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.

This ancient form of football has a rule forbidding players from murdering each other.Every year, thousands of people descend on a small town in the English countryside to watch a two-day game of mass ...

A woman picked to start a traditional Shrove Tuesday ball game which dates to the 12th Century said it was "amazing" to be ...

The Atherstone Ball Game, a tradition since 1199 in the town of Atherstone, England, is one of a dwindling number of folk football games played across Britain.