Five women mounted on elephant-back and wearing red devil horns atop their helmets raised their polo sticks in unison and let forth a primal scream. Here, on a humid March afternoon along the banks of ...

CHIANG SAEN, Thailand — During America’s debut in the world of elephant polo last week, frustrated U.S. captain Kimberly Zenz nearly screamed herself hoarse. The prime pachyderms toting the rival ...

WE ARRIVED AT NEW DELHI'S Shanti Home hotel late at night, en route to Nepal, six men and a manager with almost zero experience about to belly-flop right into the 27th World Elephant Polo ...

The elephants lumber across the field on the edge of a Nepalese jungle in pursuit of a small white ball. It might be slightly slower-paced than its horseback equivalent, but there’s nothing sedate ...

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During America’s debut in the extra-wide world of elephant polo last week, frustrated U.S. captain Kimberly Zenz nearly screamed herself hoarse. The prime pachyderms toting the rival Italians were ...

Ever since I found out elephant polo was a thing, about ten years ago, I’ve wanted to go. How could I not? The sport sounded like pure silly fun, and it’s all done (in Thailand, at least) for a very ...

When the British aristocracy invented elephant polo at the turn of the 20th century, the players swatted soccer balls. Unfortunately, the elephants squashed these flimsy projectiles, prompting a ...

A Scottish team won the World Elephant Polo Association Championship in Nepal this week, returning the cup to the nation that invented the unusual sport. The Chivas Regal team, captained by the Duke ...

Beginning in the late 1980s, many of Thailand’s elephants were decommissioned from laboring as timber haulers. So what’s a retired pachyderm to do but play a little polo? From March 23 to 29, the ...