Armboxing – Probably the World’s Weirdest Contact Sport
The world of contact sports is about to be taken by storm by one of the craziest creations in human history – armboxing, a weird take on the art of boxing. The world is full of weird and wacky sports, but when it comes to downright crazy inventions, the Russians definitely take the cake. After […]
Meet the Footballer Who Once Brought Down a Plane With a Football Shot
Roberto Gabriel Trigo, are tired football player from Paraguay, is probably the only man alive who can say that he shot down a small plane with a football. The legend of the football kick that brought down a plane has been doing the rounds through the locker rooms of Paraguayan football clubs for six decades. […]
Extreme Alpine Football Is Only Played on the Steepest Mountain Slopes
As the name suggests, alpine football is a variation of the world’s most popular competitive sport that is played on steep mountain slopes in order to make it more difficult. Most competitive sports usually take place on level playing fields, but in the case of alpine football, one of the main conditions is that the […]
Car-jitsu – The Goofy Contact Sport Only Practiced in Cars
In case the name ‘car-jitsu’ wasn’t clear enough, this new contact sport that’s getting a lot of attention on Russian social media is basically jiu-jitsu in a car. If you were to make a list of the most awkward places to grapple and wrestle in, the car would probably rank pretty high, and that’s precisely […]
New Contact Sport Promises the Most Exciting Part of Hockey Minus the Hockey
If you’re of the opinion that fights are the most exciting part of ice hockey, you’re probably going to love Ice Wars, a new combat sports league that pits ice hockey enforcers against each other. Take away the sticks, the puck and the nets, and you’re left with hockey players with nothing better to do […]
The Unbelievable Story of Carlos Kaiser, the Greatest Conman in Football History
Carlos Henrique Raposo, aka Carlos Kaiser, is a Brazilian former football player known primarily for having a decade-long career without actually playing a single game. As children, most people grow up dreaming of one day becoming sports champions, despite an obvious lack of athletic abilities. Most of us realize this to be nothing more than […]
Iranian Women’s Football Team Accused of Using a Man as a Goalkeeper
Following a penalty shootout to their Iranian rivals in a women’s football match, Jordanian officials have called on the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) to launch an investigation to determine the sex of the Iranian team’s goalkeeper. On September 25, following a goalless draw, the Iranian and Jordanian women’s football teams went to a penalty shootout […]
Japan’s Unique Hole-in-One Golf Insurance Policy
Hitting a hole-in-one is one of the greatest things that can happen to a golf player, but in Japan, such a lucky shot can lead to such an expensive celebration that insurers actually sell hole-in-one insurance policies to mitigate the ‘risk’. The average golfer has 1 in 12,500 chances of hitting a hole-in-one, while professional […]
Competitive Pillow Fighting – How a Children’s Game Became a Popular Sport in Japan
Every year, dozens of teams from all over Japan travel to the Japanese town of Ito to compete in one of the world’s most unique sporting events – All-Japan Pillow Fighting Championships. Pillow fighting is an age-old pastime practiced by children of all ages all over the world. Japan is no different, only here the […]
7ft 5in-Tall, 14-Year-Old Chinese Girl Hailed as “New Yao Ming”
Zhang Ziyu, a 14-year-old basketball player from Shandong, China, has been getting a lot of attention because of her unusual height, 7ft 5in (2.26m), and getting compared to Chinese basketball legend Yao Ming. In photos and videos that have been doing the rounds online for the past week, Zhang Ziyu can be seen towering over […]
This 7-Year-Old Girl Can Deadlift 80Kg, Might Be Strongest Kid Ever
Rory van Ulft, a 7-year-old Canadian gymnast, has been raising eyebrows with her weightlifting achievements, recently becoming the youngest under-11 and under-13s US Youth National Champion in history. Rory took up weightlifting about two years ago, as a way of becoming stronger. She had started doing gymnastics but learned that she could get injured doing […]
All Kabaddi World – Pakistan’s Insane Version of the WWE
All Kabaddi World is a popular Facebook channel that popularized a bombastic, over-the-top version of the ancient wrestling art of kabaddi. It’s basically a Pakistani version of World Wrestling Entertainment. The first time I watched a clip posted by All Kabaddi World, I was confused yet enthralled by these two topless men that seemed to […]
World’s Longest Golf Course Spans 1,365 Kilometers, Takes 5 Days to Complete
There are some long golf courses out there, some covering over 8,000 yards, but they all seem tiny when compared to the world’s longest golf course, which spans a whopping 1,365 kilometers. Nullabor Links is an 8-hole par-72 golf course that stretches along the Eyre Highway, from Kalgoorlie in Western Australia to Ceduna in South […]
Finch Sitting – The Controversial Sport Where You Sit on a Chair And Count Bird Calls
Sports are usually associated with skill and effort, be they physical or mental, but in Vinkensport or vinkenzetting (literally ‘Finch Sitting), a traditional animal sport practiced in the Dutch-speaking region of Flanders, it’s all about sitting down and listening to birds singing. In Vinkensport, small cages are lined up in a row about six feet […]
Board Shoe Racing – China’s Bizarre Traditional Sport
Board shoe racing is the traditional sport of the Zhuang people of China’s Gunaxi province, a unique discipline that has three people sharing the same “shoes”, which requires perfect coordination and concentration. Board shoe racing can be traced back to the Ming Dynasty, when legend has it that a famous heroine of the Xhuang people […]