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Jean Raynal
Jean Raynal (18 August 1929 – January 2015) was a French sports journalist, who worked for Office de Radiodiffusion Télévision Française and TF1. He commentated on football, rugby, basketball, and the Olympic Games. He was nicknamed ''Monsieur Basket'' (Mr Basketball). Personal life Raynal was born in Massiac, Cantal, France. He studied at the in Paris. Career Raynal began his work as a radio presenter in 1957. In 1968, Raynal became a television presenter on Office de Radiodiffusion Télévision Française, and was one of the first five members of the organisation's committee on objective journalism. From 1975 to 1988, Raynal worked for TF1. Raynal commentated at five FIFA World Cups; he commentated at the 1978 FIFA World Cup alongside Pierre Cangioni. Between 1983 and 1984, Raynal presented one season of TF1's football programme Téléfoot. Aside from football, Raynal covered basketball in the 1970s and 1980s. Raynal was nicknamed "Monsieur Basket" (Mr Basketball), a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Massiac
Massiac (; oc, Maciac) is a commune in the Cantal department in south-central France. Population See also *Communes of the Cantal department The following is a list of the 246 Communes of France, communes of the Cantal Departments of France, department of France. Intercommunalities The communes cooperate in the following Communes of France#Intercommunality, intercommunalities (as ... References External linksOfficial website Communes of Cantal Auvergne Cantal communes articles needing translation from French Wikipedia {{Cantal-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
French Open
The French Open (french: Internationaux de France de tennis), also known as Roland-Garros (), is a major tennis tournament held over two weeks at the Stade Roland Garros in Paris, France, beginning in late May each year. The tournament and venue are named after the French aviator Roland Garros. The French Open is the premier clay court championship in the world and the only Grand Slam tournament currently held on this surface. It is chronologically the second of the four annual Grand Slam tournaments, occurring after the Australian Open and before Wimbledon and the US Open. Until 1975, the French Open was the only major tournament not played on grass. Between the seven rounds needed for a championship, the clay surface characteristics (slower pace, higher bounce), and the best-of-five-set men's singles matches, the French Open is widely regarded as the most physically demanding tennis tournament in the world. History Officially named in French ''les Internationaux de Fra ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2015 Deaths
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1929 Births
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French Sports Journalists
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WorldCat
WorldCat is a union catalog that itemizes the collections of tens of thousands of institutions (mostly libraries), in many countries, that are current or past members of the OCLC global cooperative. It is operated by OCLC, Inc. Many of the OCLC member libraries collectively maintain WorldCat's database, the world's largest bibliographic database. The database includes other information sources in addition to member library collections. OCLC makes WorldCat itself available free to libraries, but the catalog is the foundation for other subscription OCLC services (such as resource sharing and collection management). WorldCat is used by librarians for cataloging and research and by the general public. , WorldCat contained over 540 million bibliographic records in 483 languages, representing over 3 billion physical and digital library assets, and the WorldCat persons dataset (Data mining, mined from WorldCat) included over 100 million people. History OCLC OCLC, Inc., doing bus ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Didier Roustan
Didier Roustan (born 10 October 1957) is a French sports journalist who has presented and commentated for multiple French football channels, and currently works for L'Équipe television channel. In 1984, he was the temporary main presenter of the French football programme ''Téléfoot'', during which time he commentated on France's victory at UEFA Euro 1984. Personal life Didier Roustan was born in Brazzaville, French Equatorial Africa (now Republic of the Congo). His mother is from Martinique, and worked for Agence France-Presse. Roustan grew up in Cannes, France. Career Roustan played youth football for AS Cannes, but was suspended at the age of 17 after an altercation with a trainer. At the age of 18, Roustan joined TF1 for an internship. He was chosen for the role by Georges de Caunes. His internship was for three months, but Roustan stayed at TF1 for 13 and a half years. At the age of 21, he featured on TF1 football programme ''Téléfoot''. In 1979, Roustan commentated on ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stade Bagnérais
Stade Bagnérais () is a French rugby union club currently competing at the third level of the French league system (Fédérale 1). They are based in Bagnères-de-Bigorre, a small town of 8,000 inhabitants, in the Hautes-Pyrénées département, at the foot of the Pyrénées. Formed in 1901 they have reached the final of the French championship twice in 1979 and 1981. Several of their players played for France : * Center Roland Bertranne who held the French record for most caps (69) for a long time and captained the club to its two championship finals * Fullback Jean-Michel Aguirre (39), who won France’s second Grand Slam ever in 1977 along with… * …Wing Jean-François Gourdon (22) * Wing Jean Gachassin (21), nicknamed 'Peter Pan' finished his career with them in the 1960s in the town where he was born. Honours * French championship : runner-up 1979 (lost to RC Narbonne 0-10), 1981 (lost to AS Béziers As, AS, A. S., A/S or similar may refer to: Art, entertainment, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
RC Narbonne
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1978–79 French Rugby Union Championship
The 1979–79 French Rugby Union Championship was won by Narbonne beating Stade Bagnérais in the final. Formula The tournament was played by 80 clubs divided into two groups (A and B) of 40. The "élite" (group A) was formed by four pools of ten clubs. The seven better of each pool (28 teams) were qualified for knockout stages, with four teams from group B. Qualification round Group A In bold the clubs qualified for the next round. The teams are listed according to the final ranking Group B In bold the clubs qualified for the next round. The teams are listed according to the final ranking Knockout stages "Last 32" In bold the clubs qualified for the next round "Last 16" In bold the clubs qualified for the next round Quarter of finals In bold the clubs qualified for the next round Semifinals Final External links Compte rendu finale de 1979 lnr.fr {{DEFAULTSORT:1978-79 French Rugby Union Championship 1979 France 1979 Champ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Raoul Barrière
Raoul Barrière (3 March 1928, in Béziers – 8 March 2019) was a French rugby union player and a coach."L'homme qui a «fait» l'équipe de Béziers, c'est incontestablement l'entraîneur Raoul Barrière, 45 ans, un nez cassé de boxeur et une carrure de gorille, ancien international." He played as a prop. Early life He played for Aurillac and AS Béziers. He won the title of French Champion with AS Béziers, in 1961, and was runners-up, in 1960 and 1962. In 1968 Barrière became the coach of AS Béziers. He won to win six titles of French Champion, for 1971, 1972, 1974, 1975, 1977 and 1978. He moved to RC Narbonne in 1980. Honours * French rugby champion, 1960 with AS Béziers (player) * French rugby champion, 1971, 1972, 1974, 1975, 1977 and 1978 with AS Béziers (Head Coach) * Challenge Yves du Manoir 1972, 1975 and 1977 with AS Béziers and 1984 with RC Narbonne (Head Coach) * French championship finalist 1976 with AS Béziers As, AS, A. S., A/S or similar may refe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bibliothèque Nationale De France
The Bibliothèque nationale de France (, 'National Library of France'; BnF) is the national library of France, located in Paris on two main sites known respectively as ''Richelieu'' and ''François-Mitterrand''. It is the national repository of all that is published in France. Some of its extensive collections, including books and manuscripts but also precious objects and artworks, are on display at the BnF Museum (formerly known as the ) on the Richelieu site. The National Library of France is a public establishment under the supervision of the Ministry of Culture. Its mission is to constitute collections, especially the copies of works published in France that must, by law, be deposited there, conserve them, and make them available to the public. It produces a reference catalogue, cooperates with other national and international establishments, and participates in research programs. History The National Library of France traces its origin to the royal library founded at t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
