France
Media

French pay-television broadcaster beIN Sports has praised the sentencing of five individuals found guilty of running an operation pirating the content of sports broadcasters as an “important step forward” in …
Football
Finance & Law

Professional services firm Deloitte has unveiled its Annual Review of Football Finance for 2020, showing that Europe’s ‘big five’ leagues generated record high combined turnover of close to €17bn (£15.2/$19.3)
Football
Governance

An administrative court in France has suspended the relegation of Amiens and Toulouse from Ligue 1, the top tier of domestic football, in a move that will force the French Football League (LFP) to reassess…
Golf
Events

The Ladies Professional Golf Association Tour has lost its first major championship of the year in the wake of the global Covid-19 pandemic after the Evian Championship was called off.
Football
Sponsorship & Marketing

Utility company Veolia has become the official ‘Environmental Partner’ of French Ligue 1 club Olympique Lyonnais and the sleeve sponsor of the club’s title-winning women’s team. The
Football
Media

French free-to-air commercial broadcasters M6 and TF1 have attempted to secure a temporary repayment of around €18m ($20.3
Boxing
Media

French pay-television broadcaster beIN Sports has agreed a two-year deal with Top Rank for exclusive rights in the country to the US boxing promoter’s events.
Football
Governance

The French and Italian football federations (FFF and FICG) have both announced the creation of financial support packages intended to support lower-league, women’s and amateur football in their respective c…
Football
Sponsorship & Marketing

French Ligue 1 club AS Saint-Étienne has extended with long-standing kit supplier Le Coq Sportif. The deal follows the five-year contract signed between the pair in 2015.
Media

French pay-television broadcaster beIN Sports has said it will undertake a reorganisation project that is expected to lead to the loss of around 20 jobs
Cricket
Events

Formula One will not cancel a race this season even if a driver tests positive for Covid-19, series chief executive Chase Carey has said - BBC
Football
Events

French pay-television broadcasters beIN Sports and Canal Plus have been hit by a legal claim launched on behalf of subscribers aggrieved at their lack of compensation offered amidst the shutdown of sports…
Rugby Union
Media

French pay-television broadcaster Canal Plus has reached an agreement over outstanding broadcast rights payments with Ligue Nationale de Rugby (LNR), organiser of French rugby union’s Top 14 and Pro D…
Football
Media

Production and agency group Mediapro's football-focused pay-television service in France will be known as ‘Téléfoot’ as part of a deal struck with free-to-air commercial broadcaster TF1. A
Cycling
Events

Roxana Mărăcineanu, France’s minister for sport, has outlined ambitious plans to open French sporting events to fans as soon as the end of July. 
Football
Media

The French Football League (LFP) and international pay-television broadcaster beIN Media Group have today (Friday) settled the thorny issue of outstanding international broadcast rights fee payments
Football
Events

The French Football Federation (FFF) has voted against the French Football League’s (LFP’s) proposal to expand the second tier of the domestic game, Ligue 2, to 22 clubs for the 2020-21 season.
Football
Media

Discovery-owned international sports broadcaster Eurosport is to show exclusive live coverage in France of Norwegian football’s top-tier Eliteserien division during the 2020 season.