Down'Ard Martyn Taylor was clapped and cheered as he was carried to the Greenman pub after scoring on Tuesday evening Theories have emerged over the two-hour disappearance of the ball on the first day ...

Being forbidden from committing manslaughter or carrying the ball in a motorized vehicle would generally be considered obvious enough to be an unwritten rule in most sports. But Shrovetide Football is ...

This is Diana Nyad for KCRW. And this is The Score. With the end of the NFL season comes a collective American depression. Millions of us are football junkies and the withdrawal, post Super Bowl, can ...

Derbyshire market town Ashbourne is again ready to open its streets to the traditional football free-for-all, the Royal Shrovetide match. Few sporting spectacles are as chaotic, combative and exciting ...

Thousands of players and observers have descended upon a small Derbyshire town for an annual 'medieval football' event. Royal Shrovetide Football, which bares little resemblance to actual football ...

Thousands of revellers descended on a small market town to take part in one of the country's oldest "sporting" traditions. Dozens of shops in Ashbourne, Derbyshire, boarded up their windows in ...

Work to improve Ashbourne will be paused for 10 days next month to allow annual Royal Shrovetide Football to take place after fears the town's regeneration could disrupt the historic battle between ...

We'll be ending our live coverage here for today as the sun starts to dip behind the clouds in Ashbourne. At this point in the day, any goal at either Clifton or Sturston will automatically end the ...

A large crowd has been pushing the ball to and fro at the open space near the brook off King Edward Street. The ball has been both airborne and at the bottom of a pile-on at various points. Today is ...