Polo

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Polo is a Mallet and ball game that is played on ponyback on an English style riding as a traditional field sport, and is one of the oldest known team sports in the world. Outdoor or "field" polo is played on a 300-by-160-yard grass field, while indoor or "arena" polo is played on a smaller 300-by-150-foot dirt arena. Players score by using a wooden mallet to drive the ball between the opposing team's goal posts while riding at speeds of up to 35 miles per hour, requiring mastery in horse riding. The team scoring the most goals wins. A game of outdoor polo lasts about one and a half to two hours, has two teams of four players, and consists of four to eight seven-minute chukkas (or chukkers), between or during which players change mounts. The progenitor of polo and its variants was an equestrian game named chovgan (Persian: چوگان), which was played from the 6th century BCE to the 1st century CE in Persia (Iran) and Central Asia. Its modern form developed in India, and was later adopted...

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