Wrestling icon Hulk Hogan’s life in pictures — from WWF championships to legal battles Professional wrestling star Terry “Hulk Hogan” Bollea has died at the age of 71. WireImage Hogan seen wrestling in Maple Leaf Gardens in Toronto. Toronto Star via Getty Images Hogan showing off a championship belt in 1980. Getty Images The Iron … Read more
Rubber-faced Tommy Mattinson won the World Gurning Championships for a record 19th time — and vowed: “I want to win 30.” Tommy, 52, beat off stiff competition to take home the crown in the men’s category, while Claire Lister, 37, won the woman’s category for an eighth consecutive time. Claire’s daughter Kendal was named champion … Read more
Hundreds of revelers are descending on a pub garden Monday to watch the “world gravy wrestling championships.” The international competition — named one of the top ten weirdest “sports” — sees 16 men and eight women battle in the sauce-soaked ring. Around 528 gallons of gravy are used at the event, which is held annually … Read more
LONDON — Intrepid athletes donned snorkels and slithered through slime on Sunday during one of Britain’s quirkiest sporting events: the World Bog Snorkeling Championships. The annual competition in the tiny town of Llanwrtyd Wells, Wales, sees competitors race to complete two lengths of a 60-yard (55 meter) water-filled trench cut through a peat bog. They … Read more
Slow and steady wins this race. An annual snail racing event — which holds a Guinness World Record as the longest running humane snail-racing world championships — is making a comeback post pandemic. The Snail Racing World Championships in Congham, England, returns Saturday after being on hiatus since 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The Snail Master starts … Read more