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

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).

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

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

More than 240 young riders took on each other in a balance bike race in southwest China's Chongqing Municipality over the weekend.

Around 300 competitors slithered, slipped and dragged themselves through a river bed in the annual Maldon Mud Race on Sunday (May 12).

Tourists are flocking to Dubai to experience the traditional Bedouin culture.

Competitors raced uphill with heavy sacks of charcoal at a quirky contest in the UK.

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.

Taking place in one of the world's most visited monuments, the Eiffel Tower Vertical race is a unique running event.

Whilst smashing the course record by about 12 hours, remarkably, she expressed milk for her baby daughter along the way.

Dutch pre-Christmas festivities descended into violent scuffles and arrests last weekend — the controversy centres on a character called "Black Pete".

Hundreds of waiters in Argentina's capital Buenos Aires took part in the annual waiters' race on Saturday, walking as fast as possible without spilling bottles and drink glasses from their trays.

Owner of the establishment, Ruby Montanari-Knez, said that the race is "a way of raising awareness about how important pets are in our lives".

Watch: 27 teams took part in the unconventional race, which saw newcomers 'Beacon Downe' snatch first prize.

An automobile known as “Robocar” completed the first ever self-driving race car hillclimb last Thursday.