Indian mud wrestling (kushti) and Turkish oil wrestling involve wrestlers coating themselves to avoid slipping during matches. Manipuri coconut rugby (yubi lakpi) dates back centuries and may have inspired modern rugby. Paralympic blind soccer is designed for visually impaired players and organized by the IBSA.

2. Mud Wrestling: Indian Kushti
• Indian mud wrestling, commonly known as ‘kushti’,
is an age old sport popular in rural India
• Mud plays crucially in avoiding the wrestlers from
slipping (owing to sweat) in a bout

3. Oil Wrestling
• Oil wrestling also called grease wrestling, is
the Turkish national sport
• It is so called because the wrestlers douse themselves
with olive oil

4. Yubi Lakpi: The Coconut Rugby
• Yubi lakpi, similar to rugby, is played using a
coconut
• The Manipuri game dates back to centuries, and may
be the inspiration behind the modern rugby played
today

5. Blind Soccer
• Blind soccer (also known as blind football) is
variation of futsal designed for players who are
blind or visually impaired
• It is currently a Paralympic sport, and the
International Blind Sports Association (IBSA) also
organizes a World Championship

6. Jallikattu: The Bull-Human Fight
• One of the oldest living ancient sports, Jallikattu is a
part of the festivities of Tamil Nadu
• In this, men (matadors) have to fight the mighty
bulls
• Unlike the Spanish running of the bulls, Jallikattu
can turn out to be a deadly game

7. Buzkashi
• Buzkashi (literally "goat dragging" in Persian)
or kokpar is the Central Asian sport in which horse-
mounted players attempt to drag
a goat or calf carcass toward a goal
• It is the national sport of Afghanistan, although it
was banned under the Taliban regime

8. Mallakhamb: The Pole Gymnastics
• Mallakhamb (or Malkhamb) with origins dating
back to the 12th century, is a gymnast’s feat using a
vertical wooden pole
• This traditional Indian sport can be seen in various
forms like Rope Mallakhamb and Hanging
Mallakhamb

9. Bossaball
• Bossaball is a team sport that originated in Spain and
was conceptualized by Belgian Filip Eyckmans in
2004
• It is similar to volleyball, but also includes elements
of football (soccer), gymnastics and capoeira

10. Wall Of Death: Maut Ka Kuan
• The ‘Wall of death’ can be commonly found at the
local fairs and exhibitions, particularly in rural India
• The game consists of a barrel-shaped track wherein
the drivers showcase their breathtaking driving
skills through motorcycles and cars

11. Wife Carrying
• Finland is the birthplace of wife carrying, a sport
which sees male competitors race along an obstacle
course while carrying a female team-mate
• If you win the annual competition in Sonkajarvi,
Finland, you supposedly are awarded the weight of
your "wife" in beer

12. Ke Nang Haun: The pig fight
• Ke Nang Huan is the famous pig fight which adorns
the festival of the Nicobarese tribal people of India
• In this weird game of pigs and humans, the
competition is to control the perplexed pig which
shoots out of a cage when smashed with an axe
• The game is played in open spaces, allowing
abundant scope for the horrified pig and its
controller to chase each other

13. Underwater Hockey
• Underwater Hockey (UWH), also
called Octopush, (mainly in the UK) is a globally played
limited-contact sport
• It originated in England in 1954 when Alan Blake, the
founder of the newly formed South sea Sub-Aqua Club