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Marc Palanques
Marc Palanques (born 27 May 1961) is a French former professional rugby league footballer and a former CEO of the French Rugby League Championship team AS Carcassonne, he is the current president of the French Rugby League Federation since July 2016. He was captain of France national rugby league team in 1987. Marc Palanques started his career at Saint Jacques in 1979, before moving to Limoux then Carcassonne. With the latter, he won his first title: the 1983 French Cup. In 1984, he changed for Le Pontet and won the French Championship twice, in 1986 and 1988. Finally, he went back to Carcassonne and won two more titles: Championship in 1992 and Cup in 1990.On ne peut plus cautionner ce championnat inter-régional, Midi Olympique, Didier Navarre, 25 April 2016 He made his debut for the France national rugby league team in 1984 and became the team's captain in 1987. After his career in sport, he created Kingsport, a company which integrated Intersport in 2003, staying on t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carcassonne
Carcassonne is a French defensive wall, fortified city in the Departments of France, department of Aude, Regions of France, region of Occitania (administrative region), Occitania. It is the prefectures in France, prefecture of the department. Inhabited since the Neolithic Period, Carcassonne is located in the plain of the Aude (river), Aude between historic trade routes, linking the Atlantic to the Mediterranean Sea and the Massif Central to the Pyrénées. Its strategic importance was quickly recognised by the Ancient Rome, Romans, who occupied its hilltop until the demise of the Western Roman Empire. In the fifth century, the region of Septimania was taken over by the Visigoths, who founded the city of Carcassonne in the newly established Visigothic Kingdom. Its citadel, known as the Cité de Carcassonne, is a medieval fortress dating back to the Roman Gaul, Gallo-Roman period and restored by the theorist and architect Eugène Viollet-le-Duc between 1853 and 1879. It was adde ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1987 In Sports
1987 in sports describes the year's events in world sport. Alpine skiing * 1986–87 FIS Alpine Ski World Cup, Alpine Skiing World Cup ** Men's overall season champion: Pirmin Zurbriggen, Switzerland ** Women's overall season champion: Maria Walliser, Switzerland American football * Super Bowl XXI – the New York Giants (NFC) won 39–20 over the Denver Broncos (AFC) **Location: Rose Bowl (stadium), Rose Bowl **Attendance: 101,063 **MVP: Phil Simms, QB (New York) * January 2 – 1987 Fiesta Bowl, Fiesta Bowl (1986 season): ** The Penn State Nittany Lions won 14–10 over the Miami Hurricanes to win the 1987 NCAA Division I-A football season, national championship * Arena Football League, Arena football has its demonstration season—its first season— played with four teams. *February 25 – The SMU Mustangs football, Southern Methodist University Mustangs football team becomes the first college football program to be given the death penalty by the NCAA Committee on Rules Infra ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Limoux Grizzlies Players
Limoux (; ) is a Communes of France, commune and Subprefectures in France, subprefecture in the Aude Departments of France, department, a part of the ancient Languedoc provinces of France, province and the present-day Occitania (administrative region), Occitanie Regions of France, region in southern France. Its vineyards are famous for being first to produce sparkling wine known as Blanquette de Limoux. Geography Limoux lies on the Aude (river), river Aude about due south of Carcassonne. In February 1965, it absorbed the former commune Vendémies. Limoux has two railway stations on the line to Carcassonne: Limoux station and Limoux-Flassian station. Population Blanquette de Limoux Blanquette de Limoux is produced around the city of Limoux. The main grape of the wine is Mauzac (grape), Mauzac, followed by Chardonnay and Chenin blanc. Wine historians believe that the world's first sparkling wine was produced in this region in 1531, by the monks at the abbey in Saint-Hila ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
French Rugby League Players
French may refer to: * Something of, from, or related to France ** French language, which originated in France ** French people, a nation and ethnic group ** French cuisine, cooking traditions and practices Arts and media * The French (band), a British rock band * "French" (episode), a live-action episode of ''The Super Mario Bros. Super Show!'' * ''Française'' (film), a 2008 film * French Stewart (born 1964), American actor Other uses * French (surname), a surname (including a list of people with the name) * French (tunic), a type of military jacket or tunic * French's, an American brand of mustard condiment * French (catheter scale), a unit of measurement * French Defence, a chess opening * French kiss, a type of kiss See also * France (other) * Franch, a surname * French Revolution (other) * French River (other), several rivers and other places * Frenching (other) Frenching may refer to: * Frenching (automobile), recessing or moul ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
France National Rugby League Team Players
France, officially the French Republic, is a country located primarily in Western Europe. Overseas France, Its overseas regions and territories include French Guiana in South America, Saint Pierre and Miquelon in the Atlantic Ocean#North Atlantic, North Atlantic, the French West Indies, and List of islands of France, many islands in Oceania and the Indian Ocean, giving it Exclusive economic zone of France, one of the largest discontiguous exclusive economic zones in the world. Metropolitan France shares borders with Belgium and Luxembourg to the north; Germany to the northeast; Switzerland to the east; Italy and Monaco to the southeast; Andorra and Spain to the south; and a maritime border with the United Kingdom to the northwest. Its metropolitan area extends from the Rhine to the Atlantic Ocean and from the Mediterranean Sea to the English Channel and the North Sea. Its Regions of France, eighteen integral regions—five of which are overseas—span a combined area of and hav ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Living People
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1961 Births
Events January * January 1 – Monetary reform in the Soviet Union. * January 3 ** United States President Dwight D. Eisenhower announces that the United States has severed diplomatic and consular relations with Cuba ( Cuba–United States relations are restored in 2015). ** Aero Flight 311 (Koivulahti air disaster): Douglas DC-3C OH-LCC of Finnish airline Aero crashes near Kvevlax (Koivulahti), on approach to Vaasa Airport in Finland, killing all 25 on board, due to pilot error: an investigation finds that the captain and first officer were both exhausted for lack of sleep, and had consumed excessive amounts of alcohol at the time of the crash. It remains the deadliest air disaster to occur in the country. * January 5 ** Italian sculptor Alfredo Fioravanti enters the U.S. Consulate in Rome, and confesses that he was part of the team that forged the Etruscan terracotta warriors in the Metropolitan Museum of Art. ** After the 1960 military coup, General Ce ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1982 In Sports
1982 in sports describes the year's events in world sport. Alpine skiing * 1981–82 FIS Alpine Ski World Cup, Alpine Skiing World Cup: ** Men's overall season champion: Phil Mahre, United States ** Women's overall season champion: Erika Hess, Switzerland American football * Super Bowl XVI – the San Francisco 49ers (NFC) won 26–21 over the Cincinnati Bengals (AFC) **Location: Pontiac Silverdome **Attendance: 81,270 **MVP: Joe Montana, QB (San Francisco) * 1982 Orange Bowl, Orange Bowl (1981 season): ** The Clemson Tigers won 22-15 over the Nebraska Cornhuskers to win the college football 1981 NCAA Division I-A football season, national championship * Strike action, Strike – First regular season strike by National Football League, NFL players ends on November 16 after 57 days. Association football * 1982 FIFA World Cup, World Cup in Spain – Italy national football team, Italy beats Germany national football team, West Germany 3-1 for their third title. * 1982 European Cup ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
