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Football (soccer) is the most popular sport in France, with 1,993,270 licensed players in the leagues. [4] The sport was imported from England at the end of the 19th century, under the name of association football. In its early days, the sport gained followers mainly in the Paris area and the Northern part of the country - Nord-Pas-de-Calais ...
Coupe de France. The Coupe de France ( French pronunciation: [kup də fʁɑ̃s] ), also known in English as the French Cup [1] [2] or less commonly as the France Cup, [3] is the premier knockout cup competition in French football organised by the French Football Federation (FFF). [4] It was first held in 1917 and is open to all amateur and ...
Football in France The Parc des Princes is the home of Paris Saint-Germain Country France Governing body FFF National team(s) France (men) • France (women) First played 1863 ; 161 years ago (1863) Registered players 2.1 million Clubs 18,194 National competitions FIFA World Cup UEFA European Championship UEFA Nations League Club competitions List League: Ligue 1 Ligue 2 Championnat National ...
Sport in childhood. Association football, shown above, is a team sport which also provides opportunities to nurture physical fitness and social interaction skills. The 2005 London Marathon: running races, in their various specialties, represent the oldest and most traditional form of sport. Sport is a form of physical activity or game. [1]
This category has the following 30 subcategories, out of 30 total. Sport in France by city (73 C) Sport in France by department (100 C) Sport in France by geographical location (3 C) French people in sports (12 C) Sport in France by region (21 C) Sport in France by sport (61 C, 4 P)
During the 1920s, Olympique de Marseille became an important team in France, winning the Coupe de France in 1924, 1926 and 1927. The team won the French championship in 1929, defeating Club français. The Coupe de France in 1924 was the club's first major title, won against FC Sète, a side that dominated French football at the time.
Pétanque ( French: [petɑ̃k] ⓘ, locally in Provence [peˈtãᵑkə]; Occitan: petanca [peˈtaŋkɔ] ⓘ; Catalan: petanca [pəˈtaŋkə, peˈtaŋka]) is a sport that falls into the category of boules sports (along with raffa, bocce, boule lyonnaise, lawn bowls, crown green bowling ). In these sports, players or teams play their boules/balls ...
Olympic football was originally an amateur sport, and as the pre-World War II France national team was also amateur, it was able to send a team to the games. The rules on amateurism were relaxed in the 1980s, which allowed France some success, notably a gold medal finish in 1984 .