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By Leaps and Bounds
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If there was one lesson learned from the Asian Games held in Doha last December, it was this: the thousand seats allocated to matches of
sepak takraw
could have been doubledmaybe even tripledand the crowds would have still filled them. Imagine the speed and precision of volleyball cut with the aerial kicks of soccer at its showiestset in the intensely combative, close-quarters environment of an indoor courtand you have some idea why this Southeast Asian sport is so visually addictive.
Sepak takraw
looks like it was devised to a global broadcaster's order. But it originated in the...