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Zidane’s “Headbutt Dance” is Back Posted by 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…

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France 2 – Ukraine 0 – Allez les Bleus! Posted by on Jun 17, 2012

Despite the unbelievably heavy pluies (rains) that flooded the stadium at first, La France has put on a great show and won 2-0 against l’Ukraine, the co-host of the Euro 2012! We hope les Bleus will achieve another great performance in two days against la Suède. In the meantime, let’s resume our “Meet the French Squad” tour…

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The French-Dubbed Cartoon That Inspired Zidane to Become a World Champion! Posted by on Mar 12, 2012

Wherever you lived on the planet, if you’re old enough to remember les années 90 (the 90’s), then you can’t have missed it on TV: The French call it “Olive et Tom“; Spanish people call it “Campeones: Oliver y Benji“; the Portuguese and Brazilians know it as “Capitão Falcão“; in Italian, it’s “Holly e Benji“; in Arabic, it’s “Captain Majed“; in German, it’s…

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Back to the Roots: A French-Algerian Rhapsody Posted by on Feb 16, 2012

How long does it take to go on a roadtrip from Paris all the way to Algeria? Probably beaucoup trop longtemps (way too long)! But Hamdoullah (meaning “Thank God” in Arabic, as French-Algerians would say), the cool Uncle, aka “Tonton du Bled”, has fully packed his Peugeot 504 car with plenty of cadeaux (presents) which he bought from…

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Olive and Tom in French Posted by on Aug 6, 2010

The French call it “Olive et Tom“; les Espagnols (Spanish people) call it “Campeones: Oliver y Benji“; les Portugais et les Brésiliens (the Portuguese and Brazilians) know it as “Capitão Falcão“; in Italian it’s “Holly e Benji“; in Arabic it’s “Captain Majed“; en allemand (in German) it’s called “Die tollen Fußballstars“; in polonais (Polish), it’s “Captain Hawk“; and in the…

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