The latest Google Doodle game shows you how to play the French sport of pétanque, then lets you compete against friends and others online. As you’ll quickly learn from playing today’s Google Doodle ...

LAKE WORTH BEACH — Focused and fierce, Delray Beach resident Enzo Lepore tossed his pétanque boule and smiled. It landed super-close to the cochonnet, a small wooden target. A feeling of satisfaction ...

A Dutch man has been left fighting for his life after a petanque ball exploded when it was left near a fire pit. The man was part of a 14-person bachelor party in the Belgian region of Walloon ...

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 ...

Enthusiasts of the French game petanque will descend upon the wine country town of Sonoma this weekend for one of the country’s largest petanque tournaments, according to the Valley of the Moon ...

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Pétanque, one of France's most beloved sports, has yet to secure its place as an Olympic discipline but it's still a favourite pastime. As Paris prepares to host the Olympics next week, a popular ...

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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 ...

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In France, and especially in Marseille, petanque or boules is played on every corner. How does it work? Petanque is a beloved French ball game, deeply rooted in Marseille's culture. Played by all ages ...

As local diehard fans of an outdoor French game try to get Calvert residents interested, their recent effort to put the county on the pétanque map came up short Nov. 16 in Northern Virginia. David ...