Boats sail during the water parade, part of the Venice Carnival, in Venice, Italy. The Venice carnival in the historical lagoon city attracts people from around the world.
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Competitors and the spectator fleet, right, race along at start of the 75th Sydney Hobart yacht race in Sydney Harbour.
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A Buddhist monk, left, offers holly prayer onto a wooden boat for their good racing during the water festival in Phnom Penh, Cambodia. The three-day annual festival, starting Sunda...
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Participants row their snake boats during Indira Gandhi Boat Race (IGBR) as part of the ongoing Champions Boat League, in Kochi, Kerala.
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Oarsmen row their boats during the traditional annual boat race festival at Rudra Sagar Lake in Melaghar, 55 kms south-east of Agartala.
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Oarswomen row their boat during the traditional annual boat race festival at Rudra Sagar Lake in Melaghar, 55 kms south-east of Agartala.
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Pulling Away Into Deeper Waters
With every conceivable sporting activity speedily shuffled up into a corporatised league for maximum milking, it’s unsurprising that the annual boat race on the Punnamada lake in...
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Cricket legend Sachin Tendulkar flags off the 67th edition of Nehru Trophy boat race at Alappuzha in Kerala.
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Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan cricket legend Sachin Tendulkar during the inauguration of the 67th edition of Nehru Trophy boat race at Alappuzha in Kerala
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Villagers row their boats during a traditional boat race in the swollen River Ganga on the occasion of 'Kajari festival' in Mirzapur.
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The crew the the British team's F50 catamaran move around after it capsized in the Hudson River before the start of a SailGP race in New York. New York is the third of five stops i...
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Participants splash water from their dragon boat as part of celebrations marking the Chinese Dragon Boat Festival, held throughout Hong Kong.
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Participants compete in a dragon boat race as part of celebrations marking the Chinese Dragon Boat Festival, held throughout Hong Kong. Dragon boat races are in remembrance of Chu ...
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Competitors take part in the first sailboat race of the season on Lake Balaton near Balatonfured, Hungary.
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Oarsmen row their boats during the traditional annual boat race festival at Rudra Sagar Lake in Melaghar, 55 kms south-east of Agartala.
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Participants compete in a dragon boat race as part of celebrations marking the Chinese Dragon Boat Festival, held throughout Hong Kong.
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Participants compete in a dragon boat race as part of celebrations marking the Chinese Dragon Boat Festival, held throughout Hong Kong. Dragon boat races are in remembrance of Chu ...
The Champions Boat League of Kerala features nine top boat clubs and has a prize money of Rs 5.9 crores. While it is aimed at boosting tourism, many feel it's hurting the pride and culture of Kerala