Eight years ago, two Chinese anthropologists set up a Hong Kong team to encourage integration in a city which, despite its status as an international hub, can be less than inclusive, especially when it comes to non-white and non-Chinese residents. Now the sport has spread across schools
This picture taken on May 23, 2022 shows participants playing kabaddi, a tag-wrestling sport popular in South Asia which involves players trying to tag an opponent on the rival's side before making it back to their own half, in Hong Kong. Overlooked by high-rises on the outskirts of Hong Kong, a group of students practise body-slam tackles and vicious ankle-wrenches at weekly training for an unlikely sport: the ancient Indian game of kabaddi. Image: Peter PARKS / AFP