France

The invitation to tender process for broadcast rights in France to the Uefa Champions League, Europa League and new-third tier Europa Conference League during the three-season cycle from 2021-22 to 2023-24…

French commercial broadcasters TF1 and M6 have jointly acquired free-to-air rights in the country to select matches from next summer’s the Euro 2020 football championship.

French rugby union’s governing body, the Ligue Nationale de Rugby (LNR) has signed a title deal with professional services firm the Extenso Group for the first professional rugby sevens championship i…

French esports team Solary has added interactive platform ObjectifCode as a sponsor in a deal brokered by Lagardère Sports France, an arm of the international sports marketing agency.

French Top 14 rugby union club Stade Toulousain has secured moving specialists DMAX as a new kit sponsor

French football club Paris Saint-Germain has begun the process of selling the naming rights to its Parc des Princes stadium and its future training centre

UK public-service broadcaster the BBC has acquired rights to this weekend’s final of the Copa Libertadores, the South American Football Confederation’s (Conmebol’s) leading club competition. T

French hotel owners have warned they will stop cooperating with planning for the Paris 2024 Olympics in protest at the new partnership between the International Olympic Committee and Airbnb

Discovery-owned Eurosport is in talks with pay-television broadcaster Canal Plus to sublicense some of the latter’s rights to the Pro D2, France’s second-tier rugby union club competition, SportBusiness Med…

Volleyball’s CEV Champions League has received an exposure boost in France, after a deal was struck with the French Olympic Committee’s ‘Sport in France’ channel. The

The French division of the Infront agency has secured the hospitality contract for North American basketball league the NBA’s first-ever regular season game in France.

The debut season of MotoGP coverage on Canal Plus attracted an average audience of 412,000 subscribers for races taking place during the early afternoon timeslot, the French pay-TV broadcaster has said

French energy group EDF has signed on as a domestic sponsor of the 2024 summer Olympic and Paralympic Games in Paris

The mayor of Paris has sent a letter to IOC president Thomas Bach warning of the "risks" inherent in the recently-signed Olympic sponsorship with the accommodation marketplace Airbnb.

Broadcast rights in France to handball’s men’s and women’s European Championships have been retained by pay-TV broadcaster beIN Sports. F

French football club Lille OSC's stadium is set to be renamed after the venue-owners, the European Metropolis of Lille (MEL), launched a tender for the naming rights