History of sports in France

Details of selective sports played in France. This project was done for an MBA project.

1. BONJOUR!

2. French Presentation SPORTS IN FRANCE Group Members:- Aman Gulmohit Nilesh Yogesh

3. Football Basketball Parkour Pétanque Table Football Cycling Rugby union Motorsports SPORTS IN FRANCE

4. Rugby Union

5. Motorsports

6. Reims- Gueux 1950–1966 Rouen-Les- Essarts 1952–1958 Tour de Corse 1973–2008 Rallyed'Alsace   2010-today

7. Table Football

8. Adorably called “Baby foot” and French foosball. Harold S. Thornton invented and patented foosball in 1923, although some patents exist as far back as the 1890s . The French are the predominant winners of worldwide table football competitions. In 2002, the International Table Soccer Federation (ITSF) was established in France.

9. In the ITSF World Cup and World Championships 2013, almost 500 players from 30 countries congregated in Nantes, France to compete. Foosball realizing its ups and down.

10. Bas ket ball

11. Parkour Free Running

12. Lieutenant Georges Hébert 1875-1957 David Belle 1973-Present

13. Pétanque

14. Pétanque was invented in 1907 (or possibly 1910) in the town of  La Ciotat  near Marseilles. It was invented by Ernest Pitiot , a local café owner. The name petanque is a derivation of the provençal word ped tanco and it means the feet together on the ground. The first pétanque tournament with the new rules was organized in 1910 The first FIPJP (Men's) World Championships were organized in 1959.

15. Professional form of Pétanque is called Pétanque Sport, played under precise rules. About 480,000 persons licensed with the  Federation Française de Pétanque et Jeu Provençal  (FFPJP). The FFPJP is the 4th largest sports federation in France.

16. The most recent championships were held in countries mentioned on the right. Fifty-two teams from 50 countries participated in 2007.

17. Football is the most popular sport in France. The Federation Française de Football is the national governing body is responsible for overseeing all aspects of the game of association football in the country, both professional and amateur . In 2006, the FFF had 2,143,688 licenses, with over 1,850,836 registered players and 18,194 registered clubs .

18. Cycling

19. CYCLING The Tour de France was created in 1903. The modern Tour typically has 21 daily stages and not more than 3,500 km (2,200 mi). The shortest and longest Tours were 2,428 and 5,745 km (1,509 and 3,570 mi) in 1904 and 1926, respectively Riders completing a stage may be eliminated if their time exceeds the time limit for the stage. The limit is defined as the winner's time plus a percentage, which depends on the type of stage and the winner's average speed

20. Conclusion