French Football League (LFP)
Uefa postpones all European club fixtures; Bundesliga set for suspension
Uefa has announced the postponement of all European club football fixtures scheduled for next week due to the spread of the coronavirus
Fed Cup, ISU Worlds, Jakarta E-Prix and Fiba events postponed due to coronavirus
The International Tennis Federation’s Fed Cup and the International Skating Union’s imminent World Figure Skating Championships have become the latest sporting events to be postponed because of the cor…
French football clubs generate €2.8bn in revenues as net losses hit €160m
The French Professional League (LFP), the governing body for the top two tiers of football in France, has reported that its clubs generated record revenues of almost €3bn ($3.3bn) in the 2018-19 season.
Italy-England Six Nations match victim of coronavirus, government orders fan shutout
The Six Nations rugby union clash between Italy and England in Rome on March 14 has been postponed until later this year as the country continues to attempt to stem the tide of its coronavirus outbreak
LFP’s Quillot elected president of French anti-piracy body
The French Football League (LFP) chief executive, Didier Quillot, has been elected president of the country's sport industry anti-piracy body, the Association for the Protection of Sports Programmes (APPS)
Aulas ‘threatens beIN legal action’ over Ligue 1 international rights row
Jean-Michel Aulas, the president of Olympique Lyonnais, has reportedly raised the prospect of the French Football League (LFP) suing pay-television broadcaster beIN Media Group in an escalation of the…
Minnesota, Ivory Coast and France ‘in running’ for Trophée des Champions
The French Professional Football League (LFP) is considering the US and Ivory Coast as possible hosts of this year’s Trophée des Champions, the annual match between the Ligue 1 and Coupe de France winners.
LFP latest to adopt Intel 360-degree replays, defends pay-TV subscription prices
The French Football League (LFP) has joined Spanish counterpart LaLiga by announcing plans to introduce Intel True View technology for its broadcasters and digital platforms
LFP delays MyLigue 1 OTT launch until at least the summer
The French Football League (LFP) has delayed the launch of its MyLigue 1 over-the-top platform until at least this summer, with the streaming service potentially not going live until as late as summer…
LFP launches Ligue 1 and Ligue 2 websites
The French Professional Football League (LFP) has launched websites to showcase content from Ligue 1 and Ligue 2 that include a new feature called MyLigue.
The two sites — www.ligue1conforama.f
BKT retains French football footprint with Ligue 2 title deal
Indian specialist tyre company BKT will pay the Ligue de Football Professionnel between €2m ($2.2m) and €2.5m
LaLiga and LFP buoyed by rising attendances
Attendances in the top two divisions of Spanish football during the first half of the 2019-20 season rose by 1
Mediapro scoops up remaining Ligue 1 rights packages
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.
LFP teams up with StadiumGo
The French Football League (LFP) has agreed a partnership with ridesharing platform StadiumGo.
The French service is said to be the first carpool platform entirely dedicated to sporting events
Ligue 1 clubs maintain call for action over beIN international rights deal
Clubs from French football’s Ligue 1 have continued to push for the renegotiation of an international rights agreement with pay-TV broadcaster beIN Media Group, discussing the issue in detail at a meeting t…
Rakuten Viber backs e-Ligue 1, LFP highlights 3.5m social media following
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
Name revealed for LFP’s OTT platform aiming to stir international rights interest
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
Stats Perform extends Ligue 1 and Süper Lig betting rights in beIN deal
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