French Ligue 1

Football
Finance & Law

The 20 clubs that make up Ligue 1, the top division of French club football, have reportedly agreed on a revenue distribution system for the competition’s next broadcast rights cycle.
Football
Finance & Law

The MAPFRE AM asset management fund thinks European football stocks are undervalued in comparison with US franchises. Equity portfolio manager Luis García Álvarez explains why the company is taking a bet on Ajax and Olympic Lyon
Football
Media

Florent Houzot, director of programming at pay-television broadcaster beIN Sports France has criticised football’s French Professional League (LFP) for a lack of warning over the move to suspend the c…
Football
Finance & Law

The loss of matchday revenues at French Ligue 1 clubs between now and the end of the season would total between €20m ($21.8
Football
Events

Uefa has announced the postponement of all European club football fixtures scheduled for next week due to the spread of the coronavirus
Football
Finance & Law

Uefa has referred Olympic Marseille to the Adjudicatory Chamber of its Club Financial Control Body (CFCB) over a further potential breach of its Financial Fair Play (FFP) regulations
Football
Sponsorship & Marketing

Ligue 1 club AS Monaco has signed a fan marketing and shorts branding deal with new social media and fan engagement platform Iqoniq
Rugby Union
Events

The Six Nations rugby union clash between Italy and England in Rome on March 14 has been postponed until later this year as the country continues to attempt to stem the tide of its coronavirus outbreak
Football
Industry Moves

Mediapro, the production and agency group heavily involved in sports broadcasting, is thought to be close to appointing French football and broadcast executive Jean-Michel Roussier as its deputy director…
Football
Sponsorship & Marketing

Online hotel booking platform Hotels.com has signed a two-and-a-half-year ‘Official Accommodation Partner’ deal with Ligue 1 club Olympique de Marseille.
Football
Media

Jean-Michel Aulas, the president of Olympique Lyonnais, has reportedly raised the prospect of the French Football League (LFP) suing pay-television broadcaster beIN Media Group in an escalation of the…
Football
Industry Moves

French Ligue 1 side AS Monaco has announced the appointments of Markus Breglec and Tyson Henly as chief marketing officer and chief commercial officer, respectively
Football
Media

French telecoms operator Free is developing an app to showcase its near-live rights to French football’s Ligue 1 from the 2020-21 season onwards.
Football
Sponsorship & Marketing

French football club Olympique Lyonnais has signed global airline Emirates as its new shirt sponsor
Football
Media

Mediapro, the production and agency group heavily involved in sports broadcasting, has submitted the application for its new pay-television service in France to the Conseil Supérieur de l'Audiovisuel …
Football
Media

The French Football League (LFP) has delayed the launch of its MyLigue 1 over-the-top platform until at least this summer, with the streaming service potentially not going live until as late as summer…
Football
Sponsorship & Marketing

French Ligue 1 champion Paris Saint-Germain has signed up global airline Qatar Airways as a premium sponsor
Football
Media

The French Professional Football League (LFP) has launched websites to showcase content from Ligue 1 and Ligue 2 that include a new feature called MyLigue. The two sites — www.ligue1conforama.f