I’m decent enough at this inherently social game introduced by the French that gym-class humiliation melts away ...

Janice Bissonette realized her obsession with pétanque had reached a new level when she started practicing her throw-and-release motion while walking her two schnauzers. “The neighbors think I’m ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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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 ...

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 ...

Henry Samuel has been The Telegraph’s Paris Correspondent since 2007. His 2023 Sarkozy-Gaddafi trial coverage was cited in the European Parliament’s anti-corruption resolution and the French culture ...