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Unusual sports
  • By Jakub Wudarczyk

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Elephant Polo
  • The sport of elephant polo has been around since
    the British first went to India and adapted their
    horseback game to use elephants. The rules are
    very similar to horse polo, except the pitch is
    shorter and the riders have a trainer on board as
    well (called a 'manout') to help control the
    elephant. Originally a soccer ball was used, but
    nowadays has been replaced by a standard polo
    ball.

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Bossaball
  • Bossaball is spectacular new and unusual sport
    that is a hybrid of volley ball, beach soccer,
    gymnastics and capoeira (an Afro-Brazilian art
    form that combines parts of martial arts, games,
    music, and dance), played on a specially designed
    inflatable court with a circular trampoline on
    each side of a net. It is a ball game between two
    teams, each consisting of 3 to 5 players. The
    sport was invented in Belgium.

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Swamp football
  • Swamp football is an un usual form of the game of
    football (Soccer), which is played in bogs or
    swamps. Players compete on a wet bog, though for
    the major tournaments the pitch is simply a dry
    muddy field which is covered in water, rather
    than a naturally occurring swamp. The dimensions
    of the pitch are roughly 60m long and 35 meters
    wide.

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Chess Boxing
  • The sport alternates between games of boxing and
    chess after each round - waiting for a checkmate
    or knockout to decide the match. A Chess Boxing
    match between two individuals lasts up to eleven
    rounds, starting with a four minute chess round
    and followed by two minutes of boxing. There is
    even a World Chess Boxing Organization, which
    motto is Fighting is done in the ring and wars
    are waged on the board.

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Toe Wrestling
  • Toe Wrestling is another childhood game that has
    made it to the big time adult sporting world. The
    rules for Toe Wrestling are pretty simple. With
    shoes off, the competitors face other toe-to-toe
    across the 'toedium', where they interlock their
    big toes and try to force each other off the
    toedium (a lot like arm wrestling).

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Wife Carrying
  • The Finish Wife Carrying Festival is held
    annually in Finland in early July, and requires a
    man to negotiate a 253.5 m course while carrying
    their wife on their back. The course includes
    various surfaces and getting through dry land and
    water based obstacles. The prize to the winner is
    a mobile phone, and more importantly they also
    win their wife's weight in beer!

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