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GB baseball stars coming to Exeter

Women’s baseball players from across the region will descend on Exeter next month for a special tournament celebrating the growth of the sport and encouraging more women and girls to get involved.

The event, organised by Exeter Baseball Club, takes place at Winslade Park on Saturday,...

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Army champion on the road back from injury

The sensational story of Devon's champion triathlete Kat Matthews experienced the full range of emotions in a turbulent 2022.

After a horrendous accident while training in Texas, the 31 year-old Army Captain had still done enough in the early part of the year, winning Ironman events in Lanzarote and Swansea and finishing second in the postponed 2021 Ironman World Championships, to be...

Top honours for local judo girl

Ruth Goldman from Exmouth in Devon has been awarded one of the most prestigious awards in judo, the coveted Red and White belt. Only a handful of women in the UK have attained this rank, Black Belt 6th Dan.

The award was presented at a celebration event marking Ruth's fifty years on the judo mat. As a pupil of the Community College she was ranked fourth in Great Britain and competed...

Powerlifting inspiration heading to New Zealand

Kelly Clark, 57, from Rotherham, will be representing England in the Commonwealth Powerlifting Championships in New Zealand, just eight years after she started powerlifting to improve her arthritis.

Kelly was selected for the British team to compete in the World Powerlifting Championships in 2019, where she came 4th, and earned both bronze and silver medals with Team GB at the World...

Texas glory awaits Charley Hull

It is going to be a big night in Texas for English golfer Charley Hull, who is tied for the lead with China’s Lin Xiyu ahead of the final round of the Ascendant LPGA tournament.

Hull stuttered with a double bogey on the 10th but still had enough in the locker to card a level-par round and sits on 11 under alongside Xiyu but there are a number of players within three shots of the lead...

Eilish McColgan – My Must-Have Travel Bag Essentials

Being a professional athlete, my job is not only to run fast but to look after every part of my body from head to toe. One slight problem or imbalance can have a huge knock-on effect to my performance.

There is no doubt that my feet have been an issue throughout my career. Suffering from serious injuries which required surgery in 2011 and 2015, it made me realise how careful I need...

IRONMAN is not just for the boys

IRONMAN , in collaboration with local and state officials in Hawaii, has announced that the 2023 VinFast IRONMAN® World Championship triathlon will continue with a two-day format in Kailua-Kona, Hawai`i on October 12 & 14.

This year, for the first time in the 40-plus year history of triathlon's pinnacle event, the 2022 VinFast IRONMAN World Championship will take place over two...

Sports betting and gambling: The difference explained

Too often we see the words ‘gambling’ and ‘sports betting’ used interchangeably by punters and bookmakers alike. In fact, on any bookmakers list , one will certainly come across both words used for the same act. But is this right? Are gambling and sports betting the same? Or, are there any differences distinguishing them, no matter how small or subtle they can be? Let’s see this frequently...

Exeter Cyclist rides through the pain in Commonwealth quest

Competition at home and on the track is fuelling Milly Tanner’s drive for success at the Commonwealth Games.

With her dad having served in the Royal Marines, the Exeter track cyclist’s early life was spent ferrying between various cities at two- or three-year intervals.

That experience, and the lessons she learnt from her father, have informed how Tanner approaches cycling...

Women and girls getting into golf

England Golf is working on a number of project to get women and girls into golf. Only 15% of club members are female, so we are lagging far behind many European countries.

So, what are we doing about it? We’ve got great programmes to attract new players – and we’re making a lot of noise about the fabulous female side of the game.

How to Get into Golf

There are huge...

Physical and emotional abuse ‘systemic’ in UK Gymnastics

In a sad week for the sport of Gymnastics, an independent review has described the physical and emotional abuse within the sport at ‘systemic’.

The Whyte Review was commissioned by UK Sport and Sport England to look at the welfare of gymnasts, and the outcome is damning for British Gymnastics, while also a vindication for the brave athletes who have spoken out at the culture of abuse...

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