France

Rugby Union
Events

The Ligue Nationale de Rugby, the governing body of the Top 14, will launch its new Super Sevens competition on February 1 next year, it said on Tuesday
Boxing
Media

Pay-television broadcaster RMC Sport has acquired exclusive rights in France for the heavily-anticipated boxing rematch between Andy Ruiz Jr. and Anthony Joshua
Rugby Union
Media

Japan bowed out of its Rugby World Cup yesterday (Sunday) by setting yet more broadcast records, while New Zealand telco Spark said its under-fire service worked efficiently throughout quarter-final weekend
Media

Canal Plus’s overall individual subscriber base in France dropped from 8.1 million to 7.9
Sailing
Sponsorship & Marketing

The Transat, the world’s oldest professional solo sailing race, has a new title sponsor in French banking brand CIC.
Tennis
Marketing

The Lagardère Sports agency has agreed a two-year extension to its partnership with the French Tennis Federation (FFT) to remain one of the official hospitality agencies of Roland-Garros grand slam tournament …
Multi-sport
Media

Canal Plus, the French pay-TV broadcaster, is expected to soon finalise the sale of its broadcast rights to the 2020 Olympic Games to Eurosport, the Discovery-owned broadcaster that already holds the rights…
Media

The French government today moved to help public-service broadcaster France Télévisions better compete for sports rights as its Council of State recommended the reintroduction of advertising during live s…
Basketball
Media

French pay-television broadcaster Canal Plus has renewed rights to the Basketball Champions League for another two seasons
Media

A Madrid court has suspended a decision by shareholders of the Spanish arm of Italian broadcaster Mediaset to merge the two entities in a move that French media group Vivendi has claimed as a win
Football
Governance

French soccer club Olympique Lyonnais is looking to take over a National Women's Soccer League team, according to reports in France
Rugby Union
Media

World Rugby has said that it will enter into talks with rights-holding broadcasters after two group-stage matches at the Rugby World Cup in Japan were cancelled given the threat posed by Typhoon Hagibis
Football
Sponsorship & Marketing

French Ligue 1 football club Olympique de Marseille has struck a sponsorship agreement with Japanese automotive manufacturer Toyota that will incorporate its Lexus brand
Esports
Sponsorship & Marketing

Messaging service Rakuten Viber has signed a three-year deal with e-Ligue 1, the esports offshoot of the Ligue de Football Professionnel (LFP), the French football league
Football
Media

Commercial free-to-air broadcaster TF1 and pay-TV broadcaster Canal Plus have secured the rights in France to the 2021 edition of the Uefa Women’s European Championship as the property enjoys a healthy i…
Football
Media

The new over-the-top platform expected to be launched by the French Football League (LFP) at the start of next year will be called My Ligue 1, it has been reported
Football
Media

Sports AI and data company Stats Perform has extended deals with beIN Media Group for betting video rights to club competitions organised by the French Football League (LFP) and Turkish Football Federation
Media

The IAAF World Athletics Championships’ sparse attendances and complaints over searing heats for marathon races have failed to dissuade the German television audience as viewing figures pick up in the c…