French Ligue 1

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Roxana Mărăcineanu, the Minister of Sports of France, has proposed that the country’s mediator for economic and financial affairs attempts to resolve the dispute over rights fee payments between the Pro…
Football
Media

Jaume Roures, the outspoken chief executive of Mediapro, has said that the Spanish broadcast production company and agency is ready to step in and show the end of the 2019-20 French football season, while…
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French Ligue 1 bosses have “full confidence” in PSG president Nasser Al-Khelaïfi's ability to negotiate with pay-television Canal Plus over its refusal to meet a €110m ($116.9m) ri
Football
Sponsorship & Marketing

French restaurant chain Bistro Régent has suspended its main shirt sponsorship deal with Ligue 1 club Girondins de Bordeaux because of the Covid-19 pandemic.
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Pay-television broadcaster beIN Sports has informed the French Professional League (LFP) that it is suspending its payments for Ligue 1 and Ligue 2 rights until the competitions resume
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French pay-television broadcaster Canal Plus is citing force majeure as the basis for its refusal to pay an upcoming €110m ($120m) instalment on this season’s Ligue 1 and 2 fee obligation.
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A war of words has erupted between French pay-television broadcaster Canal Plus and the French Professional League (LFP) over the former’s refusal to pay an upcoming €110m ($120m) instalment on this sea…
Football
Governance

The French Football League (LFP) has formed three working groups to deal with the Covid-19 crisis, stating it is the “priority objective” to end the 2019-20 domestic season by June 30, or July 15 at the…
Football
Events

Noël Le Graët, president of the French Football Federation (FFF), has expressed his desire for the Ligue 1 season to run until at least July 15 to ensure all domestic leagues in Europe are completed.
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The Ligue de Football Professionnel (LFP) has given French pay-television broadcasters Canal Plus and beIN Sports access to a host of archive content for free following the postponement of 2019-20 Ligue…
Football
Finance & Law

The 20 clubs that make up Ligue 1, the top division of French club football, have reportedly agreed on a revenue distribution system for the competition’s next broadcast rights cycle.
Football
Finance & Law

The MAPFRE AM asset management fund thinks European football stocks are undervalued in comparison with US franchises. Equity portfolio manager Luis García Álvarez explains why the company is taking a bet on Ajax and Olympic Lyon
Football
Media

Florent Houzot, director of programming at pay-television broadcaster beIN Sports France has criticised football’s French Professional League (LFP) for a lack of warning over the move to suspend the c…
Football
Finance & Law

The loss of matchday revenues at French Ligue 1 clubs between now and the end of the season would total between €20m ($21.8
Football
Events

Uefa has announced the postponement of all European club football fixtures scheduled for next week due to the spread of the coronavirus
Football
Finance & Law

Uefa has referred Olympic Marseille to the Adjudicatory Chamber of its Club Financial Control Body (CFCB) over a further potential breach of its Financial Fair Play (FFP) regulations
Football
Sponsorship & Marketing

Ligue 1 club AS Monaco has signed a fan marketing and shorts branding deal with new social media and fan engagement platform Iqoniq
Rugby Union
Events

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