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Ted Wragg Primary Schools Unite for Day of Football Fun

Primary schools from across Devon came together this month for the Ted Wragg Trust football tournament, a full day of fast-paced football, fantastic teamwork, and fierce but friendly competition.

Hosted under blazing sunshine, the tournament saw pupils from across the trust's primary...

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Silver for Ruta in 50m final after second semi-final world record

Plymouth's Ruta Meilutyte finished in silver medal position in the 50m breaststroke final at the World Championships in Barcelona on Sunday (4 August), behind Russia’s Yuliya Efimova.

The 16-year-old Lithuanian swimmer, who competes for Plymouth Leander and studies at Plymouth College, had broken her second world record in the space of a week in Saturday's 50m semi-final to follow her...

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Greens left feeling blue: First day defeat for Argyle at Southend

Southend United 1 Corr 15

Plymouth Argyle 0

Football League Two, Saturday 3 August 2013

It was not the positive start that Argyle wanted. Wearing their new light blue away kit, a narrow defeat at Southend was decided by a goal 15 minutes into the new season.

Fielding five new signings as well as two returning players in the shape of striker Reuben Reid and...

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It's the new season! Southend United v Plymouth Argyle

Southend United v Plymouth Argyle

Football League Two, Saturday 3 August at 3pm

Audible cheers can be heard from one corner of the great football divide; audible groans from the other - we may only be barely into August but the 2013-14 football season is already upon us.

Plymouth Argyle travel to Southend United for the first game of the new Football League Two season...

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British Military Fitness helps people in Plymouth burn off over two million calories

People in Plymouth have been busy doing burpees and squats this summer thanks to British Military Fitness (BMF), the UK’s biggest and best-loved outdoor fitness classes, and as a result they have helped to burn off over two million calories nationwide. BMF set the target of 2 million calories when they launched their START campaign in May. BMF START events took place across the city.

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Plymouth University yachting team sets course for Cowes Week

A Plymouth University yachting team has set sail for Cowes in a bid to take on all-comers in the world-famous regatta, starting this week.

Aboard their 30-foot IRC3 craft, five of the eight-man team left Sutton Harbour in the early hours of Wednesday heading to the Isle of Wight. There they will take part in eight days of intense competition, racing against professional crews from...

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Olympic and World Swimming Champion Ruta backs Plymouth's Ecover Blue Mile

Plymouth’s golden girl Ruta Meilutyte took time out from her busy schedule to explain why she’s backing an event which gets people active in the water.

Ruta, 16, has thrown her weight behind the 2013 Ecover Blue Mile which takes place off Plymouth’s historic Barbican on 14-15 September.

Lithuanian-born Ruta shocked everyone including herself when, at the age of just 15, she won...

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Gold for Plymouth's Ruta Meilutyte

Plymouth's swimming sensation Ruta Meilutyte has become 100m breaststroke world champion in Barcelona to add to her Olympic gold medal, won in London last year.

The 16-year-old Lithuanian, who attends Plymouth College, won the World Aquatic Championships final in a time of 1:04.42 seconds, just outside the world record of 1:04.35 she set in her semi-final on Monday.

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Pilgrims complete deal for Andre Blackman

Plymouth Argyle have announced that they have completed the signing of the former Celtic left-back Andre Blackman.

The 22-year-old defender who was a free agent after being released by Celtic at the end of last season, has agreed a six-month contract with the Pilgrims in time for the start of the 2013-14 season on Saturday.

Blackman made his debut for the Greens in the friendly...

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Plymouth's Ruta Meilutyte breaks world record on her way to swimming final

Plymouth College student Ruta Meilutyte has set a new world record for the 100m breaststroke in the World Aquatic Championships semi-final in Barcelona.

The 16-year-old Lithuanian set a new world best time of 1:04.35 on Monday 29 July to qualify for the final.

The Olympic Champion who is coached by Jon Rudd, swims for Plymouth Leander, after moving to Plymouth from Lithuania...

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Heroic Daley battles injury to finish sixth in World final

Plagued by injury over the past few months, Tom Daley battled through the pain of a recurring tricep problem to finish a creditable sixth in the men's 10m platform at the World Aquatic Championships in Bacrelona.

China's Qui Bo (581) won gold with Olympic champion David Boudia (517) second and Sascha Klein (508.55) third. Daley, the 2009 world champion scored 470.60 points.

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