“Players select conkers from a sack before each round. “There are also suggestions that King Conker had marked the strings of harder nuts.

The World Conker Championships said Tuesday that it was investigating allegations of cheating after this year's men’s winner was found to have a steel chestnut in his pocket. More than 200 ...

The 82-year-old and top judge in the championships added: “Yes, I did help prepare the conkers before the tournament, but this isn’t cheating or a fix, and I didn’t mark the strings.

An autumn tournament for conkers, a traditional English game, has drawn people to a country pub for years. But now a scandal — or conkerversy — is brewing after an accusation of cheating.

The Men’s World Conker Champion who was accused of using a conker made of steel “achieved his title fairly”, an investigation has concluded. David Jakins, 82, who took the title on October ...

“The game is played by two players, each with a conker threaded onto a length of string or leather thong,” he said, who take turns striking each other’s conker until one breaks. Large and heavy nuts ...