SportBusiness Sponsorship staff

German 1.Bundesliga football club Bayer 04 Leverkusen has signed a two-year extension to its sponsorship deal with insurance group DEVK Versicherungen.

Mixed martial arts organisation the Resurrection Fighting Alliance has agreed a multi-year sponsorship deal with Adidas, according to the Las Vegas Review-Journal newspaper.

Leading MotoGP team Yamaha Factory Racing has reached a sponsorship deal with motorcycle parts and accessories manufacturer Racing Boy.

Kenya Airways has announced a 58m Kenyan shilling (€511,000/$667,000) sponsorship package for the country’s 2013 Masai Mara Marathon, according to the StarAfrica website.

Japanese commercial electronics company Rakuten has been added to the list of official bid partners for Tokyo 2020, the city’s bid to host the 2020 Olympic Games.

French Ligue 1 football club AS Monaco has agreed a one-year sponsorship deal with employment services company Triangle Interim.

German 1.Bundesliga football club Hertha Berlin has agreed a 10-year extension to its kit partnership with Nike, which will come into effect in 2015 and run until at least 2025.

English Premiership rugby union club London Irish has renewed its sponsorship deal with waste water and sewage specialists Pump Technology until the end of the 2017-18 season.

Not-for-profit credit co-operative Scott Credit Union has reached a three-year sponsorship deal to become the official credit union of NFL American football team the St Louis Rams.

English Premier League football club Aston Villa has announced a new three-year partnership with Danish beer brand Carlsberg.