France

Football
Media

Football’s Coupe de France is still without a domestic broadcaster despite the seventh round of the competition taking place next weekend.
Multiple Sports
Media

French pay-television broadcaster Canal Plus has welcomed a ruling from the Paris Court of Appeal which confirms that it is under no obligation to reinstate its carriage of free-to-air channels operated…
Paralympic Games
Events

The opening ceremony of the 2024 Paralympic Games in Paris will take place in the heart of the city and away from a stadium, with the athletes’ parade to stretch from the Champs-Elysées to Place de la…
Tennis
Sponsorship & Marketing

Car rental company Hertz has announced a new long-term sponsorship agreement with the Rolex Paris Masters tennis tournament
Football
Media

L’Équipe posted record audience figures on Monday evening as its coverage of the Ballon d’Or ceremony attracted an average viewership of almost 2 million people in France.
Rugby Union
Licensing & Merchandising

The Ligue Nationale de Rugby (LNR) has claimed a first for a French sports body with the launch of a league-wide NFT project through agreements with Web3 technology specialists Bamg Sports and LegendaryPlays
Football
Media

France’s Professional Football League (LFP) has welcomed a decision by the Paris Judicial Court ordering the blocking of access to pirate streaming and IPTV services.
Rugby Union
Governance

France 2023 has sacked its chief executive, Claude Atcher, following the conclusion of an investigation into the workplace culture he oversaw at the local organising committee (GIP) for next year’s Rugby W…
Multiple Sports
Governance

Sports bodies and venues in France will introduce energy-saving measures over the coming months as part of government plans to cut energy use by 10 per cent over the next two years
Basketball
Media

French media group L’Équipe has struck a deal to show EuroLeague basketball games involving French teams ASVEL and AS Monaco during the 2022-23 season.
Football
Sponsorship & Marketing

France's Professional Football League (LFP) has announced a new sponsorship with Swiss watchmaker Oris
Multiple Sports
Media

Luxembourg-based media company RTL Group has elected to retain its controlling stake in French commercial broadcaster M6, despite receiving what it states were “several financially attractive offers”.
Basketball
Sponsorship & Marketing

The Sportfive agency has expanded its relationship with the Chicago Bulls as the NBA team seeks to grow its fan base in France ahead of its game in Paris next year
Multiple Sports
Media

German media conglomerate Bertelsmann, the majority shareholder of M6 through RTL Group, has said that it is exploring the sale of the French commercial broadcaster following the collapse of its proposed…
Multiple Sports
Media

French commercial broadcaster TF1 has suffered its second significant blow in the space of a week, with the Paris Commercial Court ruling against it amid the carriage dispute with pay-television broadcaster…
Football
Media

Vincent Labrune, president of France’s Professional Football League (LFP), has revealed that the invitation to tender for the next cycle of domestic broadcast rights to the top-tier Ligue 1 will launch i…
Cycling
Events

The International Cycling Union (UCI) has announced Haute-Savoie as the location for the second edition of its multi-discipline World Championships while also awarding the hosting rights to 13 other events
Football
Sponsorship & Marketing

KFC France has distanced itself from comments made by one of its leading executives on the dispute between the French Football Federation (FFF) and star player Kylian Mbappé over player image rights.