Vincent Bolloré, who publishes free dailies including the Direct Matin and Direct Soir in Paris and other "Direct" titles in Nantes, Nice, and Toulouse, is planning to publish a free sports weekly, Newspaper Innovation reported.

The free weekly, titled Direct Sports, will make its debut June 12 and will be distributed every Friday along with Direct Soir. Direct Sports plans to elicit the help of sports journalists who worked for the recently shuttered magazine Sport.