FLORENCE, Italy -- A young man lies spread-eagle in the center of a sand-covered arena, blood streaming from a gash above his eye. The guy who opened up this wound is straddled across his chest, ...

Political discourse in 2018 often feels less like a good-faith debate than like a winner-take-all bloodsport, especially here in Donald Trump’s America. In that sense, it’s fitting that someone would ...

Joe Rogan, on his podcast, expressed bewilderment over calcio storico, a brutal sport played in Italy. Describing it as a mix of rugby and MMA, Rogan questioned the purpose of the ball amidst the ...

As World Cup fever spreads in England after thrashing Panama 6-1, a football of a very different kind has been unfolding. Calcio Storico, the brutal, violent version of the beautiful game, has been on ...

INTRODUCING Calcio Storico Fiorentino, an historic battle that wraps football and rugby skills into something that resembles a mass brawl. Every year on June 24, the feast day of the city’s patron ...

Don't miss out on the headlines from Sport. Followed categories will be added to My News. From rugby union in the freezing Victoria autumn when I could hardly use my hands, to being soundly beaten by ...

It is well known that modern association football had its rules and origins created in the United Kingdom, but across the world varying versions of the beautiful game were formed, and are still ...

Game has been described as the 'most brutal sport on earth' EVERY year Florence travels 500 years back in time to host one of the most ferocious sports in the world – the Calcio Storico. Translated as ...

They are playing calcio storico fiorentino -- Florentine historical football -- or, as many locals here know it, calcio in costume -- football in costumes. A distant forerunner to modern sports such ...