Sport

Betfair is to sponsor this year’s Jockeys v Eventers v Showjumpers Celebrity Challenge in aid of the Injured Jockeys’ Fund at Bicton Arena.

The competition takes place on Saturday, August 23 during the venue’s summer showjumping show.

Hundreds of people are expected to attend and with a disco following the evening competition, organisers are hoping to add plenty of money to the Injured Jockeys’ Fund coffers.

The challenge will take the form of a relay race with two teams of four taking part at a time and negotiating a range of showjumps and brush fences against the...

An Exeter-based corporate lawyer and category 1 road cyclist has been selected for the 2014 British Cycling National Road Championships competing against the likes of Team Sky and Sir Bradley Wiggins.

Andrew Feather, a specialist in corporate mergers and acquisitions with Michelmores LLP, will compete for team Bikeshed – UEX in the 117 mile Championship Road Race on Sunday, June 29 taking place around Monmouthshire in Wales.

The event, which will be screened live on Eurosport and includes 160 elite cyclists from around the UK, many of whom will be competing in the...

Head coach Rob Baxter says he is encouraged by the way his Exeter Chiefs have reported back for pre-season training this week.

Just a handful of weeks after bringing the curtain down on the 2013/14 season - one which brought about a first piece of major silverware for the Devon club - the Chiefs regrouped on Monday for the start of their build-up to the new campaign.

Welcoming back a large nucleus of last season's LV= Cup winning squad, Baxter was also able to parade a selection of his new recruits with Ryan Caldwell, Tomas Francis, Mitch Lees and Thomas Waldrom in...

Bicton College will next year join the AASE league (Achieving Academic and Sporting Excellence) for the 2014 season starting in September.

Bicton College, who provide one of the branch arms of the Exeter Chiefs Rugby Academy set-up, this year won the British Colleges Sports (BCS) Under-19 Elite League after defeating Myesrcough College in the semi-final and Bishop Burton in the final.

Bicton will join Truro, Ivybridge, Filton, Henley & St Pauls. The league will run up to December before taking a break to allow the National Academy Under-18 Competition to run before...