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Le Journal - Le football - Part 2

Difficulty: intermediate French     Length: 0:00     Accent: French

European football matches are known for the passion they inspire in their fans. The president of the international league is thinking of banning pre-game anthems, which seem to exacerbate the situation.

Le Journal - Les navigateurs du Vendée Globe - Part 1

Difficulty: intermediate French     Length: 1:31     Accent: French

The Vendée Globe single-handed around-the-world race is one of the most grueling tests of man’s endurance against nature, with a little help from technology. The race starts, and ends, in the Bay of Sables d’Olonne.

Le Journal - Les navigateurs du Vendée Globe - Part 2

Difficulty: intermediate French     Length: 1:38     Accent: French

Sailing around the world in a boat by yourself might seem like the ultimate in machismo, but the Vendée Globe is not only a man’s game.

Le Journal - Les navigateurs du Vendée Globe - Part 3

Difficulty: intermediate French     Length: 1:22     Accent: French

Racing around the world by yourself often means a Christmas at sea. We drop in to the cabin of race leader Jean Le Cam, which has been decorated for the occasion, right down to a little tree.

Le Journal - Un sportif handicapé

Difficulty: intermediate French     Length: 2:15     Accent: French

Tanguy de la Forest is ready to fly off to the paraolympic games.

Le Journal - Les championnats de Planche à Voile

Difficulty: intermediate French     Length: 0:56     Accent: French

X-Games: As though windsurfing wasn’t hard enough, they had to add a series of jump-obstacles to the race just to keep things interesting! Check out the “extreme kid” french voiceover… c’est formidable!

Le Journal - Le record du Tour de Monde!

Difficulty: intermediate French     Length: 1:23     Accent: French

Even in his craziest dreams, Jules Verne never imagined a trip around the world in fifty days. But that’s just what Captain Peyron and the crew of the Orange Deux have done—breaking the previous world record.

Le Mans TV - Les 24 Heures du Mans 2010

Difficulty: intermediate French     Length: 1:45     Accent: French

A few car companies have been working on the next big thing—to roll out in 2010’s twenty-four hour race in Le Mans. Who would you put your money on?

Sports Shop - D'un sport à l'autre

Difficulty: advanced French     Length: 2:29     Accent: French Canadian

Meet Pierre Carl and take a tour around his Montreal sports shop, called D’un sport à l’autre (which means “from one sport to another”). Bikes are the top-seller in summer, but you’ll see they have fun stuff for any season!

Sports Shop - Réparation d'un vélo

Difficulty: advanced French     Length: 3:18     Accent: French Canadian

Just in case you haven’t already learned enough about fixing up bikes, Pierre Carl from “D’un sport à l’autre” gives us a handy little tutorial.

Sports Shop - La mécanique d'un vélo

Difficulty: advanced French     Length: 2:39     Accent: French Canadian

Need a tutorial on how to fix up a bike? Master mechanic Yassin from D’un sport à l’autre shows us just where to put the wrench.

Télé Lyon Métropole - Lyon, capitale du fleuret féminin - Part 1

Difficulty: intermediate French     Length: 0:58     Accent: French

Take a look behind the scenes in Lyon as members of the women’s fencing organization “Le Masque de Fer” compete for a spot in the upcoming World Cup. Club leader Corinne Maitrejean is sure to get one.

Télé Lyon Métropole - Sport dans la ville & Afrique du Sud

Difficulty: intermediate French     Length: 2:22     Accent: French

International soccer in South Africa isn’t just for the World Cup! A group of eight kids from Lyons has the chance to win big—on and off the field—thanks to the “Sport in the City” association.

Télé Miroir - Foot 2 Rue à Nîmes

Difficulty: intermediate French     Length: 1:17     Accent: French

“Foot 2 rue” is similar to regular football—though with not quite so many rules. But that’s okay. This town’s street soccer tournament is about fun and togetherness, too.

TV8 Mont Blanc - Le film: Treize jours en France

Difficulty: intermediate French     Length: 3:06     Accent: French

Dive back in to the 1968 winter Olympics, held in Grenoble, France. “Treize jours en France,” a recently restored documentary film made in ‘68 by director Claude Lelouch, captures the spirit of the times, and the “pre-revolutionary” zeitgeist leading up to the events of May.