2023-09-15 18:41:35
The 2023-2024 French Women’s Championship officially launches this Friday evening with the trip of the title holders Olympique Lyonnais to the Le Havre pitch (9 p.m., Canal + Foot). A first day which will end on Sunday with another shock: Bordeaux-PSG on the lawn of the Chaban-Delmas stadium (9 p.m., Canal + Foot). And among the new features, viewers of the encrypted channel, the official broadcaster, will discover a change in name, or rather pronunciation.
Officially, the national competition is called “D1 Arkema”, citing the main sponsor, a French chemical group. But it is now necessary to pronounce “D une Arkema” in a very official way. An idea suggested by the sports director of Canal +, Thomas Sénécal, to the French Football Federation (FFF) this summer in order to continue the development of the championship and contribute to its visibility.
Last spring, the FFF presented a major development plan in order to accelerate the professionalization of the D1 and to make up for the delay falling behind England, in particular. So don’t be surprised: the channel’s commentators and the players in the championship will now say the “D one”. Those of DAZN too. The platform will broadcast, starting this weekend, two matches per weekend. Canal + holds the rights to the two best posters each day until 2029. The rest is relayed via Dailymotion.
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