Tug of war, also known as tug o ' war, tug war, rope war, rope pulling, or tugging war, is a sport that directly pits two teams against each other in a test of strength.

The origins of tug of war are uncertain, but it is beyond dispute that this once royal sport was practiced in ancient Egypt and China, where it was held in legend that the Sun and Moon played Tug of War over the light and darkness.

Tug of war, at annual Pushkar Fair, Rajasthan

Tug of war competition in 1904 Summer Olympics

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In September 2007, the TWIF European Outdoor Tug of war Championships was held at the football club's stadium.

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Tug of war was contested at the 1904 Summer Olympics.

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A mixed team made up of athletes from Sweden and Denmark beat the French team to win gold in the Tug of war at the 1900 Summer Olympics | tug of war at the 1900 Summer Olympics.

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Tug of war has been in Ireland for a long time and the creation of the Irish Tug of War Association in 1967 boosted the competition among clubs in Ireland and also enabled Ireland to compete in international events, such as the Tug of War International Federation ( TWIF ) World Championships.

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Technically, the Tug Hill could more accurately be called a cuesta since it is actually composed of sedimentary rocks that tip up on one side, rising from about 350 feet on the west to over 2, 000 feet in the east.

The Grey Seas Under is a non-fiction book by well-known Canadian author Farley Mowat about the Atlantic Salvage Tug Foundation Franklin, operated by the firm Foundation Maritime in Canada's Maritime provinces from 1930 to 1948.

Quick spent seven years researching a book about her paternal family's life in India which has now been published ( 2009 ) by Virago with the title " A Tug on the Thread: From the British Raj to the British Stage ".

The Pin interrupts to tell Tug about meeting someone who knows what happened to Emily.

About 1910, the Rome & Osceola Railroad was organized and the rails laid as far as Lee Center, with grading completed along much of the route, intended to carry timber from Tug Hill to a tie plant on the site of the Rite Aid warehouse on Rt 69 in Rome.

The Tug Fork River separates Williamson from South Williamson, Kentucky.

The Coal House, whose walls are constructed from 65 tons of bituminous coal from the nearby Winifrede Seam, serves as the headquarters of the Tug Valley Chamber of Commerce.

The Fort Gay community traces back to 1789, when 11 people established a settlement at the junction of the Tug and Big Sandy rivers, across from what is now Louisa.

He served as Navigating Officer on a Fleet Tug operating from Scapa Flow between January and March 1940.

Biggles ' new squadron includes a diverse cast, including the American ' Tex ' O ' Hara ( from Texas ), the Welshman ' Taffy ' Hughes, the Cockney ' Tug ' Carrington, the Oxford graduate Henry Harcourt and ' Ferocity ' Ferris from the streets of Liverpool.

There is also a tug-of-war across the Tug Fork tributary near which the feuding families lived, a live re-enactment of scenes from their most famous fight, a motorcycle ride, live entertainment, Hatfield-McCoy landmark tours, a cornbread contest, pancake breakfast, arts, crafts, and dancing.

He got the nickname " Tug " from his mother because of the particularly aggressive way he breast-fed.

Her father was Tug Farish from Lane's End Farm in Kentucky, better known for its thoroughbred horse breeding program.

The 2011 European Outdoor Tug of War Championships was held within the grounds at Butlin's Minehead from 22 to 25 September.

Babe struggles from his leash and follows Tug and Ferdinad to the truck where the animals are being put in.

He was an ideal reliever for a bullpen-by-committee because he was able to pitch two or three innings at a time, setting the table to a variety of teammates, from Sparky Lyle to Tug McGraw to Lee Smith.

* Tug is a common nickname for ( usually male ) people with the surname Wilson, derived from Sir Arthur Knyvet ' Tug ' Wilson

Admiral Wilson's nickname of ' Tug ' reputedly comes from an incident when he repeatedly ordered a battleship to try to come alongside, and in exasperation offered her Captain a ' Tug ' to assist, subsequently a number of people with the surname Wilson have been given this nickname, e. g. Ebin ' Tug ' Wilson, George Archer ' Tug ' Wilson, Kenneth Leon ' Tug ' Wilson, Lester Wilbur ' Tug ' Wilson, Thomas Harold " Tom " ' Tug ' Wilson, and Captain Roi Edgerton ' Tug ' Wilson

Kenai and Koda escape Denahi again, and reach the salmon run, where a large number of bears live as a family, including the leader Tug ( voiced by Michael Clarke Duncan ), a Grizzly Bear.

At the same time that he was finishing his Marine training, Tug McGraw ’ s brother, Dennis McGraw, was staging anti-war protests at Solano Community College, where he was then attending.

: It was real amba, flat-topped, covered with crevices and canyons and caves, impregnable on the north and north-east where the Tug Gabat ran round its flanks through precipitous ravines, falling steeply away in the rear to the spur of Antalo, behind which lay the broad plain of Mahera.

As he goes he passes the trunk of Tug's car, where Emily's body is visible because he had hidden her there before the meeting to ensure that police pin her murder on Tug.

The Tug Hill Plateau of New York State has the most snow amounts of any non-mountainous location within the continental U. S., followed by the Upper Peninsula of Michigan, which can average over of snow per year.

This comeback would give rise to two slogans: Tug McGraw ’ s “ Ya Gotta Believe !” and manager Yogi Berra ’ s “ It ain ’ t over ' til it ’ s over .”