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 ...

LAFAYETTE, La. — This weekend, the 13th annual International Petanque Festival is taking place at the Girard Park petanque courts. Petanque is a French game, similar to bocce ball, using iron balls, ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Kieran Kammerer, left, who recently created this metal sign, poses with Raymond Fecteau at dedication ceremony Thursday at Mill Park petanque courts. Joe Phelan/Kennebec Journal AUGUSTA — It is a safe ...

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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 ...

Game’s image of elderly men in sleepy squares at odds with claims some Belgian players use cocaine The sleepy world of pétanque has been rocked by claims that Belgian players are turning to stronger ...

The Carreau Club’s co-owners Dana Bunker and Aaron Weeks know how tough bars have had it the past five months since New York City banned indoor gatherings. But while their plans to open a sprawling ...