Sports in France are the 3 most popular sports.
I ranked the ten most popular sports in France.The official website of every official sports federation has the numbers of membership gathered by me.The French population is around 67 million.
Football is mostly a male sport in France and not the United States.The media were very interested in the last Women's World Cup, which was hosted by France.This event will help develop the sport in the women's section.
The Ligue 1 in France is the fifth best league in Europe.France won the World Cup for the first time in 1998 against Brazil.They won the World Cup in 1998 against Croatia.The French men lost in the 2006 World Cup Final to Italy.The French will always remember the headbutt of the French player against the Italian.France lost to Portugal in the Euro Cup in 2016 and was hosting the competition this year.I wrote an article about Football in France.
What is a Footix in France is one of the articles I wrote about.
There are examples of French football players.
The major world tennis tournament is held in Paris.The last French winner was in 1983, and he is a famous French singer.I don't know if a French tennis player will win it again one day, and Facebook pages like "La Fédération de Loose" tease a lot of the French players about being bad.
Joakim Noah is the son ofYannick Noah.France has a lot of good tennis players, but none of them are in the world's top 5.France won the Davis Cup ten times.The French women won the Fed cup.
Some of my family members used to practice this sport, but I am not familiar with it.Normandy and the Forez are famous for horse breeding in France.
The Arcs de Triomphe in Paris is one of the prestigious horse races that take place in the country.
The USA and Canada are not foreign countries and France has the highest number of foreign players in the NBA.France does not have a team in the EuroLeague.
The last big success for the National team was to win against the USA in the World cup of 2019.The biggest rivalry in this sport is against Spain.
There are many examples of French basketball players.
France has great sportsmen in this sport.David Douillet was one of the best in the heavy category, but right now the French sportsman Teddy Riner is just as good, if not better.
France has been the best country for the last twenty years, competing mostly with the Nordic European countries.They are six times World champion, two times Olympic champion and three times European champion.
The national men's team did not win a trophy before 1995.Two times the Women's national team won the World cup.
Rugby is a popular sport in France.Rugby is located mostly in the south of France and Paris.The French teams that play in the Top 14 are some of the best teams in Europe.
The national team can beat the best rugby nations like New Zealand and lose to the weakest like Italia.Three times the French Rugby team reached the World Cup final.
I didn't know much about golf before this article.France had great players such as Jean Van de Velde, Grégory Bourdy, and Arnaud Massy.
There are a lot of mountains in France, like the Alps or the Pyrenees.Tony Estanguet was the best sportsman that France had.The Olympic games of Paris will be hosted by him.
I hope you enjoyed discovering the sports in France and the fun facts I give to you.I invite you to read my article about fun facts about the Tour de France.