France

The Ironman triathlon series has announced that its 2019 70.3 World Championship event will take place in the French city of Nice.

The French Football League (LFP) has announced that video refereeing technology will be utilised for the first time in senior domestic competition for this season’s play-off games to determine promotion and relegation between Ligue 1 and Ligue 2.

Altrad Group chairman, Mohed Altrad, has hit out at Premiership Rugby and France’s National Rugby League (LNR) after the two bodies moved to block a significant investment from the businessman in English Premiership club Gloucester.

Keith Pelley, chief executive of golf’s European Tour, has insisted that the 2018 Ryder Cup will take place in France as planned amid reports that some players would not feel safe playing in the country.

Newly-formed electric car-racing series the Electric GT Championship has announced that its debut season will begin with a double-header event at Circuit Paul Ricard in France this November.

Los Angeles and Paris today (Tuesday) detailed their plans for the 2024 summer Olympic and Paralympic Games as uncertainty continues over the election process for the events.

A free report, commissioned from SportBusiness by the Budapest 2024 Olympic Games bid, surveying attitudes to, and media consumption habits around, the Olympic Games.

Amaury Sport Organisation (ASO) has formalised its plans to take the Tour de France brand into China by unveiling two events that are set to take place following this year’s edition of the cycling showpiece.

Paris 2024 co-chairman Tony Estanguet has said the bid committee’s sole focus is on returning the summer Olympic Games to the French capital for the first time in a century and that it has no interest in the prospect of securing hosting rights to the 2028 edition of the event.

The French Rugby Federation (FFR) has selected the 12 host venues for its bid for the 2023 Rugby World Cup, with seven applicants falling by the wayside.

A proposed merger between French rugby union giants Stade Français and Racing 92 has been called off after the plan was met with widespread opposition.

The French Football League (LFP) has announced that its Trophée des Champions event will return to the Moroccan city of Tangier this year, while Noel Le Graet has been re-elected as president of the French Football Federation (FFF).

France’s National Rugby League (LNR) has today (Friday) moved to postpone this weekend’s fixtures involving Racing 92 and Stade Francais, as the presidents of the Top 14 clubs vowed to press ahead with their controversial plans to merge the teams.

The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has formed a working group to assess changes to the candidature process for the Olympic Games that could see both Los Angeles and Paris achieve success in September, while it has also unveiled details of a major gender equality project for the global sporting movement.

Jérôme Perlemuter will leave the French Football League (LFP) to become the first secretary general of the World Leagues Forum (WLF), it has been announced.

Stade Français players have gone on strike over a planned merger with rival Top 14 rugby union club Racing 92, according to the head of the players’ union in the country.