The build-up to today’s Boat Race has been beset by controversy. Oxford insisted that Tom Ford, a gold-medal winner from last year’s Paris Olympics, was ineligible to row for Cambridge because he started his undergraduate degree more than 12 years ago.

You can watch the Boat Races on BBC One or stream live on BBCiPlayer with coverage set to begin at 12.20pm. There have been 169 Men’s Boat Races since the first event in 1829 with Cambridge winning 87 to Oxford’s 81, with the 1877 race the only to be declared a dead heat.

All the ways to watch Cambridge vs Oxford in the 2025 Boat Race live from anywhere, as the long-running rivalry between the famous universities continues.