Thursday Night Football: Colts beat Broncos 12-9 in ugly overtime affair
The oldest FOOTBALL league is a rugby football competition, the United Hospitals Challenge Cup , while the oldest rugby trophy is the Yorkshire Cup, contested since 1878. The South Australian Football Association is the oldest surviving Australian rules football competition. The oldest surviving soccer trophy is the Youdan Cup and the oldest national football competition is the English FA Cup . The Football League is recognised as the longest running Association Football league. The first ever international football match took place between sides representing England and Scotland on 5 March 1870 at the Oval under the authority of the FA. Tag Rugby – non-contact variant in which a flag attached to a player is removed to indicate a tackle. Rugby sevens and Rugby tens – variants for teams of reduced size. A pair of football boots were ordered by King Henry VIII of England in 1526. It’s painful watching him try to throw the ball with terrible velocity. Didn’t they hire somebody to he...