When it comes to the official sport of Maryland, two probably come top of mind -- football and lacrosse. Those are sports ...

It is fashionable to sneer at these imitations of the amusements of the middle ages; but . . . they are far more worthy of commendation than the midnight revels of the ballroom, and other such like ...

Enfield rested his jousting lance on his leg. The lance weighed 11 pounds, with a shaft made from a wooden closet dowel. Other riders carried lances made from pool sticks and lightning rods. Riding ...

Raven Eastwood used to compete in rodeos in high school. But now when he rides a horse, he puts on 70 pounds of armor and gallops with a lance toward an opponent in the medieval sport called jousting.

Ulm's fisherfolk jousting imaginatively presents the city's history through characters like the police (left) and the ‘Krettaweber’ (right), the infamously bad-mouthed vegetable seller. Photograph by ...

Jase Munday, 6, held his comparatively large lance and braced his cowboy boots against his horse for stability as he eyed the rings at The Great Frederick Fair on Tuesday. He has been jousting since ...

Brian Stephenson has a passion for the sport of jousting, which is why he continues to entertain thousands of people despite the risks. After 20 years, Stephenson, who competes as Sir Edward, a knight ...

In July, the southern German city of Ulm transforms its river into a dramatic stage where costumed jousters in boats vie for glory and try to avoid a watery plunge. Ulm's fisherfolk jousting ...

SULMONA, Italy (Reuters) - It is time for the butcher to polish up his battle-axe and the schoolmistress to stitch fresh silks on her noblewoman's gown as the hired horseman hones his lance and primes ...

This article was produced by National Geographic Traveller (UK). As two flat-bottomed river boats steer towards each other from either bank, powered along by a crew of three oarsmen, thousands of ...