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Polo (other)
Polo is a team sport played on horseback. Polo may also refer to: Places United States * Polo Township, Carroll County, Arkansas * Polo, Illinois, United States, a city * Polo, Missouri, United States, a city northeast of Kansas City * Polo, Ohio, an unincorporated community Elsewhere * Polo, Dominican Republic, a municipality * Valenzuela, Philippines, a city in the region of Metro Manila formerly known as Polo ** Polo, Valenzuela, a ''barangay'' * Boluo County, Huizhou, Guangdong, China People * Polo (surname) * Polo (given name) * Polo Barnes (1901–1981), American jazz clarinetist and saxophonist * Polo Montañez, Cuban singer and songwriter born Fernando Borrego Linares (1955–2002) * Polo Ravales, Filipino actor and model Paul Gruenberg (born 1982) * Johnny Polo, former ring name of American professional wrestler Scott Levy (born 1964) * Marco Polo (producer), Canadian hip hop producer born Marco Bruno * Mohammed Polo, nickname of Ghanaian former footballer Alhaji Moh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Polo
Polo is a ball game played on horseback, a traditional field sport and one of the world's oldest known team sports. The game is played by two opposing teams with the objective of scoring using a long-handled wooden mallet to hit a small hard ball through the opposing team's goal. Each team has four mounted riders, and the game usually lasts one to two hours, divided into periods called ''chukkas'' or "''chukkers''". Polo has been called "the sport of kings", and has become a spectator sport for equestrians and high society, often supported by sponsorship. The progenitor of the game and its variants existed from the to the as equestrian games played by nomadic Iranian and Turkic peoples. In Persia, where the sport evolved and developed, it was at first a training game for cavalry units, usually the royal guard or other elite troops. A notable example is Saladin, who was known for being a skilled polo player which contributed to his cavalry training. It is now popular around ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
