Sponsorship & Marketing

The Financial Times newspaper will be the Official Media Partner to the Sport Industry Awards 2005 and sponsor of a new award, The Financial Times Sport Business Person Of The Year.

Premier League club Aston Villa will become the UK base of Jamaica's national soccer team and is said to negotiating agreements with the US and Indian teams.

The PGA Show Asia – 4th China (Beijing) International Golf Expo 2005, will be held at Beijing’s premium exhibition venue, China World Trade Center from June 10 to 12, 2005.

Dolphin Energy Limited, the UAE-based energy company, has signed up as a main sponsor for the four-sport Arabian Gulf Cup.

The International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) plans to conduct joint research with the world anti-doping agency WADA as it seeks further firepower in the battle against doping.

The England Women’s Rugby Union team has agreed a deal with soft drinks company, 464 Soft Drinks Ltd.

Sunderland has become the first Championship soccer club to join the Orange football stable.

Spanish soccer giants Real Madrid have not ruled out the possibility of renaming their Bernabeu Stadium.

IFM is the second major European sponsorship evaluation company to adopt a British tool for measuring the value of sports sponsorship.

F1 driver Ralf Schumacher has teamed up with a subsidiary of German erotic products firm Beate Uhse in a joint venture aimed at the Slovenian market.

Editorial Director Kevin Roberts on the events of the past seven days

Editorial Director Kevin Roberts on the events of the past seven days

Editorial Director Kevin Roberts on the events of the past seven days

Lucozade Sport has unveiled England international and Liverpool star, Steven Gerrard, as their new face of football.

The Brit Oval is a sell-out for the first four days of next summer’s npower Ashes Test Match as well as the One Day NatWest Challenge Match against Australia.

Fast Web Media, the UK based operating company, wholly owned by Total sports Online ASA, has teamed up with Entertainment and Sports Agency (ESA) in a six-figure co-marketing deal.

Soccer clubs are taking risk management more seriously and governing bodies are taking steps to ensure the game is more accountable, according to a new report.

Soccer clubs are taking risk management more seriously and governing bodies are taking steps to ensure the game is more accountable, according to a new report.