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There were four sports at the inaugural event in 1989: athletics, basketball, association football and judo. Handisport, handball, table tennis and wrestling were added to the competition programme in 1994. None of these four sports featured at the 1997 Jeux de la Francophonie, and boxing and tennis were introduced to the programme instead.
Nice, France [11] High jump: 1.91 m Wanita May Canada July 2001 2001: Ottawa, Canada Pole vault: 4.40 m Marion Lotout France 11 September 2013 2013: Nice, France [12] Long jump: 6.94 m (+1.2 m/s) Marthe Koala Burkina Faso 2 August 2023 2023: Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo [13] Triple jump: 14.62 m Cristina Nicolau Romania July 2001 2001
Stage-by-stage updates, results, and highlights from this year’s race.
France hosts "the world's biggest annual sporting event", the annual cycling race Tour de France. [37] Other popular sports played in France include: football, judo, tennis, [38] rugby union [39] and pétanque. France has hosted events such as the 1938 and 1998 FIFA World Cups, [40] the 2007 Rugby World Cup, [41] and the 2023 Rugby World Cup. [42]
The football tournament in the Jeux de la Francophonie occurs every four years. It is contested by French-speaking nations and usually involves the use of youth national teams.
The Francophonie or Francophone world is the whole body of people and organisations around the world who use the French language regularly for private or public purposes. The term was coined by Onésime Reclus [ 1 ] in 1880 and became important as part of the conceptual rethinking of cultures and geography in the late 20th century.
The Organisation internationale de la Francophonie (OIF; sometimes shortened to La Francophonie, French: La Francophonie [la fʁɑ̃kɔfɔni], [4] [note 3] sometimes also called International Organisation of La Francophonie in English [5]) is an international organization representing where there is a notable affiliation with French language and culture.
The Angoulême Francophone Film Festival (French: Festival du film francophone d'Angoulême, FFA) is an annual film festival held in Angoulême, France. It was founded by Dominique Besnehard in 2008 and has been held every year in December. It was launched as a showcase for all kind of francophone works. [1]