French Football League (LFP)

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Finance & Law

Seventeen of the 20 top-tier Ligue 1 teams posted a loss for the 2020-21 season, according to the Direction Nationale du Contrôle de Gestion (DNCG), the body responsible for monitoring the financial affairs …
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Media

French telecoms operator Free has filed a legal complaint against France’s Professional Football League (LFP) over the financial terms of its agreement for near-live rights to all 10 Ligue 1 matches e…
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Finance & Law

France’s Professional Football League (LFP) has today (Friday) confirmed the signing of an investment commitment from private equity firm CVC Capital Partners for the creation of a new commercial subsidiary.
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Finance & Law

The Versailles Court of Appeal has ruled in favour of beIN Sports in its long-running legal battle with fellow pay-television broadcaster Canal Plus regarding a sublicensing agreement for rights to Ligue…
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Finance & Law

France’s Professional Football League (LFP) has announced that the 20 clubs in the top-tier Ligue 1 have reached an agreement on the distribution of funds from CVC Capital Partners’ proposed investment in …
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Finance & Law

France’s Professional Football League (LFP) has entered into exclusive negotiations with CVC Capital Partners to sell a stake in its new commercial subsidiary to the private equity firm.
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Events

The Trophée des Champions, the annual French football match between the winners of Ligue 1 and the Coupe de France, will be held in the Israeli city of Tel Aviv for the second year running this year.
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Finance & Law

Four private equity groups have made binding bids for a stake in the commercial subsidiary being planned by France’s Professional Football League (LFP), it has been reported.
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Media

France’s Professional Football League (LFP) has suspended its contract with Match TV, the organisation’s media rights partner in Russia.
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Finance & Law

France’s Professional Football League (LFP) has shortlisted four private equity groups to compete for a stake in its planned commercial subsidiary.
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Media

Canal Plus is set to discover next month whether its appeal is successful against a court ruling concerning its sublicensing contract with fellow French pay-television broadcaster beIN Sports for coverage…
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Events

France’s Professional Football League (LFP) is in discussions to revive the EA Ligue 1 Games, its United States-based preseason tournament, this summer after being postponed for the past two years due…
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Governance

French senators have proposed that investors in the new commercial subsidiary being drawn up by the Professional Football League (LFP) should be limited to a 10-per-cent stake, with a representative of…
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Finance & Law

France’s Professional Football League (LFP) has said that it has received “around ten” indicative offers from prospective investors in its new commercial subsidiary. P
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Finance & Law

Private equity funds including CVC Capital Partners, Bain Capital and Silver Lake are assessing preliminary bids by a deadline of Monday for a stake of up to 20 per cent in a new commercial subsidiary…
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Media

Agency MBS Sport has acquired broadcast rights in Nigeria to French football’s Ligue 1, in a deal that runs to the end of the 2023-24 season.
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Finance & Law

French football authorities have called for a greater share of the solidarity payments to French clubs who do not compete in Uefa club competitions during the 2021-24 cycle