They're basically [two teams of] men on horses trying to get the goat into the other team's goal. It's a physical game, guys get bloody and horses fall down. The next set of games, in 2020 ...

It represents the sport of Ulak-Tartysh, which is polo played with a headless goat carcass instead of a ball. The game was built in the city's only electronics factory, a military one that was ...

Afghan horsemen play Buzkashi: a kind of polo using a headless calf or goat instead of a ball Credit: GETTY The object of the game is to try to snatch the carcass in the field and carry it to the ...

AP A horseman reaches for the headless carcass of a goat during a game of Buzkashi in Kabul, Afghanistan Credit: EPA Afghan horsemen fight over a bedraggled carcass of a goat during a game of ...

A suicide bomber has blown himself up during a traditional Afghan game of buzkashi, a game of horse polo played with a ... points by propelling a headless goat carcass to the scoring area.

Although it’s been described as "polo with a headless goat," the comparison doesn’t ... only men play the game) who successfully carries the carcass past some defined point or throws it ...

KABUL (Reuters) - A suicide bomber blew himself up during a traditional Afghan game of buzkashi, a game of horse polo played with ... points by propelling a headless goat carcass to the scoring ...

They're basically [two teams of] men on horses trying to get the goat into the other team's goal. It's a physical game, guys get bloody and horses fall down. The next set of games, in 2020 ...

They're definitely not Olympic sports but they are a part of another global competition: The World Nomad Games ... what is headless goat polo like? It's called kok-boru [which means gray wolf ...