Finland is still witnessing number of strange sport events which have already disappeared from the global sports stage, reported The New York Times, a leading English language daily in the world published from USA.

“There’s something strange going on in Finland. Over the past few decades, as it has all but disappeared from the global sports stage, this humble Nordic nation has sort of lost its sports mind,” said the report.

The report pointed out the events called the 20th annual Swamp Soccer World Championships, the Wife Carrying World Championships, The Mobile Phone Throwing World Championships, The World Berry Picking Championship and the Air Guitar World Championships held in Finland.

“We have some weird hobbies,” a staff member at the swamp soccer competition and master of the understatement Paivi Kemppainen told the New York Times.

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