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 More  than  two  million
                                French  people  regularly
                                play football in one of the
                                18,000      clubs      in    the
                                country.

                             Football,         which        was
                                invented  by  the  English,
                                developed  first  in  the
                                Parisian       region        and

                                northern France.

                             In  the  south  of  the
                                country,  it  competes  with
                                another  collective  sport:
                                rugby.

                             The  French  soccer  team
                                brings  together  the  best
                                French players

                             Participate regularly in the
                                European  Championship
                                and in the World Cup.



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