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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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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Simply sign up to the Life & Arts myFT Digest -- delivered directly to your inbox. Rural Devon doesn’t feel quite right for a session working on my pétanque skills with one of the country’s leading ...

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 ...