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Gallagher Premiership rugby players Joe Simmonds, Jack Maunder and Tom O’Flaherty delighted families from Children’s Hospice South West, surprising them at an evening story time session.

Keen to give back to the local community, the Exeter Chiefs players popped up unexpectedly via Zoom to read bedtime stories to children with life-limiting conditions and their families who are cared for by their local hospice, as well as bereaved families who still have strong links with their hospice. The children and their families were treated to a reading of Jack Maunder’s motivational kids’...

Up until last weekend’s surprising defeat to rivals Manchester United, most people assumed Man City would go the rest of the domestic season without dropping points. That's how imperious they’ve been since a shaky start to the campaign.

Pep Guardiola’s men shouldn’t be underestimated, not when they’ve hit targets other Premier League clubs have failed to reach, yet something about the way they are dominating football feels special. It feels as if they are gearing up for a record-breaking season that will live long in the memory when Guardiola, Raheem Sterling, and Kevin De Bruyne...

After weeks and weeks of anticipation, there are just seven days to go until the 2021 Cheltenham Festival gets underway and horse racing fans across the country settle down on their sofas and armchairs to feast their eyes on four days of top-quality racing.

The opening day of the Festival features the Champion Hurdle as its showpiece, and this year’s edition of the race is set to be incredibly exciting. There is a plethora of potential winners for the two-mile, half-a-furlong race, with punters scrutinising over the Champion Hurdle odds to try and determine where the value lies...

The Cheltenham Festival is just around the corner, and whilst us punters are away getting lost in the form guides and scouring the internet for the best Cheltenham odds today , the top owners and trainers will be deep in discussions about the best possible entries for their prized assets. The connections making the right decision is the difference between winning and losing at Prestbury Park, and even for an owner as esteemed as Rich Ricci there are difficult calls to make.

Perhaps the largest predicament the American businessman faces ahead of this year’s Festival is what race...