Women rowers catch up with men at the Boat Race

From 2015, for the first time, the women's event will be on the same stretch of river and same day as the men's

Good to hear that the women's Boat Race, which takes place at Henley-on-Thames today, is finally being dragged into the modern era.

To date, the annual contest between Oxford and Cambridge rowers has been held over a straight 2,000m one week before the men's race (which is next Sunday) and on a different part of the Thames.