On Sunday, journalist Fabrice Hawkins reported that the 25-year-old had agreed to a five-year deal with Marseille, which would bring him back to Ligue 1 after previously playing for Paris ...

The French football league (LFP) announced on Tuesday the creation of its own channel to broadcast Ligue 1 matches next season, after clubs voted in favour of ending a deal with DAZN. An agreement was ...

France’s Ligue 1 is set to be reduced from 20 teams to 18 from the 2023-24 season. Ligue 1, France’s top-flight, had 18 teams in the past but was expanded to 20 teams in the 2002-03 season.

DAZN, the sports streaming platform, has announced a new partnership with the French Professional Football League (LFP) for ...

PARIS (AP) — Storied French club Lyon won its appeal against relegation on Wednesday and will stay in Ligue 1 next season.

Domestically in France, Ligue 1’s rights have been a headache for several years. At the end of 2020 , the league’s multi-year deal with MediaPro collapsed, leading to Canal+ stepping in on an ...

No direct-to-consumer TV rights deal for Ligue 1 in France. This ends Ligue 1’s direct-to-consumer streaming service that was floated. American billionaire John Textor, the majority owner of French ...

The Ligue de Football Professionnel (LFP) have announced a deal that will see France’s top professional division rebranded as Ligue 1 McDonald’s from next season. LFP have struck a deal for ...

Ligue 1 appears to be going the way of the Dutch Eredivisie, after French government determined that no matches–not even ones played behind closed doors–can take place before Sept. 1 ...

Four of Europe’s top five leagues suspended their seasons last spring because of the COVID-19 pandemic, then finished their schedules in the summer. The exception was France’s Ligue 1, which ...

France's Ligue 1 is an exciting, unpredictable competition that regularly throws up surprise results in which the big guns get toppled by smaller, competitive sides. This season is a particularly ...

French sports minister Patrick Kanner has confirmed Ligue 1 and Ligue 2 games will go ahead as scheduled this weekend, but away fans will not be permitted entry due to concerns over security ...