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Some of the most important Uzbekistan sports include Football, Boxing, Rugby and Buzkashi. The Uzbekistan football team is managed by the Uzbekistan football federation. AFC is the confederation of Uzbekistan football team. Having participated in numerous competitions, it proved its strength in the Asian Games in 1994, having won the victory title. It is considered to be the strongest team among the Central Asian nations like Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Turkmenistan and Tajikistan.
The Uzbekistan Boxing federation is a part of the the Athletic Associations or Organizations, National Federations, which is situated in Tashkent. It has the affiliation of the Uzbekistan National Olympic Committee and is an active member of the International Amateur Boxing Federation in Lausanne, Switzerland.
The sports of Buzkashi is referred to as Kok-boru or Ulak Tartysh in Uzbekistan. It is also popular as Oglak Tartis. It is a traditional game of the country, which is played on horse back. This Uzbekistan sports needs a team coordination, where the members of a particular team are required to pick the carcass of a dead goat or calf before any other team, while riding a galloping horse. The carcass then has to be delivered to a vat or a goal post. This sports is also popular almost in the whole of Central Asia, especially Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan and Kazakhstan. In in Afghanistan it is popularly known as Buzkashi.
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