Sponsorship & Marketing

The English Football League (EFL) has continued its strong recent commercial momentum with a five-year sponsorship deal with Kellogg’s.

Cricket South Africa (CSA) and Cricket Australia (CA) have both announced Indian brands as team sponsors for the men's Cricket World Cup, taking place in India next month

David Haggerty has been re-elected president of the International Tennis Federation for a third term, having comfortably seen off the challenge of Dietloff von Arnim

Tottenham Hotspur is “not as tied” to identifying a naming sponsor for its new £1bn ($1.2bn) stadium having derived a marketing benefit from keeping the arena brand clean, according to chairman Daniel Levy.

Chinese smartphone brand Tecno has become a sponsor of the Africa Cup of Nations after striking a deal with the Confederation of African Football (CAF)

Chinese electronic appliance company Hisense has extended its global sponsorship of French Ligue 1 club Paris Saint-Germain for another two years as it continues to use sport to increase brand awareness

Insurance company SBI Life has become the latest addition to the sponsorship portfolio of the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI)

Puma has consolidated its presence in Formula 1 via the renewal and upgrade of its long-term deal with Scuderia Ferrari

Heineken’s non-alcoholic beer brand Heineken 0.0 will not extend its sponsorship of the Uefa Europa League and Conference League after its current deal expires at the end of the 2023-24 season.

The Chicago Bulls, one of the most recognisable brands in world sport, is recruiting for a director of international sales to drive a new revenue stream for the National Basketball Association franchise

Vodafone Ireland has extended its principal sponsorship of the Ireland men’s rugby team in a four-year deal with the Irish Rugby Football Union (IRFU).

Ron Erskine, the experienced commercial executive who counts the Octagon and CSM Sport & Entertainment agencies as former employers, has joined Aston Villa as chief commercial officer (CCO)

Premier League side Liverpool has added its third new sponsor in recent months with the signing of global delivery service UPS

The Florida Panthers of the National Hockey League has turned to one of its strongest commercial partners, Amerant Bank, to become the new naming-rights partner of its arena

The absence of blue-chip brands at last weekend’s Davis Cup matches across Europe is the surest sign yet that the format is dead and a leadership change is required at the International Tennis Federation (…

Pay-TV broadcaster beIN Sports has once again been forced to curtail some of its live football output in France because of legislation pertaining to online financial trading firm Plus500.

Italian banking firm UniCredit has been announced as a Global Partner of sailing’s 37th America’s Cup, marking its first major deal since it decided not to renew as an official Uefa Champions League spo…

The All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club (AELTC) has appointed Sara Hunter, formerly of the English Football Association, as its head of brand partnerships and hospitality for the Wimbledon Championships