When September rolls around and the summer sun gives way to a crisp breeze, one of the surest signs that autumn has arrived is the welcome sight of spiky conkers sprouting in horse chestnut trees.

Every fall, British fans go nuts over the World Conker Championships. Hard brown horse chestnuts, known as conkers, are at the heart of the game that has been played in British schoolyards for ...

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Conkerers of the world can rejoice this autumn – as the World Conker Championships were granted a royal pardon. There were fears that the annual competition, which has been running since 1965 and held ...

An autumn tournament for conkers, a traditional English game, has drawn people to a country pub for years. But a scandal — or conkerversy —... After a week-long investigation, organizers say the men’s ...