France

Football
Sponsorship & Marketing

The French Football Federation has acted quickly to avert the escalation of an image rights dispute with its star attacker Kylian Mbappé.
Multiple Sports
Media

French free-to-air commercial broadcasters TF1 and M6, along with their respective parent companies, conglomerate Bouygues and media group RTL Group, have ended a proposed merger operation after declaring…
Football
Sponsorship & Marketing

Online automotive retailer Cazoo will remain as the front-of-shirt sponsor of French Ligue 1 club Lille until the end of the 2022-23 season, despite the company’s financial difficulties.
Judo
Sponsorship & Marketing

France Judo has appointed Infront as its 'exclusive marketing partner' ahead of the 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games in Paris
Multiple Sports
Media

Canal Plus, the France-based pay-television broadcaster, has further raised its stake in pan-African broadcaster MultiChoice, owner of pay-television broadcasters SuperSport and DStv
Multiple Sports
Industry Moves

Didier Seminet has been dismissed as secretary general of the French National Olympic and Sports Committee (CNOSF) by request of the body’s president, Brigitte Henriques.
Football
Media

French media group L’Équipe has acquired rights to the 2022 World Judo Championships and is set to extend its coverage of the Copa del Rey and DFB-Pokal club football competitions.
Multiple Sports
Industry Moves

Géraldine Filiol has been recruited by French sports streaming platform Sportall to the newly-created position of vice-president of acquisitions and revenues.
Football
Sponsorship & Marketing

French football club Olympique Lyonnais has signed up clothing brand Naf Naf as the new back-of-shirt sponsor for its highly successful women’s team. 
Boxing
Governance

The International Olympic Committee has said its concerns over the governance of the International Boxing Association (IBA) are “still ongoing”, while the governing body has approved a proposal to mov…
Rugby Union
Media

BeIN Sports and France Télévisions have renewed their rights to the Champions Cup and Challenge Cup rugby union competitions after finalising new four-year deals with European Professional Club Rugby (…
Handball
Media

The Sport in France free-to-air channel has renewed its rights to broadcast the Ligue Féminine de Handball's Division 1, the country’s top-tier women’s handball league, for the 2022-23 season.
Tennis
Media

French media group L’Équipe has acquired rights to the Finals of this year’s Davis Cup tennis tournament.
Multi-sport
Host Broadcast & Production

China Media Group (CMG), the Chinese state media company, has reached an agreement with Olympic Broadcasting Services (OBS), the host broadcast arm of the International Olympic Committee, to produce international…
Rugby League
Media

Pay-television broadcaster beIN Sports has extended its commitment to the Rugby League World Cup in France by acquiring rights to this year’s postponed edition of the national team tournament.
Multiple Sports
Media

French commercial broadcaster TF1 has said it is “seriously considering” legal action against pay-television broadcaster Canal Plus amid the carriage dispute between the two companies.
Football
Sponsorship & Marketing

French football club Lille OSC has signed up French jeans maker Teddy Smith as an official partner and back-of-shirt sponsor for the next three seasons
Multiple Sports
Media

French pay-television broadcaster Canal Plus has warned that it will no longer carry the channels of commercial broadcaster TF1 after the latter expressed a desire to “fundamentally review” its commercial dem…