Sport

Exeter School is proud of its U16 Girls and Boys and U18 Boys Indoor Hockey teams for making it to the National Indoor Hockey Finals on 10-12 January.

This is the first time three teams have represented the school at this national stage.

The U16 Girls met a wealth of hockey talent at the West Finals in Cheltenham on 30 November.

They were winners of the section and played Cheltenham Ladies College in the semi finals winning 6-1.

They played King's Bruton in the final. It was 2-2 at full time and Exeter lost on penalty flicks.

Exeter were runners up...

Adrian Mateos is the second youngest poker player to win the event

A relatively unknown youngster from Spain will have an entire year of fame and bragging rights after conquering the main event of the 2013 World Series of Poker Europe (WSOPE) at Casino Barriere d'Enghien-les-Bainswith near Paris, France.

The WSOPE ended this weekend with Adrian Mateos winning the No Limit Hold ‘Em Main Event title, the €1,000,000 (£857,134) cash prize, and the highly-coveted WSOPE gold bracelet . He joins fellow bracelet winner, Canadian Daniel Negreaunu, who previously won the WSOPE High...

Toulon 32 Exeter Chiefs 20

As copies of the local Var-Matin newspaper flittered from high in the stands of Toulon’s Stade Felix Mayol, so it seems the hopes of Exeter Chiefs qualifying for the latter stages of this season’s Heineken Cup followed suit.

Heroic efforts against reigning champions Toulon have certainly been notable, but the back-to-back defeats have left Devon’s finest well adrift of their star-studded French rivals in Pool Two.

Bernard Laporte’s star-studded side not only returned to the summit of the group, but their five-point haul has ensured they...

Horseracing is Britain’s best value day out for sports fans, according to a new report published by the Racecourse Association. The research, conducted by Deloitte shows that racing consistently costs less than other major sports, such as Twenty20 cricket, Football League games, a round of golf, domestic rugby and Premier League football and other competing leisure activities. A sports fan can enjoy a midweek race meeting for as little as £4, or a Saturday high-profile fixture for just £13. In contrast, the lowest priced adult matchday ticket for a Premier League game was £33, and cost as...