Actors hold unusual "sports" event in Prague centre

Visitors to the centre of Prague on Sunday were given the opportunity to take part in an original Czech "sport" called woodkopf, which involves two people with wooden boards on their heads take one another on. The light-hearted event was organised by a group of theatre actors, who have called for woodkopf to be included in the Olympic Games if Prague wins a competition to host the event in 2016. Actor Vladimir Cech, who has been playing for four years, said it was as integral to Czech culture as beer and knedlo zelo vepro (dumplings, cabbage and pork); one day, he said, woodkopf will be regarded internationally as a Czech word.