Florence, Italy, Jun 4 (EFE).- Every year in June, the Italian city of Florence returns to the 16th century – when it was the cultural center of the world – thanks to ‘Calcio Storico’ (Italian for ...

The ancient form of football calcio storico combines rugby and street fighting and is played every summer in Florence. The new film “Lost in Florence” takes a hard look at love, sorrow and the healing ...

Florentine-born TV presenter Carlo Conti will be the Magnificent Lord refereeing the final of Florence's annual soccer-cum-rugby-cum-wrestling-cum-boxing free-for-all event in Renaissance colours, ...

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 ...

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, ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Andrea Piras emerges from a backroom in the hotel looking like Jack Nicholson in Chinatown. I’ve trekked down a ...