Brazil

Japanese automotive company Nissan has announced it will end its sponsorship deal with Brazilian club Vasco da Gama following the fan violence that occurred as the team was relegated from the Campeonato Brasileiro Serie A, the top division of Brazilian football.

Fifa has confirmed the appointment of Scottish-based temporary power provider Aggreko as a branded licensee for the 2014 World Cup in Brazil.

Rio 2016 has announced that IT company Cisco has agreed a deal to become an official supporter of the Brazilian city’s staging of the Olympic and Paralympic Games.

South American telecommunications company Claro has reached a deal to become the title sponsor of the inaugural Rio Open tennis event.

The Brazilian Football Confederation (CBF) has signed a new five-year sponsorship deal with online English school EF Englishtown.

The French football federation, the Fédération Française de Football, expects to increase its national team sponsorship revenue by between 10 and 15 per cent in its next cycle, to about €72m ($96.5m) per year, with a host of deals set to be agreed in the coming months.

Banking group Itau has extended its sponsorship of the Brazilian Football Confederation (CBF) by a further eight years.

A deal last month with consumer electronics company Samsung lifted sponsorship revenue for the Brazilian football federation, the Confederação Brasileira de Futebol, to more than $100m (€73.5m) per year.

Campeonato Brasileiro Serie A football club Cruzeiro has agreed a new sponsorship deal with Swiss insurance giant Zurich.

Campeonato Brasileiro football club Corinthians has signed a two-and-a-half year extension to its shirt sponsorship deal with Italian telecommunications firm TIM.

The Brazilian Football Confederation (CBF) has launched the country’s first domestic club league, with government-owned bank Caixa Econômica Federal coming on board as its main commercial partner.

International Olympic Committee Marketing Commission chairman Gerhard Heiberg has admitted that organisers for the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro are facing challenging conditions as they attempt to sell sponsorship packages for South America’s first Games.

The Brazilian Football Confederation (CBF) has agreed a new sponsorship deal with Samsung.

Campeonato Brasileiro Série A football club Atlético Mineiro has agreed a new sponsorship deal with Italian telecommunications firm TIM.

The UFC and P&G campaign was developed to activate individual marketing campaigns for three of P&G’s brands in Brazil.

Brazilian brewery Nova Schin has reached a title sponsorship deal with the country’s stock car motorsport championship.

Panasonic has signed a four-year extension to its global partnership with Brazil and Barcelona football star Neymar, with the agreement set to place a heavy emphasis on the company’s sponsorship of the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro.

Brazilian football club Vasco da Gama has announced a sponsorship deal with car manufacturer Nissan.