Because both require you to have legs of steel and hearts of lions!
Soccer is the most popular sport in France with 2,320,625 registered players last year (2008). Tennis is the number 2 sport with 1,094,593 registered players. Cycling, is also a hugely popular sport; one of the most popular events is the Tour de France drawing over 5,000,000 viewers a year.
cycling is very big in France and japan
The national sport is cycling. They, like almost everyone else in the world, play Association Football. They also play Rugby Football (mainly in the south) and tennis. Horse racing (especially trotting) is widespread, as are other equestrian sports. This does not mean that minority sports like badminton, table tennis and volleyball don't get played in France, but they have never displayed any taste for cricket, baseball or American football.However, the sport most played in France has to be BOULE. There are many varieties of this, but the commonest is Pétanque, played with steel balls (originally cannon balls) on any old piece of waste ground or, at competition level, in a Boulodrome.French people play a variety of sports just like any other country. Soccer, rugby and tennis are three of the most prominent sports. Handball, badminton, ping-pong and basketball come in close behind.NB: I am French and live in France,
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Soccer is the most popular sport in France with 2,320,625 registered players last year (2008). Tennis is the number 2 sport with 1,094,593 registered players. Cycling, is also a hugely popular sport; one of the most popular events is the Tour de France drawing over 5,000,000 viewers a year.
Yes, soccer is the most popular sport in France.
cycling is very big in France and japan
Football (soccer) is the most popular sport. Other sports include basketball, volleyball, and cycling.
Football (Soccer to Americans)
Soccer because it is the most popular sport in the world
I'm not quite sure what the first sport in France was but one of the most popular and one of the first sports in France is soccer
I think it is rugby
Some of the most popular sports are soccer, cycling, formula one racing and basketball.
Cycling is the popular sport in belgium..
Costa Rica's most common sport is soccer. Some other popular sports include water sports, Skateboarding, cycling and martial arts.
Football(Soccer)/Rugby/Handball/Basketball/Cycling and many more :)