List of Unusual Sports - sorted by Nation

UK

• Alternative Games — 35 unusual events
• Bed Racing — racing in your sleep.
• Bog Snorkeling — fancy some bog diving?
• Cheese Rolling — get yourself and the cheese to the bottom of a hill.
• Clog Cobbing — throwing a clog.
• Coal Carrying Championship — only for those with a strong back.
• Conker Smashing — you have to be a nut.
• Cotswold Olimpicks — ancient games
• Gurning Contest — pull a face and win.
• Orange Races — racing oranges down a hill
• Pea Shooting — food fight.
• Pie Eating Contest — changes in gluttony.
• Pooh Sticks Championship — not so sticky event.
• Raft Racing — racing on the water
• Real Ale Wobble and Ramble — the best way to enjoy a ride or walk - inebriated
• Royal Shrovetide Football — all in.
• Scottish Highland Games — what's up your haggis?
• Shin Kicking — kicking battle.
• Stinging Nettle Challenge — why would you eat something with the word 'stinging' in it?
• Straw Race — carrying bales of straw
• Tar Barrels — running on fire.
• Toe Wrestling — battle of the big toes.
• Woolsack Races — carrying sacks of wool up and down a hill
• Worm Charming — what?

Australia

• Apple Race — where else but on the apple isle of Tasmania.
• Austus — hybrid sport of American football and AFL.
• Beer Can Regatta — recycling empties.
• Boomerang Throwing — don't come back.
• Cane Toad Racing — jump to it.
• Cockroach Racing — right there till the end.
• Cow Racing — moo too.
• Dunny Derby — another meaning of the runs.
• Dwarf throwing — why so grumpy?
• Goanna Pulling — a version of tug-of-war.
• Hemp Olympics — oh man!
• Henley on Todd Regatta — where did the water go?
• International Rules — hybrid football for the Irish and Aussies.
• Lizard Racing Championships — flat out like a lizard
• Milk Carton Regatta — have you had your milk today?
• Moonrock Throwing — they go further on the moon.
• Pig Racing and Diving — pigs really can fly.
• Scotland Island 500 — Sydney's annual aquatic dog race.
• Sheep Counting — puts you to sleep.
• Universal football — hybrid sport of AFL and rugby league.
• Yabbie Races — an Australian tradition.

USA

• Austus — hybrid sport of American football and Australian rules football.
• Beer Pong — combining drinking and ping pong.
• Dodgeball — where you have to dodge the ball.
• Hairiest Back — who has the most hair on their back.
• Horseshoes — having a toss.
• Hot Dog Eating Championships — don't try this at home
• Lawn Mower Racing — carving up the lawn.
• Monster Truck Rallies — big wheels to get excited about.
• Redneck Games — southern alternative to the Olympics including a host of unusual sports.

Turkey

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

Samoa

• Samoa Rules — hybrid sport of AFL and rugby union.

Spain

• Running with the Bulls — mix it up with the bulls in Pamplona in Spain.
• Running of the Nudes — alternative to the bull run.

New Zealand

• Zorb Ball — rolling down the hill.

Germany

• Mud Olympics — getting down and dirty

South Africa

• Ringball — a variation of netball that is popular in South Africa.

Finland

• Swamp Football — getting bogged down in defense.
• Wife Carrying Festival — all for beer.

Ireland

• Road Bowling — look out cars, a rock's coming.
• International Rules — hybrid football for the Irish and Aussies.

Netherlands

• Canal Jumping — vaulting over a dutch canal.

India

• Elephant Polo — elephants in attack.

Italy

• Volata — hybrid sport of soccer and team handball.

Vanuatu

• Land Diving — dry land bungy jumping.

General

• Air Racing — small planes and crazy pilots.
• Arm Wrestling — big biceps competition
• Basque Pelota — quick handball.
• Beard & Moustache Championships — nice facial hair.
• Bicycle Polo — another version of polo.
• Beer Sculling — get it down fast.
• Birdman Rallies — taking to the sky
• Bossaball — hybrid trampoline based sport.
• Camel races — speed boats of the desert.
• Canine Freestyle Dancing — doggy dancing.
• Chess Boxing — mixing brains and brawn.
• Club Swinging — artistic throwing up.
• Crazy Golf — also known as mini golf or putt-putt
• Cup Stacking — a sport involving stacking of cups.
• Curling — chess on ice
• Demolition Derbies — crashing fun.
• Disc Sports — a fun game turned competitive.
• Duck Race — thousands of rubber duckies in the river.
• Egg Rolling — an Easter tradition
• Extreme Ironing — who said ironing is difficult?
• Jeu de paume — early tennis.
• Joggling — combining running and juggling.
• Kabaddi — hold your breath in this Asian sport
• Kissing Competitions — unusual events such as underwater and basketball kissing.
• Nude Sports - footloose and free
• Paper-Scissors-Rock World Championships
• Parkour — leaps and bounds.
• Plunge for Distance — how long can you hold you breath?
• Rogaining — follow the flags
• Rope Climbing — escape sport.
• Roque — like croquet.
• Sepak Takraw — volleyball with the feet
• Sheep Races — catch me if you can.
• Stair Climbing — race to the top.
• Street Luge — racing downhill without the soft ice to cushion your fall.
• Three-Sided Football — they all play two teams.
• Tug of War — a classic fairground battle.
• Tumbling — head over heals
• Two-Handed Tennis — a variation of the popular game
• Ultimate Frisbee — fun in the park.
• Underwater Hockey — melted ice?
• Underwater Rugby — a new definition of playing in the wet.