France

Football
Attendance

Attendances in the top two divisions of Spanish football during the first half of the 2019-20 season rose by 1
Tennis
Sponsorship & Marketing

The French Tennis Federation (FFT) has extended its apparel deal with French sports brand Lacoste for six more years
Football
Governance

Michel Platini, the former Uefa president who was banned from all football activities in 2015 on corruption charges, is planning a bid to become president of FIFPro, the international players’ union, a…
Cycling
Sponsorship & Marketing

Cycling’s Tour de France has added leading French olive oil brand Puget as an official supplier.
Football
Governance

Germany’s Rainer Koch is set to be appointed to the Uefa Executive Committee for a one-year term, while France’s Noël Le Graët has been confirmed as the only candidate for the position of European membe…
Esports
Esports

French Ligue 1 football club Olympique Lyonnais has reached an agreement with LDLC Event, which operates the Team LDLC esports outfit for Groupe LDLC, in a move designed to strengthen the team’s presence i…
Football

PSG wants the same kind of brand cachet as baseball’s New York Yankees or Italian motor racing team Ferrari. Frank Dunne reports.
Football
Media

Pay-television broadcaster beIN Sports has landed rights to all 51 matches, including 28 of them exclusively, to this summer’s Euro 2020 football championship, which will be staged across 12 European c…
Volleyball
Media

The French Olympic committee’s ‘Sport in France’ free-to-air channel has agreed a deal with France’s National Volleyball League (LNV) to broadcast the men’s and women’s top-tier competitions for the rem…
Sponsorship & Marketing

An invitation to tender for various kit supply rights at the 2024 summer Olympics in Paris has attracted proposals from heavyweight sportswear firms based in France and internationally
Football
Media

The Conseil d'État, the highest administrative court in France, has ruled that free-to-air news channel BFM TV, which is owned by telco Altice, was not authorised to broadcast last season’s Uefa Champions Le…
Football
Media

Mediapro, the production group and media-rights agency, has picked up the two remaining rights packages to France’s Ligue 1 from 2020-21 to 2023-24.
Ice Skating
Media

French public broadcaster France Télévisions has retained its rights to figure skating’s European and World Championships until 2023.
Football
Media

Live action from the Uefa Europa League is to return to the schedules of M6 after the French free-to-air commercial broadcaster acquired a package of rights from 2021-22 to 2023-24
Football
Media

French pay-TV broadcaster Canal Plus is to launch dedicated digital channels to showcase its coverage of the English Premier League and French rugby union’s Top 14.
Football
Media

Mediapro, the agency and production group, has signed off on the acquisition of rights in France to the Uefa Europa League and new Europa Conference League across the 2021-24 cycle
Football
Governance

GACP Sports, a subsidiary of Miami-based private equity firm General American Capital Partners (GACP), has sold its stake in Ligue 1 club FC Girondins de Bordeaux to co-investor King Street Capital Management.
Football
Media

Mediapro, the Spanish production group and agency, will not pursue legal action against Uefa following the recent Uefa Champions League media rights auction in France