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Sports · Kazakhstan

From national sports to football, wrestling to chess — the sport and athletes of the Turkic world.

National sports

SportKokparRiders battling for a goat carcass — the most thrilling national game of the Kazakh steppe.
SportKazakh kuresi (wrestling)Kazakh national wrestling, on UNESCO's intangible heritage list since 2016.
SportAssyk gamesAn ancient game played with sheep knucklebones, UNESCO heritage since 2017.
SportKusbegilik — hunting with golden eaglesThe tradition of hunting with golden eagles, a millennia-old art of the Kazakh nomads.