Action Replay – 25 August 2017 - Young World Club 
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Action Replay – 25 August 2017

  • POSTED ON: 24 Aug, 2017
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  • POSTED BY: Chari Vijayaraghavan
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August saw some interesting activities in the field of sports and games! It was sports filled and action packed with the World Athletics Championships concluding in London to the National Sports Awards being announced in India .

Let’s start with some unique events, roll over the images to learn more about them!

After the “World Championship Office Chair Race” in Switzerland in July, the game has grown popular in Japan as well!The island of Sark is famous for its sheep race with their teddy bear jockeys. It is considered to be one of the less cruel of animal sports!Kite flying contests happen in India on its Independence Day (Aug 15). At a professional level, it was the Washington State International Kite Festival that attracted famous kite flyers apart from the tens of thousands in the crowd.

Here are a few highlights from the month’s newsworthy national and international events!

29 players have been shortlisted to receive the National Sports Awards including Harmanpreet Kaur after her heroics at the cricket world cup.The IAAF World Championships saw an interesting medals tally with Kenya and South Africa in the second and third positions following USA in the lead.A study has found that people who play contact sports such as football and hockey - that have higher risk of body collisions - are more likely to show changes in their brain structure and function.

Image Sources: Wikimedia Commons | The Hindu