France

Rugby Union
Sponsorship & Marketing

French rugby union club Sporting Union Agenais (SUA) is set to lose the sponsorship of French discount chain Gifi at the end of the 2020 season
Rugby Union
Media

French pay-television broadcaster Canal Plus will reverse its decision not to pay the final fee instalment for this season’s Top 14 rugby union competition if the move severely impacts clubs’ cash flo…
Football
Media

Canal Plus, the French pay-television broadcaster, has informed France’s Professional Football League (LFP) that it is terminating its media-rights agreement following the decision to end the 2019-20 L…
Football
Business

Chinese conglomerate Nenking Group is now officially the owner of French Ligue 2 side FC Sochaux-Montbéliard.
Football
Events

The current French Ligue 1 season has been cancelled following a statement from the French prime minister that no sporting events will take place in the country until September
Football
Sponsorship & Marketing

French Ligue 1 side Amiens SC is searching for a new shirt sponsor after sports retailer Intersport signalled its intention to depart from the club
Horse Racing
Sponsorship & Marketing

The Qatari investment vehicle Qipco has decided to end major horse racing sponsorships in Ireland and France, but remains committed to its flagship British Champions Day and British Champions Series in…
Motorsport
Events

Formula 1 today (Monday) outlined plans to commence its delayed 2020 season in Austria on July 3-5 as part of a reduced calendar consisting of 15 to 18 races, with the French Grand Prix the latest to fall…
Football
Media

Canal Plus and beIN Sports, the pay-television broadcasters, have reached an agreement with France’s Professional Football League (LFP) over the payment for rights to Ligue 1 and Ligue 2 matches already p…
Athletics
Events

This year’s European Athletics Championships in the French capital of Paris, which were scheduled to take place from August 25-30, have been cancelled.
Football
Media

Roxana Mărăcineanu, the Minister of Sports of France, has proposed that the country’s mediator for economic and financial affairs attempts to resolve the dispute over rights fee payments between the Pro…
Media

French media group Vivendi has acquired a 10.6-per-cent stake in Lagardère, the France-based conglomerate that recently sold its sports division to H.I.G.
Media

First-quarter revenues at pay-television broadcaster Canal Plus rose by 9.6 per cent to €1.37bn ($1.4
Motorsport
Events

Plans to introduce electric cars into the World Rallycross Championship (World RX) have been hit with further delays, with 2022 now set to be the earliest the project will be implemented, while the World…
Media

Public broadcaster France Télévisions’ France 4 channel could be saved from closure as a consequence of the increased popularity of its youth and educational content shown during the ongoing Covid-19 loc…
Cycling
Media

French public-service broadcaster France Télévisions has issued its support for the Tour de France’s rescheduled dates, saying that the minimal overlap with tennis’ French Open will ease its scheduling heada…
Cycling
Events

The Tour de France has been moved to August 29 after the French government announced that large gatherings would be banned in the country until at least mid-July
Rugby Union
Media

French pay-television broadcaster Canal Plus will not pay the final rights fee instalment for this season’s Top 14 rugby union competition, it has been reported.