Sponsorship & Marketing

Sponsorship agency the GEM Group has promoted its former client services director, Giles Morgan to the position of president of GEM London.

CART has signed broadcast deals to show the German 500 race to the domestic audience.

The support for the breakaway union in men's tennis is gathering steam according to the lawyer representing the newly formed International Men's Tennis Association (IMTA).

Lloyds TSB has appointed Frontiers Group UK Ltd to work on its new sponsorship programme.

FIBA, the international governing body for basketball, has unveiled a new brand logo and corporate identity.

Anheuser-Busch, the brewing company which owns the Budweiser brand, is considering signing up as a sponsor of the 2008 Olympics to be held in Beijing.

Michael Thomson has been appointed interim CEO of FIFA Marketing, following Patrick Magyar's decision to quit the post.

CSTV: College Sports Television - the US network devoted to college sports - has signed a deal to add its offering to DirecTV's Sports Pack.

The Australian Football League (AFL) has released a new anti-gambling and corruption regulations as the first step in developing a broad policy to protect the integrity of the game.

Australian sports betting specialist, Sporting Management Concepts, and marketing and advertising agencies, Hall Of Fame Corporation and Hall Of Fame Media, have confirmed the two entities would be consolidated under a single banner, Sporting Management Concepts P/L (SMC).

The Hockey Company, the sport's largest maker of equipment and apparel, has signed a 10-year agreement to manufacture and market National Hockey League (NHL) consumer products.

The success of England's Grand Slam in the Six Nations rugby will have positive ramifications for sponsorship of the sport, according to an industry figure.

UEFA's Mike Lee has emerged as a possible candidate to replace Gerhard Aigner as chief executive of the European soccer governing body.

Andrew Waller has become the latest managing director of the financially troubled Octagon Motorsports UK - replacing interim chief Michael Browning.

The Sporting Frontiers Group - formed three years ago by Simon Halden, the former chief executive of Sports & Outdoor Media International (SOMI) has changed its name as it broadens its horizons.

Financial services firm Irish Life & Permanent has renewed its sponsorship of the Irish national rugby union team.