For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Kylian Mbappé says he reacted …
PARIS — Kylian Mbappé says he reacted with disbelief when he saw media reports from Sweden two months ago that he was the subject of a rape investigation. The Real Madrid star spoke about the case publicly for the first time in an interview that aired Sunday on French TV station Canal Plus. Several Swedish media reported in October that …
The TV shows that reveal the real France Canal Plus Baron Noir French TV has never been more popular internationally – but the biggest shows at home reflect a conflicted nation, anxious about its place in the world, writes Benjamin Ramm. Just as "Nordic Noir" captured the world's imagination at the start of this century, the past decade has seen …
French soccer’s latest attempt to replace a collapsed TV rights deal failed on Monday when bids on a new tender fell short. Traditional broadcaster Canal Plus and beIN Sports, which has been showing French games for several years, were tellingly absent from the bidding process. Canal Plus claimed the price paid at the time to sublicense games from beIN Sports …
When Portsmouth went into administration in 2010, Premier League boss Richard Scudamore memorably described it as “rank bad management”. There will be many thinking something similar about French side Lille, where majority shareholder Gerard Lopez has been forced to sell up by the club’s main creditors, the American private equity firm Elliott Management Corporation and the multinational bank JP Morgan …
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