Reporting from Kabul, Afghanistan — Leaning far off his horse like a polo player, amid a chaotic-looking scrum of other riders doing the same, the rider snatched the decapitated goat by a foreleg and ...

The centuries-old Central Asian sport called buzkashi, in which players on horseback fight over a decapitated, disemboweled goat or calf carcass, is certainly to Western observers one of the world’s ...

Horsemen try to grab the headless carcass of a goat during a Buzkashi competition in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan. The contest was held to celebrate Nowruz, a New Year festival that marks the start of Spring ...

The age-old Central Asian game involves men on horseback competing for control of the headless body of a goat. It makes playoff hockey look gentle — even this year. You can save this article by ...

Hoards of eager crowds have gathered in Afghanistan's capital to watch competitors face off in the country's brutal and bizarre national sport that was previously banned under Taliban regime. The ...

A horse rider attends a Buzkashi match in Mazar-i-Sharif, Afghanistan, Dec. 18, 2020. Buzkashi, meaning "goat grabbing", is a centuries-old traditional game in Afghanistan, in which skilled horse ...

PANJSHIR: A crash of horses and men deep in a mountain pass signals the start of another game of buzkashi, Afghanistan´s national sport. Buzkashi, which translates roughly as "goat pulling," has been ...

Afghan horse riders compete in a Buzkashi game in Balkh province, Afghanistan, Jan. 6, 2023. Buzkashi, or "goat grabbing", is a kind of traditional sport in Afghanistan. In this game, two teams of ...

In much the same way that the snoring beagle at the foot of your bed carries the same DNA as the timber wolf that would have it for a snack, modern sports have weird, sometimes terrifying, cousins as ...