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KABUL — Is the world ready for a sport played with a headless goat carcass?
Haji Abdul Rashid thinks it is and has big plans: corporate sponsors, television rights and beyond.
"We want it to become an Olympic sport," says Rashid, who heads the Buzkashi Federation.
To understand how ambitious — even crazy — this is, consider the game. Buzkashi, which means "goat grabbing," is a violent sport with virtually no rules. Players, called chapandaz, gallop at breakneck speed over a dusty field, fighting over a dead animal without a head.
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Haji Abdul Rashid thinks it is and has big plans: corporate sponsors, television rights and beyond.
"We want it to become an Olympic sport," says Rashid, who heads the Buzkashi Federation.
To understand how ambitious — even crazy — this is, consider the game. Buzkashi, which means "goat grabbing," is a violent sport with virtually no rules. Players, called chapandaz, gallop at breakneck speed over a dusty field, fighting over a dead animal without a head.
Read the news here.