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Slade sticks to Devon roots with new contract

Exeter Chiefs and England centre Henry Slade has committed his future to staying in Devon, signing a new contract with the club.

The 74-cap England international this season celebrated scoring his 1,000th Chiefs point against Gloucester Rugby in round five of the Gallagher PREM. A Chief since 2011, Slade has racked up 259 appearances in all competitions.

Slade said: “It was an easy decision to make to re-sign. To be able to run out at Sandy Park and continue to call this place home for a few more years is brilliant. I feel very privileged and lucky to have played so many...

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How the World Cup will Affect the Premier League this Season

Authored by Val Watson
Posted: Mon, 08/29/2022 - 11:52am

No matter if you’re here in Exeter, another part of the UK, or anywhere else on the planet, there’s going to be no getting away from the FIFA World Cup when it kicks off later this year.

In many respects, this year’s iteration of the world’s biggest football tournament will be business as usual. Fans from every continent will be flocking to the host nation in the hopes of seeing their nation be crowned as the best in the world at the beautiful game.

There will, however, be a few key differences. Firstly, the World Cup will be taking place in Qatar , the first time it’s...

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What will Rekeem Harper bring to Exeter City? 

Authored by David Banks
Posted: Wed, 08/24/2022 - 10:48am

Exeter City are finally back in the League One after a decade away, and they will be keen to secure dream promotion to the Championship, or at least, hold on to their status in the division at the end of the 2022-23 season.

Manager Matt Taylor has managed to make a couple of quality additions to his squad, with English defensive midfielder Rekeem Harper arriving on a season-long loan from Ipswich Town to join the likes of earlier signings Jamal Blackman and Kegs Chauke at St. James Park.

The former England youth international has not particularly fulfilled the huge...

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LTA Wheelchair Tennis Initiative aims to uncover more budding talent in Exeter

Authored by News Desk
Posted: Tue, 08/23/2022 - 10:16pm

The LTA’s Wheelchair Tennis Initiative is set to arrive at Exeter Tennis Centre on Sunday 27 August , as the search for the next big stars of the game continues.

This initiative is part of the LTA’s Wheelchair Performance Pathway Talent Identification Programme, delivered by our Wheelchair Performance staff. These open days offer players the first opportunity to enter our Wheelchair Performance Pathway and are designed to attract, engage and inspire people with physical impairments to join the game.

The LTA Wheelchair Tennis Initiative aims to attract, inspire and engage...

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The Premier League asks clubs to voluntarily ban gambling and betting companies’ sponsorships 

Authored by David Banks
Posted: Mon, 08/22/2022 - 10:52am

Football clubs are making millions of money from betting companies’ sponsorships, but they are asked to gradually remove bookies’ and gambling companies’ logos from their uniforms as there is stronger and stronger pressure for making a clear distinction between sports betting and the sport itself. All sportsbooks, including the best online bookmakers in the UK , are extremely interested in promoting their brand through the live action of football, making their way directly to the intense feelings, positive emotions and excitement of both clubs’ fans and sports’ spectators. But it is...

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Kitan Ojo - new ambassador for The OddBalls Foundation at the University of Exeter

University of Exeter student and rugby union star signs up as charity ambassador to educate young men about the dangers of testicular cancer

A professional rugby union player who is studying at the University of Exeter will be taking on another role in education after signing up to support a testicular cancer charity. Kitan Ojo, who is in the senior academy squad at Harlequins, has secured the role of university ambassador for The OddBalls Foundation and from the autumn term will be helping the organisation to encourage men to check themselves for signs of the disease, the most prominent form in males aged 15-49.

Kitan Ojo, 19, is from Weybridge in Surrey and is studying for a degree in Mechanical Engineering at the...

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22 Devon school-age athletes to follow in footsteps of Commonwealth Games champions

Authored by News Desk
Posted: Tue, 08/16/2022 - 9:57pm

Twenty-two athletes from Devon have been selected to compete at the 2022 School Games National Finals , the UK’s biggest multi-sport event for talented young athletes across the Uk from 1-4 September at Loughborough University .

This year over a thousand young athletes at the event hope to follow in the footsteps of Adam Peaty, Katarina Johnson-Thompson and Hannah Cockroft who formerly competed at the National Finals and this year went on to compete at the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games. School Games National Finals alumni secured 100 medals at Birmingham 2022 between them,...

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League One is starting - is Exetear FC ready for the new season?

Authored by Simon Wells
Posted: Thu, 08/11/2022 - 11:35am

At the time of the writing of this article, the first games of the season for Exeter City F.C are just around the corner. After having spent 10 eventful, but very long, years in league two the Grecians finally managed to make their way into League One.

This was after nearly making the cut in both 2017 and 2018, where the team missed the promotion by the skin of their teeth. After a couple of years of trying to find their stride again, Matt Taylor spearheaded a strong campaign where Exeter City found themselves back in League One. The club also managed to do it in its 120th year...

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Looking Ahead to Exeter's 22/23 Season

It’s been ten years since the Grecians were in League One, and after Matt Jay’s heroic 78th goal versus Barrow on the final day of the last season, they’ve made it back once again. So for this season, running from 2022 to 2023, things are looking up for Exeter. Still one of the only fan-run clubs in the English Football League - and high up on the chain at that, following AFC Wimbledon’s relegation into League Two - Exeter have made a great start to the new season.

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With such a solid position as number two on the league table, there is a good chance of...

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Bradfords renews partnership with Exeter Chiefs

Bradfords Building Supplies has extended its partnership with the Exeter Chiefs for the 2022/2023 season, including its under-8s tag rugby festival.

As a Key Club Partner, Bradfords will continue its support of the Exeter Chiefs women’s team and its player sponsorship for Chiefs and England international, Henry Slade, as well as Chiefs forward and Dutch international, Linde Van Der Velden.

The Bradfords Community Cup – the major regional tag rugby festival for under-8s held at Sandy Park – continues to form an integral part of the agreement.

David Young, CEO of...

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Exeter sports club receives sponsorship boost from Taylor Wimpey

Taylor Wimpey is supporting Exeter Ladies Water Polo Club to achieve further success this season with a second sponsorship boost.

The club currently plays its home matches at St Sidwell’s Point off Parish Street and had previously teamed up with Taylor Wimpey in 2020. The housebuilder has committed £500 specifically towards the ladies team at the club as a sponsorship deal for a second season this year.

Despite having one of the youngest average ages of a team in the whole of the British Water Polo League, the Ladies Senior Team has won successive back-to-back promotions...

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