world cup

EXETER City Football Club is marking the day of the World Cup Final (Sunday, July 15, 2018) by holding its own special international tournament for both men and women's teams.

The Club will once again celebrate diversity in the local community when its annual summer five-a-side tournament is held at the University of Exeter’s Streatham Sports Park.

The competition encourages participation from black and minority ethnic teams and attracts players from many different parts of the world. Past finalists include sides representing Poland, Slovakia, Africa, Afghanistan, Lithuania...

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No intent to reinvent or cement something maturely tactical

Allardyce and others like him are surely too didactical

And people are surprised when England’s tournament time is anticlimactical

We had the nightmare of Nice against an immutable Iceland

So might there be a cease to the FA’s usual silence?

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Exeter City is delighted to announce that St James Park will be hosting a World Cup Fanzone which features a giant screen in the stadium for a minimum of England’s three group matches and the World Cup final.

St James Park will be a hive of activity, with drinks promotions, music and then of course the big matches live from the IP Office Main Stand at St James Park.

Guarantee yourself a seat to watch the games with the best possible view of all the action whilst being part of the stadium atmosphere to cheer England on from the home of football in Exeter.

Drinks can...

The Dean of Exeter has honoured the Tongan national rugby team during their stay in Exeter as part of this year’s Rugby World Cup.

Players from the squad, who were visiting the Cathedral on Tuesday with their families, accepted honorary membership of the Friends of the Cathedral of behalf of the entire national team. They were met at the west door by the Dean of the Cathedral, a keen rugby fan, who welcome the Tongans to Exeter and its Cathedral and presented them with their certificate.

The players and their families enjoyed a short tour of the Cathedral, saw the carving...

From 6-8 September, the Household Cavalry Regiment will be taking part in an epic challenge; to cycle to all 13 of the Rugby World Cup venues in only 13 days, totalling to around 1,300 miles.

The cycle will be taking place to raise money for the Household Cavalry Foundation, which raises much needed funds to care for the casualties, soldiers, veterans, heritage and horses of the Household Cavalry. This challenge is also a great opportunity for the soldiers to hone their military skills, such as navigation and leadership.

The ride will begin at Combermere Barracks in Windsor...

Exeter’s community radio station, Phonic FM, has commissioned a group of artists to produce four ‘radio portraits’.

These will be creative radio programmes, exploring the city and its communities as Rugby World Cup 2015 arrives in town this autumn.

The artists producing these radio portraits would love to hear from the people of Exeter, to weave their stories into these special radio programmes.

They’d especially like to hear from:

• Teams and groups: these could be sports and games teams; craft and activity groups;
• bands and choirs;
...

Residents of Exeter are being asked to stand up and stand out as Rugby World Cup 2015 showcases the city to a world audience.

In the lead up to international qualifying matches being played at Sandy Park, members of the public are being encouraged to style the city in celebration of Rugby World Cup 2015 coming to Exeter.

As part of the campaign to dress the city, sewing machines are being dusted off and knitting needles gathered to make a creative and eye-catching mark on Exeter. Using the colours of the flags of the countries playing at Sandy Park, the public are being...

One of the South West's most exciting theatre companies, Live Wire Theatre, has been awarded grants by the Arts Council England, The Big Lottery and the Bath and North East Somerset Arts Development Fund to stage a production of a newly commissioned comedy play written to celebrate The Rugby World Cup 2015 which is to be hosted in England and Wales this Autumn.

The new comedy intriguingly entitled Hands Up for Jonny Wilkinson's Right Boot by award winning writer Dougie Blaxland will open at The Cotswold Playhouse Stroud on September 10th before touring the South West for the six...

The work of Premiership Rugby coaches in helping to promote the game within Brazil has been given the Royal seal of approval following a visit to the country from HRH Prince Harry.

Premiership Rugby in partnership with the British Council and SESI in Brazil have set-up an innovative rugby programme in the South American country called "Try Rugby Brazil".

Working with local partners SESI-FIEMG, FIESC and FIESP across the states of Minas Gerais, Santa Catarina and São Paulo, Premiership Rugby coaches - including former Exeter Chiefs Community coach, Dom Caton - develop local...

Rugby World Cup 2015 (RWC 2015) tickets will go on sale to the general public next month.

Up to one million tickets will be available to fans across the world, and applications will be opened on September 12 and close on September 29, 2014.

Tickets will be priced in four categories for all 48 matches, starting at £15 for adults. Child tickets, priced from £7, will be available for 41 matches. Fans will need to create an account on tickets.rugbyworldcup.com in order to apply, and can apply for up to four tickets per match. For 15 fixtures fans can apply for up to 15 tickets...