The World Games, first held in 1981, are an international multi-sport event, meant for sports, or disciplines or events within a sport, that are not contested in the Olympic Games. The World Games are organised and governed by the International World Games Association (IWGA), recognized by the International Olympic Committee (IOC). The World Games are held every four years, one year after the Summer Olympic Games. The next host city will be Birmingham, Alabama, USA in 2021.
Pétanque is a sport that falls into the category of boules sports, along with raffa, bocce, boule lyonnaise, lawn bowls and crown green bowling. All of these sports share something in common, in that players or teams play their boules/balls towards a target ball.
Boules is a collective name for a wide range of games similar to bowls and bocce in which the objective is to throw or roll heavy balls as close as possible to a small target ball, called the jack in English.
The 2005 World Games, the seventh World Games, were an international multi-sport event held in Duisburg, Germany from 14 July 2005 until 24 July 2005. Three cities namely Bottrop, Mülheim an der Ruhr, and Oberhausen, also held some of the competition events. More than 3,000 athletes competed in 39 non-Olympic sports.
The association football tournament at the Indian Ocean Island Games which is organised every 4 years for the Islands in the Indian Ocean.
Sports in France play an important role in French society, which is reflected in its popularity among the French people and the nation's strong sporting history. Various types of sports are played and followed in France, the most popular of which is association football.
The Madagascar women's national football team is the FIFA recognised senior women's A team for Madagascar. The team played their first FIFA matches in 2015. The development of a national team in the country is problematic because of issues found on the continent and on the island, specifically the lack of popularity of women's football as a participation sport in Madagascar.
The Pétanque World Championships are international pétanque competitions organized by the International Federation of Petanque and Provencal game; F.I.P.J.P..
Pétanque at the 2015 Southeast Asian Games was held in The Padang, Singapore from 6 to 15 June 2015.
Madagascar competed at the 2015 World Aquatics Championships in Kazan, Russia from 24 July to 9 August 2015.
Thailand is scheduled to compete at the World Games 2017 in Wroclaw, Poland, from 20 July 2017 to 30 July 2017.
France is scheduled to compete at the 2017 World Games in Wroclaw, Poland, from July 20, 2017 to July, 30 2017.
Canada is scheduled to compete at the 2017 World Games in Wroclaw, Poland, from July 20, 2017 to July, 30 2017.
Tunisia is scheduled to compete at the World Games 2017 in Wroclaw, Poland, from 20 July 2017 to 30 July 2017.
Madagascar competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, from 5 to 21 August 2016. This was the nation's twelfth appearance at the Summer Olympics, with the exception of the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal and the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, because of the African and North Korean boycott, respectively.
European Pétanque Championships are organised by the European Pétanque Federation in collaboration with its member country federations. There are five main player groups for competitions: Youth, Up-and-coming, Women, Men, and Veteran. Competitors play a variety of games according to their age. The results of the Championships – excluding Veteran – determine the top 24 Nations to represent Europe at the FIPJP Pétanque World Championship.
The boules competition at the 2017 Games of the Small States of Europe took place on 30 and 31 May 2017 at the Bocciodromo in Borgo Maggiore. It was the first time boules were featured at Games of the Small States of Europe
Raffa, is a specialty, both male and female, of boules. It is governed by Confederazione Boccistica Internazionale (CBI).
Turkey participates in the 2018 Mediterranean Games held in Tarragona, Spain from 22 June to 1 July 2018. 349 athletes, including 205 male and 144 female, from Turkey were registered to compete in 31 sports at the Games.
