Sports

People in France practice football soccer, rugby, cycling, winter 

sports (skiing, snowboard). 

The Petanque  is a form of boules where the goal is, while standing inside a starting circle with both feet on the ground, to throw hollow metal balls as close as possible to a small wooden ball called a cochonnet (literally "piglet") or jack. It is also sometimes called a bouchon (literally "little ball", from the Occitan bochon) or le petit ("the small one"). The game is normally played on hard dirt or gravel, but can also be played on grass, sand or other surfaces. Similar games are bocce and bowls

World Cup petanque 2005