Sports | sports The Weirdest Sporting Events How oddballs compete, from pole-sitting to goat polo By Michael Foreman Posted Jul 29, 2008 2:00 PM CDT Copied US chess boxer David Depto, right, moves a piece with his taped hand during a chess boxing world championship in Berlin, Germany, November 15, 2007. Chess boxing combines the sports of chess and boxing in alternating rounds. (AP Photo, file) If curling strikes you as a strange sport, you've obviously never heard of wife carrying or bottle kicking. The London Times explores the weirdest pastimes from across the globe: Wife-carrying, Maine, USA: Wives hang on for dear life as husbands tote them through an obstacle course, upside-down. Winners receive the wife's weight in beer. Vertical Marathon, Bangkok: Masochists race up the stairs of a 61-floor hotel, then recharge with cocktails on the roof. The record to beat? Six minutes, 16 seconds. Goat polo, Kyrgyzstan: Polo ponies, yes; polo ball, no. Try a beheaded goat carcass. To see the top 10 list, click the link below. Read These Next The 8 Democrats who bucked party on shutdown have something in common. Merchants could slap new surcharges on certain credit card purchases. Here's where things stand in the House ahead of shutdown vote. Trump is responding to MTG's increasing criticism of GOP. Report an error