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“ It’s just unbelievable to be back ”, says Andrew Castle, former British No. 1 and the BBC’s lead tennis commentator at Wimbledon and there aren’t many Wimbledon fans that would disagree with you. After the 2020 event was cancelled, many people worried whether 2021 would be able to continue. However, with changes in Government regulations and plenty of social distancing the 2021 Wimbledon Championships did indeed go ahead – and they were brilliant! As you might imagine from just a prestigious event there are plenty of standout moments from this year’s tournament – but here are our top 5...

National Hunt Racing is set to return to Exeter on October 7 with an eight-card season opener followed by the Best Mate Beginners' Chase Day 12 days later. In the meantime, there’s plenty of summer flat racing action to keep fans entertained including the five-day Glorious Goodwood Festival in West Sussex which gets underway on Tuesday July 27.

Like Exeter, Goodwood has been hosting public races since the beginning of the 19th century with the first official meeting recorded in 1802, just two years before Exeter’s earliest recorded event. The Glorious Goodwood summer event...

Nicknamed the ‘draft excluder’, in recent months it has become popular for teams to position a player on the grass behind the wall formed in defense of a free kick. There are claims that the unlucky player is the one who lost a pre-match bet, the butt of an in-joke, or simply just the man who drew the short straw in the dressing room. Whether your betting strategy consists of choosing super 6 teams , picking the stars of the week or following form, it is worth looking at how free kicks are defended by each team and working out who gets the role of lying behind the wall.

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Plans for a giant new electronic screen at Exeter City Football Club’s ground, St James Park, have been submitted to the city council.

As part of major improvements this summer, the club plans to install the 8.64 x 5.12 metre (29 x 17 feet) LED scoreboard towards the corner behind the St James Road away end, nearest the recently built Stagecoach Adam Stansfield Stand.

Subject to approval by Exeter City Council’s planning department, the screen could be installed before the opening home League Two fixture of the season against Bradford City on Saturday 7 August.

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