France

Cycling
Governance

The world of cycling has been hit by fresh doping controversy after two people were placed into custody by French authorities yesterday (Monday) amid an investigation into the Arkéa–Samsic team’s cond…
Football
Sponsorship & Marketing

French football club Paris Saint-Germain has signed up gambling brand 22Bet as a regional sponsor in Africa. The two-year agreement was facilitated on behalf of 22Bet by sports marketing agency Sportradar
Football
Media

Canal Plus would not be willing to agree a distribution deal for Téléfoot that only allowed it to offer the French football subscription service to its satellite customers, according to Maxime Saada, p…
Handball
Media

The Ligue Nationale de Handball (LNH), the top men’s handball league in France, is to broadcast all matches not shown by rights-holding broadcaster beIN Sports this season ahead of the probable launch o…
Football
Media

French pay-television broadcaster Canal Plus has initiated legal proceedings in a complaint over the ‘unequal’ treatment it feels is being meted out by agency and production group Mediapro in carriage tal…
Tennis
Events

The French Tennis Federation (FFT) has further scaled back attendance plans for the upcoming French Open grand slam tournament, with only 5,000 fans set to be allowed inside the Roland Garros grounds per…
Football
Industry Moves

The board of directors at France’s Professional Football League (LFP) has today (Thursday) chosen Arnaud Rouger, the league’s long-running director of competitions, as its new chief executive.
Handball
Media

International media group Discovery has finalised a deal for a host of European Handball Federation rights in France and Poland with the Infront agency
Mixed Martial Arts
Events

Bellator has announced it will be the first mixed martial arts  promotion to hold a major event in France, with Accor Arena set to host Bellator Paris on October 10.
American Football
Media

International subscription broadcaster Eleven Sports has retained its rights to the National Football League in Belgium, Luxembourg and Portugal
Football
Media

German pay-television broadcaster Sky Deutschland and OneFootball have renewed a distribution agreement that allows the Berlin-based digital platform to offer Sky’s live German football coverage to its u…
Football
Sponsorship & Marketing

French Ligue 1 club Girondins de Bordeaux has signed a regional betting sponsorship, including visibility rights on virtual LED boards, with Asian betting market brand Yibo
Football
Industry Moves

Vincent Labrune, the former president of Olympique de Marseille, has today (Thursday) been elected as the new president of France’s Professional Football League (LFP).
Basketball
Media

Digital terrestrial broadcaster L’Équipe TV is reportedly poised to acquire rights to the Ligue Nationale de Basket.
Handball
Media

Pan-European broadcaster Eurosport is close to finalising an agreement in France for rights to handball’s EHF Champions League from the 2020-21 season.
American Football
Media

L'Équipe, the Amaury Group-owned free-to-air digital terrestrial channel in France, has acquired rights to show a weekly match from American football’s National Football League.
Football
Media

Spanish agency and production group Mediapro is thought to have agreed a carriage deal with French telco Orange for its Téléfoot subscription service.
Football
Sponsorship & Marketing

The French mutual insurance company Groupama has extended and expanded its sponsorship of French Ligue 2 club AJ Auxerre for the next five years