"This is a fighting group, even those who don't play are still there and train to make it difficult for me to make decisions.

The groups for next season have been announced and meanwhile tomorrow Novilara will celebrate half a century of life with an ...

Calcio fiorentino is a true contact sport. This is because just about any type of contact is legal, from punches to the face, to body slams, to throwing sand in the eyes of your opposition.

Dusan Vlahovic remains the highest-earning player in Serie A, with his €12 million per year contract far clear of the €9 ...

Calcio Storico is the sport to end all sports. Notorious for both its brutal violence and historical importance to the city of Florence the game is essentially a hybrid of MMA, football and rugby.

Calcio Storico is played in teams of 27, using both feet and hands. Sucker-punches and kicks to the head are prohibited but headbutting, punching, elbowing, and choking are all allowed.

The eight episodes take in the massive tossers of the Highland Games (a favourite of Queen Elizabeth, no less), Balinese buffalo racing (makepung lampit) and the football-meets-MMA of calcio storico.

A violent sport with a deep tradition, calcio storico fiorentino (which means “historical Florentine football”) has origins dating as far back as 16th century Italy.

Joe Rogan questions violent medieval sport Calcio Storico on podcast Joe Rogan spoke on his podcast episode #2356 with guest Mike Vecchione when he learned about calcio storico.

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 ...