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Exeter City defenders Pierce Sweeney and Cheick Diabate have signed new deals to stay with the club until the end of the 2023-24 season.

Sweeney, 27, is in his second spell with the Grecians having re-signed last summer less than a month after leaving to join Swindon Town.

The Irish centre-back initially spent five seasons with the club from 2016.

Sweeney was a mainstay of Exeter's defence last season, playing 49 times as they won promotion to League One.

"I'm really happy to extend my stay here longer," .

"I was due up at the end of this season but I've been rewarded. To go into a League One season after the really successful season last year, with an extra year on top as well, is really really pleasing for me."

Central defender Diabate made his first-team debut for Exeter on New Year's Day having signed for the team's academy when he was a teenager.

The 20-year-old was recalled from a loan spell at non-league Truro City and went on to feature 19 times during the second half of Exeter's League Two campaign, scoring twice.

"It feels good to get a new contract and know that I'm going to be here for another two years. I'm going into my fifth year here now, so I'm looking forward to it," .

"At the start of last season I was on loan and wasn't sure what was going to happen, but I got given my chance and took it. I'm really happy I broke in, and I'm looking forward to more success."