Europe

English Premiership rugby union club Leicester Tigers has extended its long-term sponsorship agreement with mail, courier and logistics company DX.

Sporting goods manufacturer Umbro is hoping to support a global brand revival by driving revenue through a number of football kit deals.

Italian Serie A football club Chievo has agreed a three-year deal to make electronic currency provider Jetcoin its main shirt sponsor.

English Premier League football club Chelsea has entered into a two-year sponsorship agreement with Scottish whisky brand William Lawson’s.

French handball team Paris Saint-Germain Handball has extended its partnership with IT services group GFI Informatique.

French Ligue 1 football club Olympique Lyonnais has agreed two-year extension with Korean automotive company and major partner Hyundai.

Website management specialist Sitecore has become the latest sponsor of the Baku 2015 European Games multi-sport event.

English Super League rugby league team Bradford Bulls has extended its partnership with home credit lender Provident Personal Credit.

Italian Serie A top-tier football club Sampdoria has struck a temporary deal for Hollywood movie Sin City: A Dame to Kill For to be promoted on the front of the team’s shirts.

German Bundesliga football club Eintracht Frankfurt has extended its sponsorship deal with the domestic branch of financial trading company IG Group.

US sportswear firm Nike has sealed a six-year deal to become the official apparel sponsor of the Football Association of Norway (NFF).

Danish Superliga football club Brondby has entered into a new sponsorship deal with domestic state bank Arbejdernes Landsbank.

Energy company Qatar Petroleum International has extended its contract as the exclusive sponsor of the world’s richest horse race for purebred Arabians, the Qatar Arabian World Cup, to take in the 2014 edition at Longchamp, Paris on October 5.

Sports orientated social network Sportlobster has reached an agreement to become the official social media partner of English Premiership rugby union team Gloucester.

Cruise line company AIDA Cruises has agreed an extension to its partnership with German Bundesliga football club Borussia Dortmund for a further two seasons until the end of the 2015-16 campaign.

French Ligue 1 football club Paris Saint-Germain has extended its partnership with multinational electronics company Panasonic.

Branding space on the front of shirts continues to be one of the hottest properties in football, with shirt and kit sponsorship deals for the 98 clubs in Europe's top five leagues generating over €1bn (…

Czech car manufacturer Skoda has signed a two-year deal to become an official sponsor of European club ice hockey competition the Champions Hockey League.