Who said petanque is not a serious business? About a hundred Dutch web enthusiasts and entrepreneurs got up early on Saturday morning to play a tournament organized by The Next Web. Here is the day in ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. (Getty Images/EyeEm) Sunday’s Google Doodle celebrates the iconic French game of Pétanque – a game loved and played around the ...

Pétanque is a game that's been enjoyed for more than 100 years in France. Beginners quickly pick it up, but players get hooked as they learn the subtleties of competitive play. Here are the basic ...

If you logged onto Google today, you probably saw that today's doodle is dedicated to celebrating the French game pétanque; but what exactly is it? Pétanque is a popular game from Southern France. It ...

Twice a month, la Boule Cadienne meets at Girard Park. The Lafayette club plays pétanque, a French game similar to bocce in which balls are bowled toward a target ball. The second and fourth Sunday of ...

Gleaming metal balls from France flew through the air last weekend as many passersby wondered about all the people wandering around wearing straw Ricard hats. With the number of different languages ...

The game looks familiar, but the name may generate puzzled looks. Larry and Lori Beth Creasy had never heard of petanque (pronounced pay-tonk) when they moved to St. Augustine from Miami six years ago ...