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 ...

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

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 ...

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

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 ...

Collated French Ligue 1 results on Sunday: Metz 0 Nice 2 (Thuram 58, Gouiri 86-pen) Angers 2 (Mangani 25-pen, 36-pen) Troyes 1 (Domingues 10) Bordeaux 4 (Hwang 16, 38, 89, Elis 20) Strasbourg 3 ...

With an average age of 26.2, Ligue 1 is the youngest of Europe’s top five leagues. According to the CIES Football Observatory, 13.2 per cent of minutes in France’s top flight are given to club ...

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 ...

French Ligue 1 results on Saturday: Clermont 1 (N'Simba 32) Lille 0 Playing later (times GMT) Lyon v Monaco (1900) Sunday Troyes v Nice (1100), Bordeaux v Nantes, Brest v Reims, Metz v Rennes ...