What is L'Équipe?
L'Équipe is France's national sports daily and one of the most influential sports newspapers in the world, published since 1946 as successor to L'Auto — the paper that founded the Tour de France in 1903.[1] [2]
What does L'Équipe cover?
All French and international sport — football, rugby, cycling, tennis, Olympic disciplines — in print, at lequipe.fr and on its television channel; its group's France Football created the Ballon d'Or.[1] [2]
What are L'Équipe's reach and standing?
France's reference sports publication, with national circulation and one of Europe's largest sports-news audiences; its front page and its "notes" (player ratings) are institutions of European sport.[1]
Since when does L'Équipe exist?
Founded 1946 in Paris; the L'Auto lineage stretches to 1900.[2]
Why does L'Équipe matter?
Coverage in L'Équipe is the canonical evidence of major-media recognition in French and continental European sport.[1] [2]
References
- L'Équipe — official site. Accessed August 2026.
- Britannica — L'Équipe (L'Auto and the Tour de France). Accessed August 2026.