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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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Sign up to free sporting sessions for children with disabilities

Families of disabled children are being offered free sporting sessions at the Plymouth Life Centre on two Sundays in August to give them a chance to try out new ways to get active. But you'll need to hurry as the closing date for bookings is Monday 1 July.

Plymouth City Council has booked out the Centre on Sunday 11 and Sunday 18 August for children with disabilities and their whole...

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Williams and Djokovic through as rain forces Robson to wait

Wimbledon Day 5, Friday 28 June

After Wednesday's dramatic day of shocks, injuries and tumbling seeds, yesterday's Wimbledon produced no major surprises as both the men's and women's number one seeds progressed comfortably through their ties and into the third round.

Novak Djokovic beat American, Bobby Reynolds 7-6 (7-2) 6-3 6-1, while 31-year-old reigning champion Serena...

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Doom Bar stand up paddleboard experience on Plymouth waterfront

Sharps Brewery is supporting a new stand up paddleboard (SUP) event that is taking place on Plymouth's waterfront during the Festival of Sail weekend , 28-30 June 2013.

The public will be able to take part alongside regular paddle boarders in a knockout-style competition over 100m sprint course. Registration is from 09:00am with the racing scheduled to take place between 10am-2pm each...

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Free training for endurance race challengers

Free training is being offered to entrants in this year’s epic endurance RockSolidRace in Plymouth.

RockSolidRace is one of the nation’s toughest fun challenges which includes running through fire, hydro sliding, climbing hay bales and crawling through mud tunnels among 30 other obstacles.

Now city based fitness gurus FIT Bootcamp, which is run by serving and ex-serving...

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Wimbledon day 4 dawns after day of casualties

Federer, Sharapova, Tsonga, Azarenka, Hewitt, Cilic, Isner, Darcis, Stepanek, Shvedova...

The list of casualties yesterday at Wimbledon was extraordinary.

Seven players withdrew because of injury, either before or during their games. Some of these were the result of slips on the grass leading to questions about the playing surface that the tournament has moved quickly to dispel...

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Wimbledon day 3: After Laura's day yesterday, Andy is set for second round tie

For British tennis fans, if yesterday was all about Laura Robson, today will see attention turn back to Andy Murray as he faces his second round tie on No. 1 Court.

British women's number one, Robson defeated the tenth seeded Russian Maria Kirilenko in straight sets yesterday 6-3, 6-4, in an exciting demonstration of her potential. Despite some self-confessed nerves, she controlled the...

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Busy few days for summer deals at Plymouth Argyle

Plymouth Argyle have made a number of decisions regarding their playing staff over the last few days.

Three players have been secured for the upcoming 2013/14 season and one will be leaving the club.

The 24-year-old striker Reuben Reid has signed a season-long loan from Yeovil Town, his third spell at Argyle. Reid spent the second half of last season at Home Park.

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Day two at Wimbledon: Enter the top seeds

Wimbledon got off to a fascinating and uninterrupted start yesterday with Andy Murray progressing safely into the second round, beating Germany's Benjamin Becker. But former champion Rafael Nadal was knocked out in startling fashion by a man ranked 135th in the world.

Nadal, fresh from his victory in the French Open earlier this month, lost in straight sets to the Belgian Steve Darcis...

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Andy Murray begins his title quest as Wimbledon 2013 gets underway

Andy Murray will begin his 2013 quest to become Wimbledon men's champion today with a first round match against the German Benjamin Becker (no relation to Boris) on Centre Court.

Murray, who is the number two seed, plays the big serving 32-year-old Becker in the third scheduled match on Centre Court, the highlight of day one for British tennis fans.

Meanwhile the reigning men's...

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