Shrove Tuesday and Ash Wednesday usually pass without incident for most of the UK, but in Ashbourne where Royal Shrovetide Football is played, it's a different story.

The second day of Royal Shrovetide Football has begun in Ashbourne with the Up'Ards leading 1-0.

ASHBOURNE, UK — This ancient form of soccer 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 ...

ASHBOURNE, England, Feb 14 (Reuters) - For two days every year, residents of the English market town of Ashbourne set aside friendships in favour of geographical rivalries and family ties to play ...

The game goes back hundreds of years and is one of only a few of its kind in the UK ...