France

Football
Media

Pay-television broadcaster beIN Sports has been “compelled” to take legal action against France’s Professional Football League (LFP) after losing a legal case against Canal Plus this afternoon at the N…
Motorsport
Media

Pay-per-view and subscription-based sports streaming service Fanseat has bolstered its speedway rights portfolio through a wide-ranging deal with the French Motorcycling Federation (FFM)
Football
Finance & Law

Olympique Lyonnais’ revenue dropped by 35 per cent to €177.4m ($208.9m)
Sports Betting

France’s gambling regulator, L'Autorité Nationale des Jeux (ANJ), has called on sports betting operators to “rebalance their practices” after a study conducted during Uefa Euro 2020 revealed concerns over t…
Boxing
Events

The French Tennis Federation (FFT) has announced that boxing will return to Stade Roland Garros for the first time in nearly half a century as it seeks to prove the venue’s multi-purpose claims.
Football
Media

Pay-television broadcaster beIN Media Group has confirmed its chairman, Nasser Al-Khelaïfi, and other officials have been the subject of “malicious hacks and threats”.
Football
Media

The two domestic rights-holders to the Coupe de France knockout clubs competition, France Télévisions and Eurosport, have yet to pay last season’s final fee instalment, with the broadcasters maintaining the…
Multi-sport
Sponsorship & Marketing

The organisers of the Paris 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games have signed sporting goods retailer Decathlon as the latest sponsor of the event
Football
Media

Pay-television broadcaster beIN Sports has renewed an agreement for rights in France to the Bundesliga, the top tier of club football in Germany, while it has signed a new deal to cover the league in Turkey
Football
Media

Pay-television broadcaster beIN Sports has taken legal action to force Canal Plus to honour the €332m ($392m) Ligue 1 sublicensing deal between the parties.
Football
Media

Internet giant Amazon has not approached pay-television broadcaster beIN Sports to acquire the latter’s package of Ligue 1 rights, according to the retailer’s head of sports rights acquisitions, Alex Gre…
Football
Media

The row over the value of broadcast rights to French football’s Ligue 1 shows no signs of abating just weeks before the new season begins, after pay-television broadcaster Canal Plus signalled its intention t…
Football
Finance & Law

Girondins de Bordeaux and Angers SCO will retain Ligue 1 status after a ruling ordering their relegation to the second tier of French club football for financial irregularities was overturned
Sponsorship & Marketing

The organising committee for the Paris 2024 Olympic Games has announced its fourth top-tier Premium Partner – the French biopharmaceutical company Sanofi.
Football
Media

Pay-television broadcaster beIN Media Group has acquired exclusive broadcast rights to the Concacaf Gold Cup across various territories, including its home market of the Middle East and North Africa
Football
Media

Public-service broadcaster the BBC and commercial broadcaster ITV pulled in the largest television audience in the UK since the funeral of Princess Diana in 1997 as England lost the Uefa Euro 2020 final…
Football
Sponsorship & Marketing

French Ligue 1 club AS Monaco has signed a regional sponsorship deal for the Asian market with betting operator AYX for the next two seasons
Football
Media

Telco Iliad is in talks with the French Professional Football League (LFP) to lower its fee for near-live digital clip rights to Ligue 1