Shrovetide 2020
Will Shrovetide Football ever be banned?
Former Shrovetide footballer James Horrobin has defended the game after calls for it to be banned.
After this year's event in which there were a...
Football
Sport hit by coronavirus chaos
Ireland's scheduled Six Nation's clash against France has officially been postponed due to fears over coronavirus.
French Sports Minister Roxana Maracineanu confirmed the decision, but...
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New cases of coronavirus confirmed in Derbyshire
Four cases of Covid-19, the disease caused by coronavirus, have been confirmed in Derbyshire.
However, the latest figures released by Public Health England yesterday state that...
Formula 1
Formula 1 virus fear
Formula 1 races could be cancelled due to the outbreak of coronavirus.
An F1 technical expert has claimed that due to the amount of international...
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Everything you need to know about Ashbourne’s historic Shrovetide game
It’s one of the biggest games of football on the planet, quite literally. Ashbourne’s annual Royal Shrovetide Football event, which takes place between Shrove Tuesday...
Shrovetide 2020
Blog: How to survive Shrovetide and enjoy it
If you are not from Ashbourne and you are saying that you know what Shrovetide is, you must surely be lying (unless you have...
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Blog: How Shrovetide 2020 changed my view of the game and myself
Once a year, tales of broken limbs and bloodied faces filtered down into the quiet town where I grew up.
They spoke of nearby Ashbourne...
