Top Five bizarre sporting venues

It seemed like London had pushed the boat out a couple of months ago when the pink-and-blue pitches to be used for the hockey tournament were revealed.
But that colour selection turned out to be the model of tasteful restraint compared to the shooting venue.
Organisers have released these bizarre pictures of the intended makeover for the Royal Artillery Barracks in Woolwich, which will hide the venue's stunning Georgian architecture behind what can only be described as a giant sugar cube with measles.
The bizarre design of the venue prompts our look at the wackiest venues ever to be used for sport.
5. Football on a floating wooden pitch, Panyee, Thailand
The football-mad islanders of Panyee had one problem back in the 1980s: they loved football but their tiny, rocky island had no space for a pitch. So they built a wooden pitch on water which floated next to their fishing boats - and put them on the road to becoming one of Thailand's most successful football clubs.
4. Tennis on the helipad of the Burj Al Arab hotel in Dubai
One of the most famous publicity stunts of all time, Roger Federer and Andre Agassi faced up in a tennis match played on the helipad.
At 300m above the water, you can hardly blame them for not chasing the ball around too hard - and being pretty careful about it when they looked over the side.
 


3. Horse racing in the Piazza del Campo, Siena
The stunning medieval city of Siena is lit up each summer by the Palio, a horse race held on the fiercely banked, cobbled streets.
The race in its current format dates back to 1651, and the rules have scarcely changed since then: 10 jockeys ride bareback around the square representing different Contrade (districts within the city) - a madcap dash which usually lasts just a minute and a half.
A thick layer of dirt is spread on the surface of the square to try to protect the jockeys and horses against falls, but injuries are common - not that surprising when you consider that jockeys are allowed to push, shove and even hit each other and their horses during the race.

2. Squash at Grand Central Station, New York
The annual JP Morgan Tournament of Champions has become a regular annual fixture in the Vanderbilt Hall at one of New York City's busiest railway stations.
A glass court is installed in the station, in which the game's best players take part in the tournament - allowing an estimated 150,000 commuters to catch a bit of the action as they travel to and from work.

1. Golf on the Moon
Alan Shepard is one of the most distinguished astronauts in history. A distinguished fighter jet test pilot who moved to NASA, he was the second person (and the first American) in space before retiring as a rear admiral in 1974.
But he will always be most famous for pulling off the ultimate prank in 1971 on his last trip to space: he snuck the head of a six-iron on board Apollo 14 (of which he was commander) and, once in space, attached it to the handle of a lunar scoop. Once on the moon he used his makeshift club to hit two one-handed golf shots, one of which he mishit while he connected nicely with the other.
Shepard joked that the shot flew "miles and miles and miles", and although that was an exaggeration estimates suggest that he could easily have hit the ball in excess of 500 yards.