Australia

The National Rugby League’s Penrith Panthers rugby league club in Australia has signed up staff training and recruitment company VIA Network as a partner.

Cricket Australia’s Twenty20 competition the Big Bash League (BBL) has sealed partnerships with icy treat Zooper Dooper, Warner Bros. Pictures and Warner Bros. Movie World.

Tennis grand slam the Australian Open has agreed a first-of-its-kind partnership with bookmaker William Hill.

AFL Aussie rules football team Collingwood has renewed its partnership with Australian fuel and convenience retail chain United Petroleum.

Australian Big Bash League cricket franchise the Melbourne Stars has named its principal and co-major partners for the upcoming 2015-16 season.

Australian cinema chain Hoyts has entered into a partnership with the country’s National Basketball League.

Australian National Rugby League club the Brisbane Broncos has agreed a sponsorship deal with National Storage after the self-storage solutions company’s deal with AFL Aussie rules team the Brisbane Lions expired.

British multi-purpose vehicle manufacturer Land Rover has agreed a new partnership with the Melbourne Rebels and has extended its deal with fellow Australian Super Rugby franchise the Brumbies.

Australian Super Rugby franchise Western Force has renewed its partnership with sportswear manufacturer BLK.

Football Federation Australia, the body that governs the sport in the country, has agreed a multi-year partnership with German tyre manufacturer Continental.

Australian A-League football club the Central Coast Mariners has agreed new partnerships with Universal LED and Aon Risk Solutions.

Australian NRL rugby league club the Newcastle Knights has partnered with Huntlee, a newly-developed town in the Hunter region of New South Wales, the state in which the team is based.

Australian A-League football club the Central Coast Mariners has named IT services company Search Technologies as its new back-of-shirt sponsor.

British bookmaker Ladbrokes has become the latest firm to back Australia’s National Basketball League under its commercial revamp.

Australian A-League football club Western Sydney Wanderers has renewed its partnership with financial services firm the Pepper Group.

Melbourne Racing Club has agreed a three-year partnership with bookmaker Ladbrokes ahead of this weekend’s Caulfield Guineas Day horseracing event in the Australian city.

Australian education establishment Griffith University has agreed a value-in-kind deal to become a major sponsor of the 2018 Commonwealth Games multi-sport event, which will take place in the Gold Coast region of the country.

Australian A-League team Newcastle Jets signed its third sponsorship deal in quick succession when it appointed Alcatel Onetouch as its Official Mobile Partner late last month