Olympic Games

Hisamitsu Pharmaceutical has signed up as an official partner of the 2020 summer Olympic and Paralympic Games, which will be held in Tokyo, Japan.

German telecommunications company Deutsche Telekom and its mobile network brand T-Mobile is using sponsorship to improve its market share in key markets and to boost brand awareness and sales

US insurance brand Liberty Mutual Insurance Group is a top-tier sponsor of the United States Olympic Committee (USOC) and a partner of several national governing bodies in the US.

Japanese tyre and rubber company Bridgestone paid a “significant additional investment” to its Worldwide Olympic Partner deal to become the first Founding Partner of the Olympic Channel, the new year-round, over-the-top digital channel, launched on August 21.

Insight from John Scurfield, head of MediaCom Sport & Entertainment UK, on the challenges for Olympic sponsors ahead of Tokyo 2020

The top National Olympic Committee deals worth around €1m ($1.1

Kinesiology tape market leader KT Tape is looking to use the 2016 Summer Olympic Games in Rio as a platform to sustain its dominance of the US market, Greg Venner, Chief Executive of KT Tape, told Sports Sponsorship Insider.

The domestic sales programme for the Rio 2016 Summer Olympic Games is once again gaining traction after signing four second-tier deals in the past three months.

We have heard from our subscribers that the values of second-tier sports sponsorship are often the most sought after by analysts within sports agencies and the marketing departments of brands and rights-holder…

Who would have thought that a German discount supermarket would be the perfect fit for the British Olympic Association as its supermarket partner?

German discount supermarket chain Aldi has signed a four-year deal with British Olympic Association (BOA) for the Official Supermarket rights to the British Olympic team, covering the 2016 Summer Olympic Games in Rio and the 2018 Winter Olympic Games in Pyeongchang.

In April, German discount supermarket chain Aldi signed a four-year agreement with the British Olympic Association (BOA) for the Official Supermarket rights to the British Olympic team, covering the 2016…

With the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo around the corner, it appears that Japanese companies are far more ready to risk a bigger proportion of their marketing budgets on sports sponsorships

Sports Sponsorship Insider understands that Japanese carmaker Toyota will pay an astonishing figure for the International Olympic Committee’s TOP Partner rights in the new ‘mobility’ sector category, for eight years from 2017 to 2024.

US-based airline United’s title sponsorship deal for the New York Half Marathon is part of a strategy centred on transport hubs, Mark Krolick, managing director of marketing and product development for United, told Sports Sponsorship Insider.

Dow Chemical Company’s sustainability partnership with the Rio 2016 Organising Committee will cost the brand nothing extra in rights, but could earn it major financial rewards in the lead up to and after the Olympic Games.

Samsung has wrapped up the computer and telecommunications categories under the terms of its extended Worldwide Partner deal for the Olympic Games, from 2017 to 2020.

Omega president Stephen Urquhart told Sports Sponsorship Insider that there will be no change to the luxury watch brand’s sponsorship strategy or targeted sports over the next 24 months.