France

The International Equestrian Federation (FEI) has received bids from three cities for the hosting rights to the 2018 World Cup jumping and dressage finals.

Kevin Roberts investigates why and how brands are attracted to French sports properties.

SportBusiness International looks at the major sports events on the horizon for France, as well as its battlefield television broadcast industry.

Bastien Drut, French economist and consultant for Soccernomics, gives his account of how football club Paris Saint-Germain is pioneering the domestic game.

London has made a late decision to reject the chance to stage the Grand Depart of the 2017 Tour de France, with Germany now reportedly set to assume the hosting rights to the opening rounds of the cycling showpiece.

Thierry Braillard, France’s Secretary of State for Sport, has called for security measures inside French stadia to be improved ahead of the Uefa Euro 2016 national team tournament in the country after major crowd trouble disrupted a top-tier Ligue 1 football match yesterday (Sunday).

Paris has become the latest city to submit a formal bid to host the 2024 summer Olympic Games ahead of the deadline that has been set for tomorrow (Tuesday) by the International Olympic Committee (IOC).

Marseille has been earmarked as the destination for the sailing competition at the 2024 summer Olympic Games, if the event is awarded to Paris.

Olympique Lyonnais president Jean-Michel Aulas has said Ligue 1 clubs are planning to a form a ‘Premiere Ligue’ union in an effort to drive through reform in domestic football.

A war of words broke out between the French Football Federation (FFF) and the French Football League (LFP) today (Thursday) after the former body annulled the latter’s plan to overhaul the promotion and relegation system in club football.

Paris has been confirmed as Monaco’s replacement for Formula E’s second season, with organisers remaining in talks to retain four races in the Americas after Miami lost its place on the 2015-16 calendar.

France’s highest administrative court has today (Thursday) thrown out a disputed agreement between the French Football League (LFP) and AS Monaco which allows the club to compete in Ligue 1 without losing the benefit of being fiscally based in a tax haven.

Fifa president Sepp Blatter has claimed there were “political interventions” from the presidents of France and Germany ahead of the voting for the 2018 and 2022 World Cups, stating criticism over the award of the tournaments to Russia and Qatar should not be solely directed at world football’s governing body.

The list of candidates to host the 2023 Rugby World Cup will remain at four after World Rugby today (Friday) said that the United States has elected not to follow-up initial interest in staging its showpiece national team tournament.

Uefa, football’s European governing body, has lifted a number of restrictions from Manchester City and Paris Saint-Germain after both clubs were able to meet its Financial Fair Play (FFP) rules.