France

Multi-sport
Sponsorship & Marketing

The organising committee for the 2024 summer Olympics in Paris is set to issue an invitation to tender aimed at sportswear manufacturers as it seeks a single kit supplier for the various French teams
Basketball
Media

Spain’s triumph at the 2019 Fiba Basketball World Cup drew significant audience figures for commercial free-to-air broadcaster Mediaset’s Cuatro channel.
Football
Sponsorship & Marketing

French Ligue 1 football club AS Monaco has agreed a two-season partnership with Russian betting company BetCity
Football
Finance & Law

British petrochemicals company Ineos has completed a takeover of French Ligue 1 football club OGC Nice on Monday, with owner Sir Jim Ratcliffe, Britain's richest man, pledging to establish the club as…
Football
Finance & Law

British petrochemicals company Ineos is poised to complete a takeover of French Ligue 1 football club OGC Nice after the proposed deal was cleared by the country’s competition regulator, the Autorité de…
Football
Stadia

French health minister Agnès Buzyn has suggested that the country’s Loi Evin, which prohibits the sale of alcohol in sports stadiums, should be extended to include the alcohol consumption in hospitality bo…
Football
Fan Engagement

French football league Ligue 1 has signed Chinese former world sprint swimming champion Ning Zetao as a sporting ambassador
Multi-sport
Events

French Polynesia is one of five destinations to have officially applied to host surfing events during the 2024 summer Olympic Games in Paris
Rugby Union
Events

The board of the Six Nations rugby union competition is closing in on investment worth more than £500m (€558m/$628m) from CVC Capital Partners, according to the Daily Telegraph.
Mixed Martial Arts
Governance

Mixed martial arts promotion the Ultimate Fighting Championship has welcomed a decision by France’s Ministry of Sports to officially recognise MMA as a sport.
Skateboarding
Events

The International Olympic Committee voted on Tuesday in support of adding breaking, popularly known as breakdancing, sport climbing, skateboarding and surfing to the Paris 2024 Olympic programme
Athletics
Governance

Former International Association of Athletics Federations president Lamine Diack will stand trial in France, along with five other ex-athletics officials, on charges relating to the Russian doping scandal,…
Basketball
Finance & Law

French Ligue 1 football club Olympique Lyonnais has completed a deal to acquire a minority shareholding in local LNB Pro A basketball team ASVEL, along with providing further details about plans to establis …
Football
Governance

Michel Platini confirmed today (Wednesday) that he was questioned by police on a number of matters aside from the award of the 2022 Fifa World Cup to Qatar, including the award of the Uefa Euro 2016 tournament…
Football
Events

Michel Platini, the former president of football’s European governing body Uefa, has been arrested in France in relation to allegations surrounding the award of the 2022 Fifa World Cup to Qatar.
Ice Skating
Events

The International Skating Union (ISU) has awarded hosting rights for World Championship events in its 2020-21 and 2021-22 seasons, with the French city of Montpellier seeing off competition from five rivals…
Surfing
Events

The local organising committee of the 2024 summer Olympic and Paralympic Games has confirmed that surfing events will be held on natural waves at a venue outside of Paris, as the International Olympic…
Tennis
Events

French Open organisers have hit back at criticism over empty seats at this year’s edition of the grand slam tennis tournament, claiming the event at Roland-Garros drew a record attendance and the sale o…