Editing Tug of war (section)

==National organizations==
[[File:Harvard tug of war team 1888.jpg|thumb|[[Harvard]] Tug of War team, 1888]]
The sport is played almost in every country in the world. However, some countries have set up a national body to govern the sport. Most of these national bodies are associated with the international governing body: TWIF, The Tug of War International Federation. As of 2008 there are 53 countries associated with TWIF, among which are [[Scotland]], [[Ireland]], [[England]], [[India]], [[Switzerland]], [[Belgium]], [[Italy]],<ref>{{Cite web | url=http://www.figest.it/ | title=Figest.it | access-date=2015-06-28 | archive-date=2015-06-25 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150625045505/http://www.figest.it/ | url-status=live }}</ref> [[South Africa]] and the [[United States]].

[[File:Gozutenno tsunahiki.jpg|thumb|Tug of war as a religious ritual in Japan, drawn in the 18th century. It is still seen in [[Osaka]] every January.]]