SportBusiness Staff

Barclaycard has made a flying start to its three-year sponsorship of the Premiership, according to sponsorship researchers Ipsos.

UEFA is keeping TWI and TEAM in the dark over when news will be released of which agency has won the Champions League marketing contract.

Manchester-based sports marketing agency World Sports Solutions Ltd (WSS) has signed a global merchandising and brand licensing agreement with Premier league high-flyers Leeds United.

UEFA will come face-to-face with pressure group the G14 at next month's Football Expo.

The FA Premier League has hired sponsorship evaluation company Connexus PreciSion as its official research consultants.

The British Touring Car Championship (BTCC) has announced a two-year broadcast deal with UK broadcaster Granada Sport.

SportsTicker, the US-based sports news and information supplier, has been contracted to serve the National Basketball Development League, the NBA's new minor league, as league statistician.

Leicester City has named Steve Kind, formerly the club's finance director, as chief executive. Kind takes control at a pivotal moment in the Premier League club's history.

Matthew Wheeler - managing director of sports marketing giants Octagon Worldwide - has quit.

David Moross (pictured), head of the US-based private equity fund Sports Capital Partners, has confirmed that the relationship with the fund's investment partner IMG has "never been better" - despite a shift in the fund's strategy towards the lifestyle and leisure sector.