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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

France’s Ligue 1 has become the first of the major five European soccer leagues to be canceled following French Prime Minister Edouard Philippe’s announcement on Tuesday that all major public ...

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 ...