Cockfighting Sports popular in Beirut despite Lebanese oppressive ban

Repost – Gameness til the End Cockfighting still held in Beirut despite stigma By Nazih Osseiran | The Daily Star | Lebanon News Sep. 17, 2016 | 12:10 AM (The Daily Star/Hasan Shaaban) Cockfighting has persisted in Lebanon despite repeated attempts by the government and pressure groups to ban the blood sport. By some accounts,…

Indra (King of Gods) Festival: buffalo fight, cock fight and chhou dance competition

Repost – Gameness til the End Despite ban, buffalo fight at Purulia a crowd-puller Debajyoti Chakraborty | TNN | Sep 15, 2016, 04.22 AM IST Five pairs of buffalo fought at this year’s festival. (TOI photo: Ipshita Ghosh) PURULIA: Throwing prohibition to the winds, around 25,000 people converged on Chitra village near Puncha police station…

Ireland, Politicians, and Cockfighting Sports

Repost – Gameness til the End Fine Gael think-in: Politicians forced to go to ‘every funeral or cock fight’, says Brendan Griffin Tuesday, September 13, 2016 By Juno McEnroe Political Correspondent Kerry TD Brendan Griffin has warned that local politics is in a race to the bottom, warning that bright people are shunning political careers…

Some Facts About A Few College Sports Mascots

Repost – Gameness til the End 10 Things You Might Not Know About College Mascots Temple’s football season opens tonight. So: Why are they the Owls? Plus many, many more. BY SANDY HINGSTON | SEPTEMBER 2, 2016 AT 12:05 PM The Temple football team opens its season tonight with a game against Army at the Linc. (Tickets…

Kaunayen gamecock from north-eastern valley regions added to India’s list of indigenous breeds

Repost – Gameness til the End India Adds Cock-Fighting Chicken to Indigenous Breeds List 26 August 2016 The Poultry Site News Desk INDIA – India has added nine new germplasm of farm animals including a poultry variety to its list of indigenous breeds. Newly enlisted live-stocks include one breed of cattle, two breeds each of goat…