mercredi 29 juillet 2015

Pétanque relaunches campaign to get Olympic recognition

Sport’s world confederation throws a boule into the Olympic rings, hoping to be included in 2024 summer games, which Paris is bidding to host

Summer in the south of France would not be complete without a glass of pastis and a game of pétanque.

The clink of metal boule on metal boule accompanied by the chirp of a thousand cicadas is to the French, what the thwack of leather on willow is to the season’s cricketers the other side of the Channel.

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from Sport | The Guardian http://ift.tt/1U6iom1

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