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    The French Rooster

    Dec 10, 2021 4 minutes

    Triumphs in international football (France winning the FIFA World Cup on home soil in 1998 and more recently in Russia in 2018) has provided the French Rooster (Le Coq Gaulois) with a publicity perch far higher than he ever achieved by appearing on French postage stamps. As the badge worn by France’s football team, and indeed by French teams competing in all international sports, the image is recognised around the world. In fact, the World Cup 1998 mascot, Footix, was a cheeky looking cockerel. Few people, on the other hand, know why the French chose that particular bird; nor why the French call it un coq Gaulois.

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