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Uber Eats adds major FFF deal to Ligue 1 title rights
Home delivery service Uber Eats has become a new sponsor of the French Football Federation (FFF) in a deal running from June 2022 to the Women's Euro 2025
EXCLUSIVE: 2024-27 Uefa competitions media rights sales to kick off with UK and France
The Team Marketing agency is to go to market in the UK and France with broadcast rights to Uefa club competitions during the 2024-27 cycle just three weeks after the revamped Champions League format was…
Broadcast coverage up for Premier Padel, Greenweez signs as Paris Major sponsor
Premier Padel, the new global tour launched by the International Padel Federation (FIP), Professional Padel Association and the state-backed Qatar Sports Investments organisation, has announced an uplift…
LNR issues NFT tender process
Ligue Nationale de Rugby (LNR), organising body of the top two divisions of French club rugby union, is seeking partners to deliver a global non-fungible token (NFT) offering
Bulls, Pistons to take part in NBA Paris Game 2023
The National Basketball Association has confirmed the return of the NBA Paris Game, with the Chicago Bulls and Detroit Pistons taking part in a regular-season game at the Accor Arena in the French capital …
L’Équipe retains and expands Uefa national team rights
French media group L'Équipe has retained its package of Uefa Nations League and European Qualifiers rights with European football’s governing body, while also enhancing its offering for the next cycle.
RTL nets strong free-to-air audience for Eintracht Frankfurt’s Europa League win
Eintracht Frankfurt’s victory over Rangers in the Uefa Europa League final registered strong ratings in Germany as 8.99 million viewers tuned in to commercial broadcaster RTL.
Stade de Reims renews with Hexaom in Sportfive deal
French football club Stade de Reims has signed a renewal agreement with real estate and land developer, the Hexaom Group
UFC to stage first event in France
The Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) will stage its first ever event in France later this year
Soprema names RC Strasbourg performance centre
French Ligue 1 club RC Strasbourg has signed up waterproofing sector company Soprema as the naming rights partner to the club’s new training centre.
VBet extends with AS Monaco
Online sports betting company VBet has extended its sponsorship of French Ligue 1 club AS Monaco for three more years, from 2022-23 to 2024-25
Amundi Evian Championship prize fund increases to $6.5m
The Ladies Professional Golf Association's Amundi Evian Championship is increasing its prize fund to $6.5m (€6.2m) this year, which represents a $2m raise from 2021.
PSG reveals Messi-inspired 13 per cent hike in sponsorship revenue
French Ligue 1 club Paris Saint-Germain experienced a 13 per cent increase in sponsorship revenue in the 2021-22 season, thanks largely to the presence of Lionel Messi in the championship-winning team
French Open enters the metaverse with Roland-Garros virtual-seat NFTs
The French Tennis Federation (FFT) has made its first move into the metaverse by announcing an NFT venture for the French Open grand slam tournament at Roland-Garros
Stade Vélodrome to host Top 14 final in 2024
Marseille’s Stade Vélodrome will host the final of France’s Top 14 rugby union club competition in 2024, with the Stade de France set to be unavailable due to Paris’s staging of the summer Olympic Games.
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France Télévisions strikes deal to retain Six Nations
Public-service broadcaster France Télévisions has reached an agreement in principle to retain rights to rugby union’s Six Nations Championship.
Fanseat adds World Championship to ice hockey coverage in France
Pay-per-view and subscription-based sports streaming service Fanseat has further bolstered its ice hockey coverage in France by acquiring rights to the forthcoming 2022 World Championship