France

Multiple Sports
Events

Viva Technology, the biggest start-up and tech event in Europe, is expanding the program for its 2023 edition and is teaming up with Global Sports Week, France’s leading international forum for the sports e…
Tennis
Events

The Hopman Cup international teams competition will be staged by the French city of Nice as it returns for the first time in four years, but not to its traditional home of Perth, Australia
Football
Finance & Law

OL Groupe, the holding company of Olympique Lyonnais, has given American investor John Textor a deadline of this Wednesday, December 7, to complete his takeover of the Ligue 1 club
Basketball
Events

The International Basketball Federation (Fiba) has given its conditional approval to Paris 2024’s proposal to move the group phase of basketball competition at the Olympic Games to the Stade Pierre-Mauroy i…
Football
Media

France’s comfortable 3-1 World Cup victory over Poland attracted an average audience of 14.3 million viewers on French commercial broadcaster TF1 yesterday (Sunday) afternoon.
Football
Media

The French Football Federation has finalised four-year domestic broadcast rights contracts for the Coupe de France with incumbent France Télévisions and pay-TV broadcaster beIN Sports.
Football
Media

The French Football Federation remains in talks with pay-TV broadcaster beIN Sports over a package of domestic broadcast rights to the Coupe de France, the national knockout clubs competition
Football
Media

TF1, the French commercial broadcaster, has been left angered after missing a VAR decision that came after the full-time whistle in France’s Fifa World Cup match against Tunisia.
Cycling
Events

Amaury Sport Organisation (ASO), the body which organises and promotes the Tour de France, has announced that the cycling showpiece will conclude outside of Paris for the first time in its history in 2024,…
Football
Media

France’s competition watchdog has rejected appeals by pay-TV broadcasters Canal Plus and beIN Sports over the award of the lion’s share of domestic Ligue 1 broadcast rights to online retail giant Amazon las…
Football
Sponsorship & Marketing

French Ligue 1 club Paris Saint-Germain has signed a sponsorship deal with Chinese dairy brand Mengniu Group. The deal names Mengniu as an official regional partner of PSG in China
Tennis
Sponsorship & Marketing

The French Tennis Federation (FFT) has announced a three-year sponsorship with design and marketing company Vista
Multi-sport
Events

Paris 2024 has today (Monday) set out the ticketing process for the Olympic and Paralympic Games as organisers seek to secure €1.27bn ($1.32bn) in revenue.
Football
Media

French free-to-air commercial broadcaster TF1 attracted an average of 11.6 million viewers on Saturday as France defeated Denmark 2-1 at the Fifa World Cup in Qatar.
Motorsport
Media

French pay-television broadcaster Canal Plus has agreed a three-season extension to its rights deal for the domestic Championnat de France des Rallyes motorsport series
Football
Stadia

Ligue 1 football club Paris Saint-Germain (PSG) is considering leaving its long-time home, Parc des Princes, with a move to Stade de France one of the options on the table as the Qatar-owned outfit also…
Football
Media

An average audience of 12.5 million people tuned into French free-to-air broadcaster TF1’s coverage of the 2022 Fifa World Cup match between France and Australia.
Multi-sport
Events

The Organising Committee for the 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games in Paris (COJO) is set to confirm a 10-per-cent increase in its €4bn ($4.13bn) budget, mainly due to soaring inflation.