Europe

Belgian ice cream brand IJsboerke has agreed a deal to sponsor UCI World Tour cycling team Lotto Belisol.

London-based tailor T.M. Lewin has extended its partnership with the England and Wales Cricket Board for a further three years.

English rugby league team Castleford Tigers has announced UK engineering services company CBR Engineering as its main shirt sponsor for the 2014 Super League season.

Pharmaceutical company Actavis has sealed a sponsorship agreement with the European Handball Federation for its 2014 European Championships.

Deutsche Bahn-owned company DB Schenker has been announced as the official logistics provider for the 2014 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow.

Dutch project management and consultancy firm Brunel International will make its third appearance in the Volvo Ocean Race sailing event as a team sponsor in 2014-15.

Confectionery brand Mars has extended its partnership with the English Football Association by four years until July 2018.

Russian banking group Tinkoff Credit Systems will become the main title sponsor of Riis Cycling after founder Oleg Tinkov agreed a takeover deal for the leading UCI World Tour team.

Sports Sponsorship Insider spoke to Lars Christensen, co-CEO of Saxo Bank, after the announcement that Riis Cycling, the major cycling team which competed this year under the Saxo-Tinkoff name, had been acquired by Russian businessman Oleg Tinkov.

Social and extra care housing stock company Houses for Homes has reached a deal to be the main club partner of English Super League rugby league team Wigan Warriors.

French retail banking group Credit Agricole has confirmed a partnership with football club OGC Nice, which competes in the country's top-tier Ligue 1.

Italian mineral water brand San Benedetto has agreed a sponsorship deal with Lega Serie B, the governing body of the second division of Italian football.

Global prosthetics company Ottobock is close to signing sponsorship deals with at least two more global or regional Paralympic events as it continues to support Paralympic sport at the elite level.

Italian Serie A football club Hellas Verona has signed a deal for clothing company Franklin & Marshall to become its main sponsor for the remainder of the 2013-14 season.

Global prosthetics company Ottobock expects the organisers of the 2014 Sochi Games to take awareness of the Winter Paralympics to new heights when the Russian city hosts the event in March.

English Super League rugby league team Castleford Tigers has extended its kit sponsorship deal with UK trade union GMB Union for an 11th consecutive season.

Nestle-owned mineral water brand Vittel has extended its sponsorship of cycling’s Tour de France until 2018 after signing a new five-year deal with race organisers.

French state lottery organisation Française des Jeux has extended its title sponsorship of UCI ProTeam cycling outfit FDJ.fr through 2016.