…
