El polo es un deporte de equipos, en el que dos conjuntos con cuatro jinetes cada uno, montados a caballo, intentan llevar una pequeña pelota de madera o plástico hacia la portería del rival, formada por dos postes de mimbre, por medio de un taco o mazo. El objetivo consiste en marcar la mayor cantidad de goles. El deporte tradicional del polo se juega en un campo de hierba de 270 por 150 metros (equivalentes a 300 por 260 yardas). Es un deporte antiguo, cuya práctica se remonta a hace más dos mil años atrás, y cuyo origen probable se halla en Asia Central. Hoy en día, el juego moderno tiene una duración aproximada de dos horas, y se divide en seis períodos llamados chukkas o chukkers. Es jugado competitivamente por selecciones de los cinco continentes.

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Polo (Persian: چوگان chogān) is a team sport played on horseback. The objective is to score goals against an opposing team. Players score by driving a small white plastic or wooden ball into the opposing team's goal using a long-handled mallet. The traditional sport of polo is played on a grass field up to 300 by 160 yards (270 by 150 m). Each polo team consists of four riders and their mounts. Field polo is played with a solid plastic ball which has replaced the wooden version of the ball in much of the sport. In arena polo, only three players are required per team and the game usually involves more manoeuvreing and shorter plays at lower speeds due to space limitations of arenas. Arena polo is played with a small air-filled ball, similar to a small football. The modern game lasts roughly two hours and is divided into periods called chukkas (occasionally rendered as "chukkers"). Polo is played professionally in 16 countries. It was formerly an Olympic sport.

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