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Unusual Sports Around the World

Here are some of our large list of unusual sports from around the world, categorized into the country you can see it played or join in the fun. If a sport is predominantly played in one country, it is listed there. Many of these unusual sports still remain in the general category, as many are played all around the world.

Countries like the UK, USA and Australia have their fair share of unique unusual sports events.

Türkiye

Camel Wrestling — two male camels up against each other.
Oil Wrestling — slip sliding away.

Spain

Running with the Bulls — mix it up with the bulls in Pamplona in Spain.
Running of the Nudes — alternative to the bull run.
Castell Tower Building — a human tower traditionally built during Catalan festivals, where participants form tiers by standing on each other's shoulders.

Germany

Kastenlauf — run, carry and drink a crate of beer
Mud Olympics — getting messy in a variety of dirty sports

Finland

Swamp Football — getting bogged down in defense.
Wife Carrying Festival — all for beer, the first prize.

Indonesia

Fireball Game — football with a ball on fire
Makepung — racing buffalo competition from Bali

Canada

Pillow Fighting — a real-life semi-professional women-only sporting event

Russia

Car Curling — just like Olympic curling, but with cars.

Ireland

Road Bowling — look out cars, a rock's coming.

Italy

Calcio Fiorentino — an early form of football which was developed in 16th century Italy.

Scotland

Haggis Hurling — throwing a haggis as far as possible for distance and accuracy

Japan

Botaoshi — a tough and crazy game like capture the flag played in Japan.
Ban'ei — a Japanese horse race which requires a draft horse to pull a weighted sled up sand ramps.

New Zealand

Rural Games — a uniquely New Zealand event comprising a large range of unusual sports and games.
Naked Rugby —nude rugby international matches have been played in the cold south of New Zealand!
Jaffa Race — racing jaffa lollies down the world's steepest street in Dunedin
Zorb Ball — rolling down the hill.

Vanuatu

Land Diving — dry land bungy jumping.

Yemen

Camel Jumping — the objective of the sport is to clean jump a group of camels that are stacked together horizontally.

Bahrain

Baby Olympics — a competition for children aged between two and four years, competing in athletics, gymnastics, football, basketball and weightlifting.

Sweden

Snow Blower Race — competitors push a snow blower through a 20-meter long snow heap.

Hungary

Wheel Barrow Olympics — an international sports event organized annually in Hungary.

Zimbabwe

Mr Ugly — Who is the ugliest person in Zimbabwe?

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