France

Football
Stadia

French Ligue 1 club Racing Club de Lens hopes to exploit the commercial possibilities of owning its stadium after a deal to purchase the Stade Bollaert-Delelis from Lens City Council was approved
Football
Media

Pay-television broadcaster beIN Sports has renewed its exclusive FA Cup and Community Shield rights deal in France. SpotBusiness understands it is just a one year deal for the 2025-26 season
Football
Media

France's Professional Football League (LFP) has reached a major breakthrough in its battle against piracy, which contributed to the collapse of a domestic media rights deal with DAZN.
Multiple Sports
Sponsorship & Marketing

After going into administration last year, Le Coq Sportif could be rescued as two consortiums bid to acquire the French sportswear brand.
Football
Governance

The French Football Federation (FFF) has proposed a major overhaul of the domestic game, with a new governance structure inspired by the English Premier League
Football
Industry Moves

Ligue 1 club AS Monaco has hired Bertrand Vedovotto from the International Cycling Union (UCI) as its new commercial development director
Football
Media

DAZN and the French Professional Football League (LFP) have ended their legal dispute and reached agreement over scheduled rights payments as they weigh up working together on a league channel.
Football
Industry Moves

Paris Saint-Germain has appointed experienced industry executive Richard Heaselgrave as chief revenue officer in the latest leadership change at the Ligue 1 club
Football
Media

DAZN is poised to exit its Ligue 1 domestic rights deal at the end of this season, but wants to play an integral role in any proposed league channel that would take its place, it has emerged.
Esports
Sponsorship & Marketing

France-based esports organisation Team Vitality has launched a new marketing agency, RushBee, designed to deliver campaigns that resonate with digital-native audiences
Multiple Sports
Media

The end of Canal Plus’ Uefa Champions League sublicensing deal with Altice in France plus a “tough comparable” with the first three months of 2024 both contributed to a 2.5-per-cent quarterly revenue drop at the pay-television broadcast group.
Football
Events

The Ligue Féminine de Football Professionnel (LFFP), the body managing France's two professional women's leagues, is planning a new cup competition to raise revenue from a naming sponsor and avert a looming …
Multi-sport
Industry Moves

Cyril Linette, who ran unsuccessfully for the presidency of France's Professional Football League (LFP) last year, has been appointed chief executive of the organising committee for the 2030 Winter Olympic Games in the French Alps.
Football
Sponsorship & Marketing

French Ligue 1 club Paris Saint-Germain has extended its controversial sponsorship deal with Visit Rwanda until the end of the 2027-28 season.
Football
Media

Ligue 1 club presidents have voted to end a domestic deal with DAZN at the end of this season but no agreement has been reached with the broadcaster through mediation in order to facilitate such a termination.
Rugby Union
Events

A report from the Cour des Comptes, France’s supreme audit institution, has painted a scathing picture of the organisation of the 2023 tournament.
Football
Industry Moves

Nicolas de Tavernost, the 74-year-old former president of commercial broadcaster M6 and Bordeaux, is set to be the new CEO of LFP Media, the commercial rights entity of France’s Professional Football League.
Football
Media

France’s Professional Football League (LFP) and DAZN, its main domestic rights broadcaster, are to extend their period of mediation until April 10 in a bid to settle their differences, it has been reported.