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Shane Williams has urged Wales’ current crop of players to believe in themselves if they want to win this year’s Six Nations tournament.

Williams understands more than most how to get the job done, having played an integral role in Wales’ Grand Slam triumphs in 2005 and 2008.

He was selected in three World Cup squads, ended his international career as his country’s record try scorer and was deservedly inducted into the World Rugby Hall of Fame.

However, the current crop of players have a long way to go if they want to match Williams’ achievements, with the Grand...

There appears to be a new queen as far as the Cheltenham Festival’s Champion Hurdle is concerned. With Rachael Blackmore in the saddle, Henry de Bromhead’s Honeysuckle stormed to a six-and-a-half length victory in the Day One feature race last year and the trusty trio are tipped to defend their championship hurdling crown with ease when the 2022 renewal rolls around in just a few weeks’ time — with the 14-time unbeaten horse a good choice to use your Cheltenham best offer on.

At just eight years old, the mare could have the hurdling division at her peril for another couple of...

By Ollie Heptinstall, local democracy reporter

The Tour of Britain will not return to Devon this year, but the county council hopes it will host stages again in the future.

Last week the locations for this year’s tour were announced, with Devon missing out on hosting in 2022, despite the success of last September’s event.

Set to a backdrop of glorious sunshine beamed to TV viewers across the world, over a hundred riders raced from Sherford near Plymouth to a packed Queen Street in Exeter, via a circuitous route including Dartmouth and Dartmoor.

The 115-...

All roads lead to Exeter Racecourse for its Super Sunday (February 13) race meeting with more than £100,000 in prize money, and some of British jump racing’s most exciting prospects among the entries. Top horses, top jockeys and top trainers are the order of the day with a slice of the very best jump racing action heading west to Devon for racing fans to enjoy. And it’s a day to savour, with Cheltenham Festival chatter increasing daily, and all eyes on British performers at Devon’s premier track as the finishing touches are put to their preparation ahead of the world’s greatest jump...