Matthew Glendinning

Tyre company Bridgestone is the Title Sponsor of the Copa Libertadores, the leading club football tournament in Latin America.

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The commercial value of the ICC World Twenty20 tournament, which gets underway next month in India, has increased six-fold since the first tournament in 2007, Sports Sponsorship Insider understands..

Film distributor 20th Century Fox struck its ground-breaking deal as the Official Feature Film Partner of English Premier League club Manchester United is heavily geared towards the acquisition of media on digital perimeter boards at Old Trafford, backdrops for pre- and post-match interviews and on the club’s home page.

Football’s January transfer window came and went last month with most of the players mooted in the press as sure things to move on doing just the reverse and staying put.

Four deals dominate the UK horseracing landscape: two with Qatar-based organisations and two with UK-focused brands. The biggest deal in the sector is the £50m (€65.6m/$71.3m

Global asset manager Standard Life Investments beat off the challenge of four global brands for the right to become the Principal Partner of the British and Irish Lions Tour of New Zealand in 2017.

Abu-Dhabi based state carrier Etihad Airways has signed as the Official Airline of golf’s Ladies European Tour (LET) in a two-year deal from 2016 to 2017.

Fiba, world basketball's governing body, expects its Global Partner programme for the next cycle to bring in increased revenue, following its deal with the Chinese state-owned conglomerate Beijing Enterprises.

Abu Dhabi-based state carrier Etihad's sponsorship strategy is to create custom sponsorships, which allow the brand to meet specific goals especially around customer sales and retention.