Cockfight

Three former Philippine police officers and six others have been charged with kidnapping after a spate of mysterious disappearances in the country's massive cockfighting industry, authorities said Friday, with dozens of victims feared dead.

A rooster fitted with a knife for an illegal cockfight has killed its owner in Telangana, sparking a manhunt for the organisers of the event, police said Saturday.

Cockfighting, like all animal fighting and gambling, was banned under the Taliban's 1996-2001 rule. But the gory bloodsport, a symbol of masculinity and virility, has since made a swift comeback as a popular winter pastime in Afghanistan.

As ban on Jallikattu is making headlines across the country, another sport - Kodipandayam (cockfight) - banned by the Supreme Court over animal cruelty is being organised openly in Andhra Pradesh during Makar Sankranti.

The Supreme Court on Friday refused to pass any fresh order to stop cockfights in Andhra Pradesh.

A weekend of violence killed at least 16 people in Mexico's troubled southern state of Guerrero as shootings erupted at a cockfight and a football field, police said on Monday.

The attack took place in broad daylight after an amateur football game had ended and the players were relaxing on the small pitch. The incident happened on the outskirts of Acapulco

At least 10 people were killed and seven others wounded in southern Mexico when a shootout erupted during a cockfight event, a senior police official said on Monday.

A Romanian princess, the daughter of exiled former Romanian King Michael, appeared in a U.S. court on Friday with her American husband on charges related to cockfighting in rural Oregon, authorities said.

Three former Philippine police officers and six others have been charged with kidnapping after a spate of mysterious disappearances in the country's massive cockfighting industry, authorities said Friday, with dozens of victims feared dead.

A rooster fitted with a knife for an illegal cockfight has killed its owner in Telangana, sparking a manhunt for the organisers of the event, police said Saturday.

Cockfighting, like all animal fighting and gambling, was banned under the Taliban's 1996-2001 rule. But the gory bloodsport, a symbol of masculinity and virility, has since made a swift comeback as a popular winter pastime in Afghanistan.

As ban on Jallikattu is making headlines across the country, another sport - Kodipandayam (cockfight) - banned by the Supreme Court over animal cruelty is being organised openly in Andhra Pradesh during Makar Sankranti.

The Supreme Court on Friday refused to pass any fresh order to stop cockfights in Andhra Pradesh.

A weekend of violence killed at least 16 people in Mexico's troubled southern state of Guerrero as shootings erupted at a cockfight and a football field, police said on Monday.

The attack took place in broad daylight after an amateur football game had ended and the players were relaxing on the small pitch. The incident happened on the outskirts of Acapulco

At least 10 people were killed and seven others wounded in southern Mexico when a shootout erupted during a cockfight event, a senior police official said on Monday.

A Romanian princess, the daughter of exiled former Romanian King Michael, appeared in a U.S. court on Friday with her American husband on charges related to cockfighting in rural Oregon, authorities said.