HELSINKI (Reuters) - As soccer enthusiasts around the globe gear up for the World Cup's grand finale in Russia, the champions of a far muddier version of the game were crowned at a swamp in northern ...

The annual Swamp Soccer World Cup took place in Blairmore, Scotland over the weekend. The game is played on a specially prepared field that's essentially a wetland area flooded to produce the swamp.

Teams battle the mud as much as each other while playing swamp soccer, in Hyrynsalmi, Finland, in July of 2017. More than 2,000 people ventured to the remote backwaters of central Finland recently for ...

Jul. 31—Soccer season kicks off August 12 with the the 5th Annual La Hacienda Soccer at the Swamp Jamboree. Beginning at 9 am, the main and band field will be packed with parents and fans alike ...

BLAIRMORE, UK (CBS) -- The annualSwamp Soccer World Cup took place in Blairmore over the weekend, bringing the bizarre and dirty sport to Argyll on the prestine west coast of Scotland. What is swamp ...

Nearly 200 teams descend on Finland each year for the Swamp Soccer World Championships. Most of the rules of regular world football apply, and these players certainly aren't afraid to do the dirty ...