The Deadliest Sports on Earth: Ranked

Factoring It All Together

Consider the nature of polo itself. People ride horses, which are enormous animals over which they do not have complete control, to smack a tiny, hard ball with a hammer on a giant stick. Yeah, nothing can go wrong here. There haven't been many statistics covering the quantifiable danger of polo, but this sport is certainly dangerous. 

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