Sports
Sports form a major part of many people's lives around the globe, whether playing or watching. They help keep people healthy, active and develop their skills. They also play an important social function, bringing people, countries and communities together, praticising activity together and sharing a common passion.
Some sports such as football are played throughout the world but each country has its own traditional games and activities, sometimes started centuries ago and confined to small areas. These games give an insight into the culture of different countries and an understanding of the people who live there. Meanwhile, new sporting pursuits develop all the time. Some of the largest growing activities of recent years have been extreme sports which take a step away from competitive, organised team sports towards expressive, individual activities often incorporating elements of danger and a lifestyle along with the physical activity.
Sports are also big business. Top sportsmen and women, idolised by millions around the globe are attractive to advertisers, commanding huge salaries and lucrative sponsorship deals. Meanwhile the relentless appetite for viewing sports ensures that more and more sport is available to watch on tv. .
LINKS (in alphabetical order)
Bon Port Sports - Links for language learners relating to sports as part of the Bon Port course, for north american learners
FFF - Site officiel de l'equipe de France de football
French ski phrases - from the BBC
French Rugby Club - French Rugby Club is a new website dedicated to coverage of Top14, arguably the most exciting and dynamic domestic league within Europe.
L'equipe - Le site du journal des sports
Lexique - Le lexique anglais / français des sports olympiques
RDS - French-Canadian site covering north American and world sports news in French
sports-montagne - Portail des sports de montagne et skipass Le magazine du ski et du snowboard
letour - Le site du Tour de France et velo101 L’actualité du cyclisme
Mondial du Freeski - Freeski in Les Deux Alpes
Mondial du Snowboard - Snowboard in Les Deux Alpes
Sportinfo - Velo, running, raid nature et triathlon
Sport24 - Actualites de tous les sports et Sportfrance
Sportup - Pour tous les sports de la nature
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This French Life - lots of interesting video clips
UEFA - European site
in English, French, German, Spanish and Italian
