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In response to the 2020 US Open being played without any fans due to Covid-19, USGA partner Deloitte built an AR app enabling golf fans to experience all 18 holes in near real-time 3D.

Through the 2020-21 Premier League season, Tottenham main partner AIA ran a ‘Player Of The Month’ campaign based around a bespoke website and voting mechanic with the aim of driving awareness, collecting data and driving sales.

In December 2020, P&G leveraged its multiple Olympic-related partnerships for a TikTok campaign that celebrated individual acts of love recognising how Tokyo 2020 was different from all previous Games.

In late 2020 and early 2021, Hisense launched its new PSG partnership with an international player-led campaign to boost brand awareness, champion the brand’s commitment to innovation and highlight its focus on detail.

In April 2021, Bud Light collated assets from its US sport and music sponsorship portfolio to fuel a huge $10m ‘stimulus package’ campaign based around giving away 100,000 sports tickets, concert seats and beer.

In April and May 2021, the LA Rams teamed up with sponsor Rocket Mortgage to operate the team’s Draft operation from a bespoke 9,000-sq ft. branded Malibu home.

P&G detergent brand Tide promoted its ‘Tide Hygienic Clean’ product with a Peyton Manning-fronted NFL activation running from September 2020 to February 2021.

After 12 clubs tried and failed to breakaway from Uefa and form a European ‘super league’ in April 2021, Heineken used its Uefa Champions League rights for a low-latency social campaign echoing fan outrage with a touch of humour.

In November 2020, Swedish women’s bandy side Skutskärs IF teamed up with Grit Sportswear to create a hybrid match jersey and associated launch campaign championing gender equality in Swedish sport.

In June 2021, as the playoffs entered their second round, the official NHL beer in Canada activated with limited edition batch of beer that had been poured through the Stanley Cup itself.