In ESPN The Mag, Carl Hoffman writes that Afghanistan's national sport of buzkashi had nearly disappeared -- until the Taliban was toppled and American money started pouring in. Now this simple ...

Although buzkashi is also played in neighboring countries, Afghans like to think of the sport as theirs alone. As his groggy companion nodded, Rashid declared, “Buzkashi is Afghanistan.” ...

Kabul, Dec 14 (IANS) Excitedly looking forward to the Buzkashi game and praying for his team to win the competition, a horse rider who introduced him ...

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 ...

Trying to find out the sport’s etymology on the internet is tricky business, but a few websites opine that Buzkashi was invented primarily as a shield to protect livestock against Genghis’ army.

Aug. 30, 2002 — -- In the traditional Afghan sport of buzkashi, athletes and horses sponsored by the most powerful men vie to break out of a brutal scrum and into the open while carrying a ...

Horsemen take part in the traditional Central Asian sport of Buzkashi, also known as Kok-Boru or goat dragging, in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan Credit: EPA ...

Buzkashi is sport reduced to its simplest form, with no contrived side-shows or complicated rules.

Consider their national sport, buzkashi, an ancient game in which two teams of horsemen vie for possession of a headless goat carcass.

Forget balls and bats. In some sports, it's goats, ducks, wives. Aug. 30, 2002 — -- Baseball, football and basketball use balls. Hockey uses a puck. But if you're going to play buzkashi, you ...

Played with the carcass of a goat, buzkashi is believed to have originated in central Asia, reputedly around the time of 13th century emperor Genghis Khan.