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Italian Serie A football club AS Roma has agreed a two-year sponsorship deal with US human resources firm ManpowerGroup.

Online travel accommodation service Airbnb has penned a new deal to become the title sponsor of Basketball Australia’s men’s national team programme.

Online casino company 918.com has signed up as the new presenting sponsor of the Resorts World Manila Masters tournament on golf’s Asian Tour.

German Bundeliga football club Schalke 04 has reached a two-year deal to make the Melia Hotel International group its official hotel partner.

Group purchasing organisation Essensa has agreed a five-year renewal to its partnership with Minor League Baseball.

Sports performance clothing manufacturer 2XU has extended its partnership with the Australian Paralympic Committee through until the end of 2016.

Football Federation Australia has reached an agreement for telecommunications company Telstra to be the front-of-shirt sponsor when its A-League All Stars play Italian Serie A champion Juventus at Sydney’s ANZ Stadium on August 10.

Bristol Flyers have signed up recruitment company RSG as its headline sponsor ahead of its debut season in the British Basketball League.

UCI World Tour cycling squad Team Belkin has secured its long-term future with the Dutch national lottery and retail company BrandLoyalty set to agree deals to sponsor the team, according to Dutch newspaper De Telegraaf.

Spanish energy company Repsol has renewed its long-term sponsorship ties with Portuguese Primeira Liga champion Benfica.

Caribbean Premier League Twenty20 cricket team Barbados Tridents have reached a deal to make US carrier JetBlue Airways its official airline.

UCI World Tour cycling team Omega Pharma Quick-Step has sealed a two-year extension to its title sponsorship agreement that will see it take on a new name from the 2015 season.

The Spanish Football League (LFP) has extended its partnership with the country’s state lottery group, Sociedad Estatal Loterías y Apuestas del Estado (SELAE/LAE), for the 2014-15 Spanish Liga season.

Dutch mattress brand M Line has entered into a new partnership with the Netherlands Olympic Committee*Netherlands Sports Federation (NOC*NSF).

Online payment system Bitcoin has expanded its involvement in American college sport through a sponsorship agreement with the Georgia Institute of Technology’s Athletic Association.

ING-DiBa, the German subsidiary of Dutch financial services giant ING, has extended its status as the main sponsor of the German Basketball Federation (DBB), along with its endorsement deal with German basketball superstar Dirk Nowitzki.

Italian Serie A football clubs have been afforded a new sponsorship opportunity after Lega Serie A, the governing body of the top division, approved the introduction of a fourth branding place on shirts.

French Ligue 1 football club Evian has entered into a new partnership with international cruise holiday company MSC Cruises.