French Football League (LFP)

Football clubs in Ligue 1 and Ligue 2, France’s top two divisions, made combined losses of €200m ($256.5m) during the 2013-14 season, according to a report in French newspaper L’Equipe.

The French Football League (LFP) has granted its approval to three investment funds to give financing to teams in exchange for sharing a player’s transfer fee, according to the Bloomberg news agency.

French Ligue 1 football club Marseille has struck a deal to stay at the renovated Stade Velodrome after sealing a three-year agreement with the city’s council.

The French Football League (LFP) is to launch an investigation after 87 professional players were found to have placed bets on matches sanctioned by the governing body.

The French Football League (LFP) has announced that Beijing will host the 2014 edition of the Trophée des Champions, which acts as the traditional curtain-raiser to the domestic season.

Leading French Ligue 1 football club AS Monaco has announced that it will grant its official Twitter handle branding space on its shirt.

Monaco is set to be forced to pay a so-called ‘super tax’ on its player salaries after France’s National Assembly voted to include the Ligue 1 football club in the country’s tax regime.

When it comes to groups of highly-paid professionals for which people have little sympathy, footballers are sure to be near the top of the list. Matt Wright believes French footballers could have avoided a super tax proposal if they were seen to be more socially responsible.

French Ligue 1 football club Paris Saint-Germain (PSG) has struck a deal with the city of Paris to remain at its Parc des Princes stadium for 30 years.

French president Francois Hollande has suffered a blow in his bid to introduce a controversial ‘super tax’ into domestic football after the French Senate rejected the proposal.

France’s Union of Professional Football Clubs (UCPF) has called off its Ligue 1 and Ligue 2 planned strike action over the controversial ‘super tax’ in favour of further talks with the French government.

French Ligue 1’s Paris Saint-Germain (PSG) has reportedly planned to become the richest football club in the world by the 2016/17 season.

French football clubs have insisted they will press ahead with a planned strike on the final weekend of November after holding talks with president Francois Hollande.

French president Francois Hollande has hit back at criticism from the country’s football industry over his proposed ‘super tax’ plans by insisting that no sectors will be exempt from the new regulations.

The European Professional Football Leagues (EPFL) has named French Football League (LFP) president Frederic Thiriez as its new chairman.

France’s Ligue 1 and Ligue 2 football clubs have called a strike for the weekend of November 29 to December 2, following the long-running dispute over the government’s proposed ‘super tax’.