Tuskers tussle at Nepal elephant polo world championships
By Frankie Taggart | China Daily | Updated: 2011-12-10 08:06
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Elephant polo players from Team EFG Switzerland (in red) and Tiger Tops (in green) vie for the ball during the final of the 30th International Elephant Polo Competition at Meghauly Forest in Chitwan District, some 200 kms from Kathmandu, on Dec 2. Teams from across the world come every winter to the jungles of southern Nepal to compete in the marquee tournament. Prakash Mathema / Agence France-Presse |
MEGHAULI, Nepal - A portly business consultant takes an inch-perfect pass from a balding banker, slots the ball home with clinical precision and punches the air with both arms, David Beckham style.
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