It's described as one of the earliest forms of soccer with one ancient rule telling players not to murder each other.

At Dainzú Ruins, don’t miss the stone reliefs that depict ancient ball players. There are also other structures like residences, religious centers and the same ball court you’ll see in the ...

Paleobiologist Scott Lakeram analyzes 300-million-year-old coal ball fossils to reveal prehistoric plant-insect interactions ...

ASHBOURNE, England (AP) — This ancient form of soccer has a rule forbidding players from murdering each other. Every year, ...

A traditional ball game that dates back to the 12th Century is set to take over a town centre in Derbyshire once again. The Royal Shrovetide Football has taken place in Ashbourne every Shrove ...

Work in a town centre in Derbyshire will take a break to allow an ancient football game to take ... Ards - have competed to push the decorated ball towards opposite ends of the town, work will ...

An ancient football game in Derbyshire has finished with a victory to the Down'Ards. Thousands of players turned out again ...

Image caption, Here is an ancient ball court. The games that the Mayas played here would have settled arguments between different cities. The city is surrounded by jungle. From the sky you can ...

The historic Ashbourne Royal Shrovetide has returned for another year - and as always the event has resulted in some ...

At 2pm on Shrove Tuesday in a Derbyshire town, everyone's focus turns to the annual Ashbourne Royal Shrovetide Football - a game with goals three miles apart and very few rules. It is said to be the ...

ASHBOURNE, England — This ancient form of soccer has a rule forbidding ... This is Royal Shrovetide — a centuries-old ball game played in Ashbourne, Derbyshire, that, frankly, looks nothing ...

This might seem like this man is leading *** group into battle, but the battle is over *** ball in the heart of the UK in Ashbourne. The Royal Shrovetide football match takes place between two ...