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This Sunday sees the 170th men's and 79th women's Oxford and Cambridge boat races take place on the Thames.

“They kind of kept us from making touchdowns to stay in the boat race, but my guys played their hearts out.”

In Belgium, they are hollowed out for boat races, and in Ludwigsburg, Germany, thousands of multi-coloured pumpkins are used to make seasonal sculpture parks.

The boat race is not normally that relevant to 16 million people.

Today, gambling remains illegal in Japan, with the following publicly-operated exceptions: horse racing, cycling races, boat races, auto races and the lottery.