But while Paris is an outlier in European terms, it isn’t in French terms. In 2024-25, France’s top-flight features 18 teams from 18 different settlements.

Here are key dates to know for the 2025 Major League Soccer campaign. For the first time in 35 years, two Paris-based soccer clubs will be playing in France’s top division.

While the English FA Cup was first played in 1871, soccer did not become France’s No. 1 sport until the 1930s-40s. Cycling previously captivated audiences thanks to the Tour de France.

Paris’s history of drag cabaret dates back to the 1940s at least, when France’s first trans stars, like Zambella, Bambi, and Coccinelle, took the stage at Madame Arthur and Carrousel, a luxe ...

PARIS (AP) — For the first time in 35 years, two Paris-based soccer clubs will be playing in France’s top division. Paris FC, which was recently bought by France's richest family… ...

PARIS (AP) — For the first time in 35 years, two Paris-based soccer clubs will be playing in France’s top division. Paris FC, which was recently bought by France's richest family, secured ...