Earlier Cambridge beat Oxford in emphatic fashion to win the 73rd Women's Boat Race on the River Thames.

The BBC has live coverage of both the women's and men's races as Oxford and Cambridge lock horns on Saturday, 24 March.

The Boat Race, an annual rowing contest between crews from Oxford and Cambridge University Boat clubs, features a women's race at 16:31 GMT and a men's race at 17:31 GMT.

This year marks 80 years since the event was first televised by the BBC.

Live coverage of the both races will be on BBC One, Connected TV and online from 15:50-18:15 GMT.

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Oxford have won four of the past five men's races and are catching up with Cambridge in the overall standings - it's 82-80 to the Light Blues.

There is a bigger gap in the women's head-to-head - with Cambridge leading 42-30 - but Oxford hope to narrow the gap with an experienced crew.

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