Apple relationship shows World Surf League has come of age as commercial platform
World Surf League chief executive Erik Logan explains how surfing's inclusion in the Olympics and sponsorship deals with brands like Apple are helping propel the property towards commercial maturity. Frank Dunne reports.
How online betting sponsors made Brazilian football the ultimate FOMO market
Investments from online betting brands in the sponsorship of Brazilian football clubs and competitions over the last 12 to 18 months have led to massive inflation in the value of sponsorship rights, even though sports betting is still not properly regulated in the country.
Clock is ticking for UK clubs who need ‘perfect storm’ to land stadium naming-rights deals
The longer a new stadium goes without a naming sponsor, the harder it is to find one prepared to pay a high fee. Frank Dunne asks why teams from the most watched football league in the world so often struggle to land venue sponsors.
Serie A clubs in talks with betting brands ahead of law change, UK waits on white paper
Italian clubs are negotiating with betting brands as 2018 ban set to be overturned
Much-delayed white paper on UK regulation due in the coming weeks
Uplift in 2026 World Cup sponsorship values likely to fall short of Infantino’s demands
Fifa will almost certainly secure a big uplift in sponsorship income for the 2023-2026 cycle, culminating in the 2026 World Cup in the US, Mexico and Canada. However, it will struggle to achieve the kind of increase which Fifa president Gianni Infantino has mandated from his commercial team.
Sponsors rethink Qatar activations in response to human rights issues
Association with Qatar being toned down or excluded completely in some activations
Coca-Cola, Adidas, McDonald’s, Budweiser take stance on worker rights; others remain silent
Player power puts sponsors in a spin as Mbappé takes a stand
Elite players increasingly refusing to engage with brands they don’t approve of
Sponsor contracts with leagues and federations do not guarantee access to named individuals
EXCLUSIVE: Crypto.com pulled out of huge Champions League sponsorship at last moment
Uefa narrowly missed out on what was set to be one of its largest-ever sponsorships for the Champions League earlier this summer when a deal with the Crypto.com cryptocurrency company fell through at the last moment.
Competitors clash as virtual advertising looks set for leap from experiment to ubiquity
Aim Sport and Supponor in bitter legal dispute with millions at stake
Switch to software-based service should remove gremlins plaguing digital replacement technology
Coca-Cola eyes Coppa Italia title rights after Supercoppa success
Coca-Cola’s modest investment in the title rights to Italy’s 2019 Supercoppa appears to have been so successful that the US beverage company is in advanced negotiations for a deal covering the country’s main domestic cup, the Coppa Italia.
ISG starts F1 global betting sponsorship sales with 188Bet deal in Asia
Interregional Sports Group, the global data and betting rights partner of the FIA Formula One World Championship, got its global sales process off to a strong start with a deal in Asia with online betting…
EXCLUSIVE: ITTF to appoint long-term Chinese commercial partner after nine-month search
The International Table Tennis Federation is close to announcing a Chinese investor as its long-term partner as part of a wider commercial overhaul, SportBusiness understands