Take in a match or saddle up yourself in one of the world’s great cities for the sport.
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05 September 2012
Modelled after the Royal Ascot horse races in England, complete with outrageous outfits and hats, the Royal Ascot Goat Races have been an annual Kampala tradition since 1993.
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28 August 2012
In Sète, the famous lanced competition takes place on a wooden boat, with a platform that extends 3m above the water and a 2.8m lance as a weapon.
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21 August 2012
Lord's, a magnificent cricket ground in north London, offers plenty of opportunities to bone up on the complexities of cricket, a quintessential English summer sport.
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19 July 2012
Located in Montreal, the birthplace of Cirque du Soleil, Trapezium offers daily classes as well as private lessons in the art of trapeze.
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17 July 2012
The competition began in Georgia when Atlanta hosted the 1996 Summer Olympics, and now features events like watermelon seed spitting and an armpit serenade.
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22 May 2012
There is one place to see some old-fashioned Olympian action this summer – and it is not London.
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19 April 2012
World-class surfers reveal their favourite places to catch the perfect wave.
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17 April 2012
With golf returning to the Olympics in 2016, the rules have been globally standardized for the first time in history – but cultural conventions still vary by destination.
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06 April 2012
From conkers and cheese rolling to the noble art of toe-wrestling, a few of 2012’s traditional British competitions do not have Olympic approval.
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05 April 2012
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