Tag Archives: French sports
French Proverbs Posted by Tim Hildreth on Sep 7, 2021
It’s September. In France, that means la rentrée. Here in the US, September is also National Library Card Sign-up Month. Les bibliothèques are amazing places where you can find all sorts of wonderful content … including, at many, access to Transparent Language’s online learning portal. Learn more here. Les proverbes français Watching the great French movie…
French Biathlon at the 2018 Winter Olympics Posted by Elizabeth Schmermund on Feb 19, 2018
Have you been watching the Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang? (Tim offered some really useful French vocabulary for the Olympics last week.) If you have, and you’re based in the United States, you’ve probably been following several sports in particular, including figure skating, ice hockey, and skiing/snowboarding. There’s another sport that you may not be as…
The World Series…in French? Posted by Elizabeth Schmermund on Oct 30, 2017
Believe it or not, baseball actually has a long history sur le sol français (on French soil). The first game played in France, occurred on March 8, 1889. Le premier championnat (the first tournament) took place during World War I. Today, baseball is known as a primarily American sport in France and is not given much media…
Singing “La Marseillaise”… (Probably Not the One You Know!) Posted by Hichem on Jan 2, 2014
It’s no big secret, if anyone were mad enough to scream in the French capital, home of the Paris Saint-Germain, “Allez l’OM” (OM = Olympique de Marseille), chances are, people will say that he or she is en train de chercher la petite bête (literally meaning “looking for the small beast”, and meaning “picking for…
Zidane’s “Headbutt Dance” is Back Posted by Hichem on Jul 9, 2013
Now that we look back, it’s hard to believe: The 9th of July, 2006, the day Zidane replied to Materazzi‘s cheap provocation with a surprising coup de boule (headbutt), was already seven years ago! Love it or hate it, to commemorate what was then the most mediatized sports event of the year around the planet, the…
Paris Vs. Barcelona: “La Grande Surprise” Tonight? Posted by Hichem on Apr 6, 2013
After a rather good performance in the match aller (first leg game) made against Barcelona, will the Paris Saint-Germain have what it takes to create la grande surprise tonight, by beating the Catalans in the Quarter finals of the UEFA Champions League? The task of les Parisiens already seems like coming out of a “Mission:Impossible” movie…
French Basketball Player Tony Parker and His American Ties Posted by Transparent Language on Nov 6, 2008
For anyone who follows sports, especially basketball, you hear a lot about Tony Parker, the NBA’s two-time All Star from France who is currently playing for the San Antonio Spurs. Now, although Tony grew up in France after moving there when he was just three weeks old and is a member of the French national basketball…