Sponsorship & Marketing

English Premier League club Norwich City has named Lotus Cars as its new front-of-shirt sponsor for the 2021-22 season

Heineken bottles will not be placed in front of Muslim players during press conferences at the ongoing Uefa European Championship after Paul Pogba last week removed a drink from view following France’s m…

Reale Seguros, the Spanish insurance firm, has become a sponsor of women’s golf’s 2023 Solheim Cup, following on from its recent sponsorship deal with Spanish football’s RCD Espanyol. I

MG Motor France has signed a three-year shirt sleeve deal with French Ligue 1 club Olympique Lyonnais in a deal brokered by the Sportfive agency

Sports entertainment property Nitro Circus is expanding on the success of last year’s Pit Bike Championships with the creation of the Nitro Circus Pit Bike Triple Crown, which has secured a linear broadcast d…

National Women’s Soccer League expansion team Kansas City NWSL has announced a partnership with health insurance provider Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Kansas City, which has become the official sleeve p…

Media group Discovery has signed a sponsorship contract with investment platform eToro ahead of the Tokyo Olympics

Thai energy drink Carabao has extended its title sponsorship agreement for the EFL Cup, English football’s league cup, for another two seasons.

Electronics specialist Panasonic has signed up tennis player Naomi Osaka as a brand ambassador in a two-year agreement

The All England Lawn Tennis & Croquet Club (AELTC), organiser of the Wimbledon Championships, has entered the non-fungible token market in a collaboration with 2013 and 2016 men’s champion Andy Murray a…

Japanese sports equipment manufacturer Molten has renewed its agreement with the Asian Football Confederation to become its official match ball supplier for the 2021 season

Campeonato Brasileiro Série A clubs Grêmio and Internacional have continued a policy of sharing shirt sponsors by agreeing deals with retail store chain Americanas.

W Series, the all-female motorsport competition, has introduced a team system for its second season with new car liveries introduced and team sponsors signed up in what has been described as an “innovative s…

When Formula 1 looked to restart its 2020 calendar following a Covid-enforced hiatus it wanted to provide more predictability to the exposure it could guarantee for sponsors. SportBusiness examines how the motorsport developed a machine learning tool for the task.

Nike has agreed a kit deal with the Big Bash League to supply all eight teams with playing and training wear for next season

Large collection of new sponsors help fuel robust network totals

The European Challenge Tour has named luxury watch band Rolex as title sponsor of the Challenge Tour Grand Final, the finale of the player development tour’s ‘Road to Mallorca’ season. I

Automotive retailer Peter Vardy Group arrived late at the discussion table late before outbidding rival offers to take up the Scottish Rugby Union’s front-of-shirt sponsorship rights in deal announced i…