Sponsorship & Marketing
Business

Carolyn Vesper Bivens has become commissioner-elect of the Ladies Professional Golf Association (LPGA) and will become the first female commissioner in the organisation’s 55-year history.
Business

Directors of English soccer clubs, rather than players, are receiving the biggest wage increases according to a new report.
Business

Pizza Hut, Hunt Sports Group and FC Dallas of Major League Soccer have agreed a 20-year deal establishing Pizza Hut Park as the title sponsor of the new FC Dallas soccer stadium and complex.
Sponsorship & Marketing

Four NBA teams will head to Europe for a competition against top European basketball clubs in October 2006 and 2007 as part of NBA Europe Live presented by EA SPORTS.
Events

Quintus, the sports and entertainment group, has acquired Three-D-Signs International, the company that owns the worldwide patents to 3-D surface branding.
Sponsorship & Marketing

TWI has teamed up with India’s leading mobile operator, Idea Cellular, to provide action from Wimbledon on video to Indian mobile users for the first time.
Business

The US Tennis Association (USTA) and Lexus have struck a multi-year worldwide marketing deal that sees Lexus become ‘Presenting Sponsor of the US Open Men’s Singles Championship’ and the ‘Official Vehicle of the US Open’
Business

Trajectory Sports & Media Group, LLC will sell commercial advertising and sponsorships to US customers for Setanta, the Irish-based broadcast company.
Sponsorship & Marketing

Tickets.com and League One soccer club MK Dons have struck an exclusive ticketing agreement.
Business

Guinness, the new sponsor of English rugby's Guinness Premiership, has appointed Karen Earl Sponsorship (KES) to manage the sponsorship's activation.
Events

An international media B2B conference ‘Digital Media Outlook 2006: Is it all about football?’, takes place in Munich on June 27.
Business

The National Basketball Association (NBA) and Wrigley Canada have agreed a multi-year extension of their marketing partnership.
Business

The Ladies Professional Golf Association (LPGA) has unveiled new initiatives to raise its profile, including a new competitive structure and a new branding programme.
Business

The UK Government has pledged its support to Soccerex, the global business-to-business soccer convention, in a bid to showcase British expertise internationally.
Business

Totals Sports Asia Ltd has confirmed that Michael Payne of Formula One Management will be one of the key speakers at their forthcoming Sports Xchange forum at the Hyatt Hotel in Singapore on July 4, 2005.
Business

The US Tennis Association (USTA) and American Express have agreed a new sponsorship and marketing agreement.
Events

Ian Childs has been promoted to a new position at Octagon in a bid to expand its operation to new regions and increase the number of properties and events it represents.
Business

The IOC's coordination commission has praised the Beijing 2008 organising committee (BOCOG) for its marketing programme.