Canal Plus runs on with Monaco’s Diamond League event

French pay-television broadcaster Canal Plus has agreed a four-year extension to its rights deal for the Monaco leg of the International Association of Athletics Federations’ Diamond League series.

The deal covers the 2017 to 2020 editions of the Herculis meet and has been agreed ahead of this year’s event, which is being held today (Friday) at the Stade Louis II in Monaco.

France also hosts a Diamond League round, with this year’s Paris event set for the Stade de France on August 27.