Sport In France
Sports in France play an important role in French society, and the country has a strong sporting history. The most popular sport in France is football.
Read more about Sport In France: Football, Tour De France, Basketball, Motorsports, Handball, Rugby Union, Ice Hockey, Australian Rules Football, Tennis, Cycling, Sailing, Pétanque, Parkour, Table Football, Orienteering, Cricket, Skiing
Famous quotes containing the words sport and/or france:
“How long, then, Catiline, while you abuse our patience? How long is this madness of yours to make sport of us?”
—Marcus Tullius Cicero (106–43 B.C.)
“The best of America drifts to Paris. The American in Paris is the best American. It is more fun for an intelligent person to live in an intelligent country. France has the only two things toward which we drift as we grow older—intelligence and good manners.”
—F. Scott Fitzgerald (1896–1940)