Sports and Leisure in France



Sport is a popular pastime in France with football, judo, tennis and basketball dominate the sports arenas. France also participates in major events race car, bicycle races, making his presence in the world of tennis and martial arts.

Popular sports

The most popular sports are football, but the French have known a taste for speed and stamina in racing cars and bikes, grace and precision in tennis and football, as well as the harsh spectacle and dryers available in two styles rugby League and Union

Racing bikes - Grand Tours of France are famous worldwide as the oldest and most prestigious. One, the Tour de France is the most famous cycling event in the world.

Race car engine - endurance race in stylish cars and sporting events is a test to the limit for the driver and the car in the 24 Hours of Le Mans. Tennis tournaments - the tennis Grand Slam tournaments are a sight to watch in the French court. Olympic Games - A French aristocrat named Pierre de Coubertin was the inventor of the Olympic Games of the modern era, with his enthusiastic call for a revival of the Games in the late 19th century Accommodation first games went to Greece as an appropriate gesture to landwhere the Games were born. Since then, France has hosted four Olympic Games, with again in Paris in 1924 and three Olympic Winter Games in 1924 (Chamonix); another in 1968 (Greoble) and third games in 1992 (Albertville)

Football - This is the favorite sport of the French crowds where team members wear the blue jersey and shorts tricolor during matches toting your patriotism. The national football team has gained immense popularity and success of the 21st century to win the World Cup in 1998, second place in the same series in 2006 and 2 won the European Championship in 1984 2000. Rugby Union - This is another popular sport with a large following, particularly in the Paris region and southern France. The national rugby team has collected an impressive number of victories winning the Six Nations Championship 16th series. He participated in all World Cups Rugby; which reached the semifinals six times and was a finalist in three games in the Rugby World Cup.

Rugby League - Crowds south of spectators love this variation of rugby.

The high-level league competition in Europe's Super League, but for the local professional competition, the Elite One Championship is a league below.

Basketball - Basketball has a strong influence on sports minded people of France and over the past 20 years, the country has led to teams now ranked in the world's elite class. The national team won the FIBA ​​Euro Basket 2011 surpassing its performance over the past 60 years.
Sail - sail solo and shorthanded is the favorite of French in the fight against the winds and waves of the Atlantic and oceans of the world. To keep the suspense and excitement are 3 sailing competitions across the
 
Atlantic - the Mini Transat 6:50; the Tour de France Sailing and the Route du Rhum.

Hobbies

the French also enjoy a variety of hobbies on a regular basis. For the active body interested in physical self-defense, there is the "parkour", a variant of the martial art originated in France.

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