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POLKOMTEL, the second largest mobile operator in Poland, has been taken private in a €4.5bn deal with local tycoon and Poland’s only billionaire Zygmunt Solorz-Zak. Th

THE FUNDING of Czech sport by the country’s national lottery, Sazka, has been borne of a relationship characterised by mutual back scratching.

FOR A COUNTRY in Europe’s backyard with a population of 70+ million Turkey has got to be on anyone’s watch list. Do
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INITIALLY SCHEDULED FOR a grand reveal in September, the Rugby Football Union (RFU) unveiled QBE Insurance as its new sponsor, June 14
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YINGLI SOLAR, WHICH became the first renewable energy company and the first Chinese company to agree a global FIFA deal with its sponsorship of the 2010 World Cup in South Africa, has extended to Brazil…

IN THE WEEK that British Airways settled a long-running dispute with cabin staff, another London 2012 top tier sponsor, Lloyds, looked set to spark a furious union reaction with its announcement of 15,000…

FIFA TOP SPONSOR Sony may be one of the world’s largest consumer brands but it has suffered a double whammy in recent months.

LIVERPOOL FC shirt sponsor Standard Chartered is reporting strong trading in Hong Kong, Singapore, Malaysia, China and Indonesia which are more than offsetting slower growth in India and Africa

HSBC PAID its top 14 directors shares worth more than £8.5 million in the first bonus awards since the credit crunch of 2008.

ON THE FACE of it the appointment of another accountant to the board of SABMiller may be of little interest to sports marketers but the world’s second largest brewer is also home to some of the biggest b…