Tournaments are held in different parts of the world, and some of them can make your jaws drop for their uniqueness. Read on to know them all!

Sports serve as a unifying force for people all across the world. These sports are the result of many man-hours spent fine-tuning the details until they strike the ideal balance between entertainment and challenge. The sports that people in many places like watching and participating in reveal much about their societies. This is a selection of the strange sports that people all across the world play with great passion and commitment.

Races with Ostriches

Ostrich racing is an increasingly popular sport that has spread from its African origins to the United States. As an ostrich runs, it can achieve a phenomenal speed of about 70 kilometers per hour, which is thrilling to see.

Water hockey

It is just how it sounds. To score a goal, players use paddles to direct a ball toward the goal from below the surface. It's tough to play, but seeing it live is much more so.

Chess Boxing

It seems someone grew bored of distinguishing between mental and physical prowess and instead combined them in chess boxing. Competitors must have high chess and boxing skills. Let your mind recharge as your body sweats it out and vice versa.

Cycle ball

It's a two-person team event. Using just their bicycle wheels and their heads, they must get the soccer ball toward the goal.

Rolling Cheese

Although cheese rolling has existed for nearly 200 years, a lot of us have never tried it. Many Britons spend their Spring Bank Holidays racing down Coopers Hill after a judge rolls a round of cheese down from the top.

Surfing canines

This may be the prettiest sport ever! This new phenomenon known as "dog surfing" has recently piqued the interest of a large number of internet users. It began in San Diego, and now it has expanded across the United States and even to Australia. You can take your dog surfing with you if you teach it to balance on a surfboard.

Quidditch

That's fantastic news for all you Potter heads out there! Fans found the concept of Quidditch, a game played by wizards in fiction, so fascinating that they turned it into a genuine sport. A broom is played between the legs of a seven-person team. There are elements of football, dodgeball, and tag in it.

Bossaball

Spain was the country where the sport first took root. Those who crave excitement should go elsewhere. It's similar to volleyball in idea but played on a trampoline rather than on the ground.

Powerful ironing

Ironists, those who prefer traveling to far-flung locales just to iron their garments, are big fans of this activity. It's so out of the ordinary that the word "bizarre" doesn't do it justice.