Gain-ground (game) are counted as in tennis: 15, 30, 40 and set. Two games in "Jeu de paume": These sports are practised in Hauts-de-France and Belgium: but also in Spain : or in the world: Gain-ground (game) Games of gain-ground are team sports which are played with a small ball or a balloon. They are often outdoors on a ""ballodrome"" but can also be played indoors. Among these games, longue paume and real tennis are the most well-known because they are played with rackets. The rules change a little depending on the game but the basic rules remain identical from one game
Sport in France Road World Championships, and the gold in the road race at the 1996 Olympics. Though it is little known, Gaelic football is developing in France. There are currently 20 clubs across the country with 80% of the players French. Professional sailing in France is centered on singlehanded/shorthanded ocean racing with the pinnacle of this branch of the sport being the Vendée Globe singlehanded around the world race which starts every 4 years from the French Atlantic. Pétanque is mostly played in the South of France. Pétanque is not considered as a sport by many northern Frenchmen though the international federation