Europe

Menswear brand Hackett London has signed up as an official supplier of English Premier League football club Chelsea.

The Krombacher brewery has struck a deal to become the new main sponsor of German ice hockey club Iserlohn Roosters.

English Premier League football club Liverpool has agreed a two-year extension to its shirt sponsorship deal with Standard Chartered Bank.

UK online bookmaker Sky Bet has agreed a five-year deal to become the new title sponsor of the English Football League.

UK-based boxing promotions company Frank Warren Promotions and its associated pay-television channel Box Nation has agreed a title sponsorship deal with bookmaker BetFred for its two major summer fight cards.

Danish investment firm Saxo Bank has extended its joint naming-rights sponsorship of the Saxo-Tinkoff International Cycling Union (UCI) ProTour team.

Chris Hornbuckle, Vauxhall’s head of sponsorship, discusses the business decisions behind the company’s sponsorship strategy.

GlaxoSmithKline is in talks with the International Olympic Committee about joining its TOP sponsor program, according to US news sources.

English Super League rugby league club St Helens has extended its shirt sponsorship deal with tea producer Typhoo for a further three seasons.

French insurance group AG2R La Mondiale has announced a three-year extension to its naming rights sponsorship of its self-titled UCI World Tour cycling team.

French cycling outfit Team Europcar has been boosted by the announcement that car rental company Europcar has signed a two-year extension to its title sponsorship of the squad.

Spanish Liga football club Barcelona has enhanced its commercial portfolio by signing a three-year partnership with Panasonic.

Online ticket marketplace StubHub has agreed a three-year deal with Northampton Saints to become an elite sponsor of the English Premiership rugby union club until at least 2016.

The Lawn Tennis Association, the governing body for tennis in the UK, is projecting commercial revenue will surpass £10m for the first time in 2014.

BP is to continue its support of British athletes until 2016 after agreeing to become a top-level partner of the British Olympic Association and the British Paralympic Association.

Formula One outfit Sauber has announced a partnership with three Russian institutions in a move that should help alleviate the team’s financial concerns.

The Scottish Open has teamed up with Aberdeen Asset Management and the Scottish Government to extend the financial services company’s title sponsorship of the golf tournament through to 2017.

The English Football League has announced a new sponsorship deal with pizza chain Papa John’s.