no comment 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 24/09/2019
no comment 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. 06/09/2019
no comment 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 05/08/2019
no comment 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) 30/07/2019
no comment 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. 20/07/2019
no comment 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. 14/07/2019
no comment 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. 13/07/2019
no comment 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 05/07/2019
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. 05/07/2019
no comment 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 05/07/2019
Fashion Duchess of Cambridge inspires sustainable fashion at Ascot Recycled and pre-worn garments are set to steal focus at Royal Ascot's Ladies' Day. 17/06/2019
no comment 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. 10/06/2019
no comment 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. 07/06/2019
no comment 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 05/06/2019
no comment 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). 03/06/2019
no comment 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. 02/06/2019
no comment Germans get down and dirty during muddy endurance event Some 15,000 people took part in a muddy challenge in Arnsberg, Germany, on Saturday. 01/06/2019
no comment Young riders sprint on balance bike course in southwest China More than 240 young riders took on each other in a balance bike race in southwest China's Chongqing Municipality over the weekend. 20/05/2019
no comment UK: Mud race competitors wade to the finish line Around 300 competitors slithered, slipped and dragged themselves through a river bed in the annual Maldon Mud Race on Sunday (May 12). 13/05/2019
life Keeping tradition alive in Dubai Tourists are flocking to Dubai to experience the traditional Bedouin culture. 08/05/2019
no comment Ready to coal-lapse? Competitors race with heavy sacks of charcoal Competitors raced uphill with heavy sacks of charcoal at a quirky contest in the UK. 23/04/2019
focus Dubai World Cup: the richest day in horse racing The Dubai World Cup is known as the “richest day of racing” on the international calendar with over 31 million euros in prizes on offer. It’s also one of the most vibrant events on Dubai’s social calendar, attracting an estimated 60,000 people from all around the world. 17/04/2019
USA Feds probe possible racist motivation in church burnings, suspect's link to 'black metal music' "You cannot destroy our faith. We can have church anywhere ... We'll have church in the very parking lot of the building you destroyed." 11/04/2019
France Runner scales Eiffel Tower's 1,665 steps in under eight minutes Taking place in one of the world's most visited monuments, the Eiffel Tower Vertical race is a unique running event. 14/03/2019
France PSG fined €100,000 for listing ethnic origins of young recruits French football club, Paris Saint-Germain, has been fined €100,000 by French Football League for listing ethnic origins of young recruits. 22/01/2019
