SportBusiness Sponsorship staff

Spanish Liga football club Barcelona has enhanced its commercial portfolio by signing a three-year partnership with Panasonic.

Mexican financial services company BBVA Bancomer has agreed a three-year deal to become title sponsor of the Liga MX, the top division of football in Mexico

PepsiCo-owned brand Lipton Iced Tea has signed a deal to become the official iced tea of Major League Baseball.

Online ticket marketplace StubHub has agreed a three-year deal with Northampton Saints to become an elite sponsor of the English Premiership rugby union club until at least 2016.

BMW has agreed a new two-year partnership with the World Rowing Federation (FISA) as part of a joint environmental strategy between the two parties.

Australian A-League football club Perth Glory has announced local government body Healthway as a major sponsor in a two-season deal.

BP is to continue its support of British athletes until 2016 after agreeing to become a top-level partner of the British Olympic Association and the British Paralympic Association.

Formula One outfit Sauber has announced a partnership with three Russian institutions in a move that should help alleviate the team’s financial concerns.

The Scottish Open has teamed up with Aberdeen Asset Management and the Scottish Government to extend the financial services company’s title sponsorship of the golf tournament through to 2017.

Coffee chain Tim Hortons has secured the naming rights to the new stadium of Canadian Football League American football team Hamilton Tiger-Cats in a wide-ranging 10-year deal.