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Coventry City 2 Exeter City 0

Exeter City slipped to their first league defeat of the season as they lost 2-0 away from home against Coventry City at the Ricoh Arena.

An unfortunate Troy Brown own goal and a late finish from Devon Kelly-Evans secured victory for a Coventry side who created a host of chances.

Despite the Grecians’ attempts to rally from behind, they were unable to find their way back into the match despite some late chances. City boss, Paul Tisdale, named the same starting eleven for the sixth consecutive match with the Grecians keen to continue...

Seven of Exeter’s Devon County Councillors have earmarked part of their community budget to help get Devon’s young people more involved in sport.

The City’s county councillors each equally contributed £222.00 towards a £1,554 grant to the ‘Premier League Kicks’ programme, which provides free sports coaching sessions and community activities to young people aged 8-19. The programme is being delivered by the City Community Trust, a leading health and wellbeing charity working in partnership with Exeter City Football Club. The money was contributed from the Locality Budgets of...

The tennis world will always have that news that will leave people wondering. It could be a huge upset is taking place where someone that is ceded at number 50 or 100 is walloping someone within the first 5. It may be a new comer beating the hell out of a multiple grand slam winner. In all these, the only thing that gains is the suspense and the glamorous nature of the game. If everything becomes predictable, the beauty of the game will be lost. So, all these are actually welcomed.

However, the news coming from India seems to be the most current upset, and it says that two of the...

Starting from the next year, every race that will happen in the Cheltenham Festival will be declared at least 48 hours before the start of the race. This is coming from the British Horseracing Authority in the wake of the present year’s events. The practice has been that the ‘non-novice Grade Ones’ make the declaration 48 hours before the race. Other races do theirs 24 hours before the race in line with the National Hunt system.

Many people were surprised about this change in status quo and have wondered why it is coming at this time. Many people are seeing it as a radical move and...