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 chosen for the role. Chantelle Chetwynd will begin the annual Atherstone Ball ...

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.

Chantelle Chetwynd said she was nervous but excited to be chosen to start this year's ball game A woman picked ... Ladies and Nuneaton Borough's women's football team, helps out at the annual ...