France

French Football League (LFP) president Frederic Thiriez has defended the decision to reduce the number of teams relegated from Ligue 1 from three to two commencing with the 2015-16 season, stating the move will give investors in the domestic game “more security.”

World Rugby, the global governing body of rugby union, has awarded an event on the 2015-16 World Rugby Sevens Series to Paris, France.

Italian Serie A football clubs AS Roma and Inter Milan, along with French Ligue 1 team AS Monaco, have agreed to pay fines and reduce the size of their squads in European competition under the latest round of settlements announced through Uefa’s Financial Fair Play (FFP) regulations.

Sailing’s World Match Racing Tour has confirmed the addition of new events in Russia and France for the 2015-16 campaign.

The French Rugby Federation (FFR) is poised to join the contenders to host the 2023 Rugby World Cup, according to Midi Olympique.

France’s Ligue 1 will become the latest top division in European football to use goal-line technology (GLT) having announced it will introduce the system from the 2015-16 season.

Clubs in France’s Top 14, regarded as the world’s richest rugby union competition, suffered a record total deficit of €24.2m ($25.5m) last season as player wages soared, according to a new report.

The French Tennis Federation (FFT) has confirmed that this year’s edition of the French Open at Roland Garros will feature a total prize purse of €28m ($30m), up 12 per cent on the previous year.

Paris is poised to formally join the race for the 2024 Olympics after the city council voted in favour of a bid for the event, which will be held 100 years on from the French capital’s last staging of the summer Games.

The redevelopment of the French Open’s iconic Roland Garros tennis complex has attracted significant opposition. Elisha Chauhan spoke to FFT (French Tennis Federation) Director General Gilbert Ysern about ending a challenging tête-à-tête with environmental opposition.

French automotive group Renault has said it is considering its options in Formula One, which could include acquiring the motor racing series’ Toro Rosso team or quitting the sport altogether.

Anne Hidalgo, the Mayor of Paris, has thrown her support behind the French city’s bid for the 2024 summer Olympic Games.

France has held off competition from South Korea to be awarded the 2019 Fifa Women’s World Cup.

The planned redevelopment of Roland Garros, the Parisian home of the French Open tennis grand slam, has taken a new twist after the city’s council gave the go-ahead for a new study to take place into the proposed land use.

The Qatar International Equestrian Committee is to join forces with horse racing organisations in the UK and France to launch a lucrative new three-race series.

The European Triathlon Union (ETU) has awarded hosting rights for its inaugural Elite Sprint Championships to the French city of Châteauroux.