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With Sky Bet League 2’s season about to kick-off again, Exeter City are preparing themselves for their first game of the season. They are set to play against Cambridge United at home in St James Park Stadium on August 5th.

St James Park has been home to the club for many years, with their record attendance figure standing at 20,984, when fans watched Exeter lose 4–2 to Sunderland in 1931 at the FA Cup Sixth Round Replay.

Early on in the history of the stadium, there had been complaints that the ground wasn’t regulation length, with Stoke (in 1909) and Reading (1910)...

The countdown to the eleventh annual Dartmoor Classic Sportive, which takes place on Sunday 02 July, is on, and organisers are looking forward to yet another successful event.

Up to 3,500 riders will participate, with entrants travelling from as far as Australia, Brazil, France, Portugal, Belgium, Switzerland, Netherlands, Bulgaria, the USA, Canada, Dubai, United Arab Emirates, Sri Lanka, Philippines, Spain, Italy and Ireland.

The riders will tackle one of three routes; the 35 mile piccolo route, the 68 mile medio route and the 107 mile grande route. The routes are designed...

Exeter Chiefs head coach Rob Baxter believes his side have been handed a “fantastic” draw in this season’s European Champions Cup.

As one of the five top seeds for the 2017/18 competition, the newly-crowned Premiership champions have been pitted in Pool Three against rivals Montpellier, Glasgow Warriors and three-time winners Leinster.

All three opponents are familiar foes for the Chiefs, who will be looking to recreate their title-winning form onto the European stage when the competition gets underway in October.

“Every year you wait for the draw with both...

Exeter Chiefs star Jack Nowell has confessed that playing for the British and Irish Lions, in New Zealand, is a dream come true.

The 24-year-old will get his second outing in the famous red jersey after he was named in their starting line-up for their latest tour clash against the Highlanders on Tuesday.

The England international suffered defeat on his debut for Warren Gatland’s side against the Blues last week, but he will get his chance to impress once more in a back three combination that also includes Scotland winger Tommy Seymour and Irish full-back Jared Payne....