Petanque players practice at the Montmartre Petanque Club 'CLAP' in Paris on April 21, 2024. Photo by MIGUEL MEDINA / AFP If you thought Pétanque was just a bunch of Pastis-sipping elderly men idly ...

World Champion Marco Foyot, of France, visited the Mill Park pétanque courts Friday in Augusta for a demonstration and clinic. In pétanque, players aim to beat opponents by throwing boules as close to ...

LAFAYETTE, La. — This weekend, the 13th annual International Petanque Festival is taking place at the Girard Park petanque courts. Petanque is a French game, similar to bocce ball, using iron balls, ...

After two years of outdoor play, Carreau Club, the nation’s first pétanque bar has expanded with an indoor location with more space to get your game on while sipping a drink. The new indoor venue ...

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 ...

Pétanque - pronounced "pay-tank", sometimes called boules, is a game that can be enjoyed by all the family and socially with friends for fun or more competitively up to European and World Championship ...

Kieran Kammerer, left, who recently created this metal sign, poses with Raymond Fecteau at dedication ceremony Thursday at Mill Park petanque courts. Joe Phelan/Kennebec Journal AUGUSTA — It is a safe ...

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There will be 530 events in the upcoming Philippine Southeast Asian Games. Four of them will be in the sport of pétanque: men’s and women’s doubles, and men’s and women’s triples. And unlike in past ...

Game’s image of elderly men in sleepy squares at odds with claims some Belgian players use cocaine The sleepy world of pétanque has been rocked by claims that Belgian players are turning to stronger ...