9 unusual and weird sports you must know about

Hundreds of sports are being played in the world since many centuries. Sport or sports, can be categorized by type, nature, number of participants and many other aspects. Currently, there are many sports that are being liked by majority of the world, e-g soccer, cricket, tennis, golf, etc., but this post is dedicated to some unusual and weirdest sports played around the world.

In this post, we’ll list 10 most weird sports of the world. Here we go.

Bed racing

The people of North Yorkshire first embraced this game in 1965 and no one was allowed to participate in this sport but Army. Now this sport is open to everyone. This competition take place between several teams of six participants each, one of them is on bed and rest of them push the bed to take lead over other teams.

Elephant Polo

Polo is a sport that is usually played on horseback but in this version of polo, the players ride on elephants instead of horses. This unusual sport is played in India, Nepal, Srilanka and Thailand.

Disc sports

Disc sports are those which are played with a gliding object named as flying disk. Flying disc is also known as frisbee but frisbee is not the actual word for it. Disc sports have dozens of types and they are popular all over the world.

Duck race

We may say that duck race is the most unusual sport in this list. The most amazing aspect of this sport is that all the ducks that participate in the competition are not real but made of plastic.

Running of the bulls

One of the most popular spots in Spain. It is played in small towns where a number of bulls run along with the participants. Anyone older than 18 can participate in this sport. Running of the bulls has become popular in many other countries too i.e., Mexico, Portugal and some other South American countries.

Mutton busting

Only sport in the list in which children are directly involved. In this sport, a child ride on a sheep’s back, and while running the sheep try to get rid of the child. There are certain rules and restrictions on age, height and weight of children prevent the sheep from injuries.

Sepak Takraw

Sepak Takraw or Sepak Raga is a manipulated version of volleyball in which the players are allowed to use their feet, knees, chest and head. They can’t use their hands and arms like actual volleyball. It is played in Myanmar, Philippines, Malaysia and Thailand.

Zorbing

An interesting sport in which the participants roll down from a hill or an artificial slope while they are in a transparent plastic orb(ball). There may be 1-3 participants in each Orb.

Cycle polo

Another interesting format of polo in which the cycles are used instead of horses. This sport is played in many countries round the world.

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