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Glasgow's streets filled with Santas for annual charity run

The streets of Glasgow's city centre were painted red on Sunday with thousands of runners dressed as Santa Claus.

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UK: Muddy conditions add to the fun for dry-land dogsledders

Muddy conditions greeted 150 teams from 15 countries as they competed in the 2019 WSA (World Sleddog Association) Dryland World Championships

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Jordan goes all Wacky Races as it hosts homemade cars contest

Jordanian racers riding self-designed cars that look like a falafel sandwich or a giant mosquito showed off their skills in the country's second soapbox race

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Polish speed climber beats lift in neon night race

Poland's 2016 world speed climbing champion Marcin Dzienski took just 12.12 seconds to beat a lift up 23 metres in Warsaw. In this stunt he raced an illuminated elevator on the outside of the Westin Hotel in Warsaw, beating it to the top in a tightly fought contest.

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A cut above: Contestants race lawnmowers in UK endurance event

A total of 48 teams lined up for the annual 12-hour endurance race staged in West Sussex, England

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Families enjoy a bout of box cart racing in La Paz

Hundreds of children and parents who are still young at heart took to the streets of La Paz for a bout of box cart racing on Sunday (July 28)

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Snail Racing World Championships 2019

'Sammy' the snail, crawls to victory

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Babies at the races in New York City

The record heat has forced New York City to cancel the annual city triathlon, but the babies were off to the races Friday (July 19) in the annual Diaper Derby.

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High speed drone race in Turin Italy

Apex Racing beat XBlades Running of Britain on Saturday, July 13, to win the Turin leg of the Drone Champions League.

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Thai farmers celebrate sowing with buffalo race

Farmers in Eastern Thailand celebrated the start of the sowing season on Saturday by racing the buffaloes whose usual duty is to plough fields.

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Huge pile-up at mountain bike race makes for 'mother of all crashes'

Hundreds of bikers racing down a glacier can be a bit of a slippery affair

Spain

Watch: Spain struts in the annual high heels race

The race defied the attempts of the Spanish far-right party Vox to cull the Pride celebrations this year.

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Annual high heels race takes place in Madrid

Men and women run on stilettos and dressed in a flamboyant outfit to mark the gay pride in Madrid

Living

Duchess of Cambridge inspires sustainable fashion at Ascot

Recycled and pre-worn garments are set to steal focus at Royal Ascot's Ladies' Day.

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Office chairs make for unusual Formula One in Japan

The small city of Hanyu, 60 kilometres north of Tokyo, was the headquarters of the Grand Prize of the Japanese office 'Isu'. The initiative was created ten years ago by Tsuyoshi Tahara in Kyoto and became so popular that this year 55 teams attended.

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Dragon boat racers battle it out in Hong Kong

Hundreds of people gathered at Hong Kong's Aberdeen Harbour on Friday for the annual dragon boat races.

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Quickest crawler crowned in Lithuanian baby race

In a test of their crawling skills, 25 toddlers took part in Lithuania's annual baby racing contest The event has become something of a spectator sport since it was first staged in the capital Vilnius 20 years ago

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Another one bites the dust: Russians compete in tractor race

Thirty-three Russian drivers braved summer heat, mud and dust to join a unique tractor race in the southern Rostov region on Sunday (June 2).

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Muscovites welcome summer with annual colour run

Five-thousand people gathered in Moscow's Luzhniki park on Sunday (June 2) to greet summer with an annual colour run.

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Germans get down and dirty during muddy endurance event

Some 15,000 people took part in a muddy challenge in Arnsberg, Germany, on Saturday.