A historic football game played since the 1100s has returned to the north of England this Shrove Tuesday. The Royal ...

Residents of an English town gathered on Tuesday (March 4) to play a traditional soccer game with a twist – there are ...

In the 826-year-old Atherstone Ball Game, there are two rules, locals say: Keep the big leather ball on the main street, and don’t kill anyone.

Chantelle Chetwynd will begin the annual Atherstone Ball Game on Tuesday and hundreds of people will then grapple in the ...

Shrovetide football is an ancient, rough and chaotic ball game played on Shrove Tuesday, involving two rival teams of local ...

The event, in Alnwick, Northumberland, dates back to at least 1762, and is played on the fields by the River Aln, following a ...

A traditional ball game that dates back to the 12th Century is set to take over a town centre in Derbyshire once again. The ...

Pictures of the hundred playing the Sedgefield Shrove Tuesday Ball Game this year, 2025. Hundreds today gathered on the village green of Sedgefield to participate in the centuries old tradition. Set ...

One of the earliest rules was 'no murder' - and one of the most recent is 'the ball must not be carried in a motorised ...