Europe

Serie A club Inter Milan has sealed a major sponsorship deal with Deutsche Bank in an agreement that marks the German financial services company’s first entry into the Italian football market.

Qatar Airways has expanded its sponsorship activity with Barcelona by agreeing to become the title sponsor of the Spanish top-tier Liga football club’s Asian Tour this summer.

The German National Olympic Committee has agreed a three-year sponsorship deal with paper company the Felix Schoeller Group.

The Nascar stock car-racing series has struck a deal for Whelan Engineering to sponsor its European touring series.

English Premier League champion Manchester United has announced a regional partnership with Thai telecommunications company True Corporation.

German 1.Bundesliga football club Hertha Berlin has made a new addition to its exclusive partner portfolio after signing a one-year deal with energy comparison website Verivox.

Tinkoff Bank has admitted it is considering assuming sole sponsorship of the Saxo-Tinkoff International Cycling Union (UCI) ProTour team.

RaboDirect Pro12 rugby union club Ospreys has sealed a new sponsorship deal with Swansea-based business Save Britain Money.

Formula One team Marussia has furthered the sport’s links with football by agreeing a strategic partnership with English Championship club Reading.

The Williams Formula One team has struck new sponsorship deals with Dom Pérignon and ShoreTel ahead of this weekend’s British Grand Prix, where the team will compete in its 600th F1 race.

English Premier League football club Swansea City has announced a record shirt sponsorship deal with online trading firm GWFX, one of the core brands of global financial services provider Goldenway.

Hertha Berlin has agreed a two-year sponsorship deal with insurance company Direct Line as the club prepares to make its return to the 1.Bundesliga, the top tier of German football.

Allianz has agreed a deal to sponsor the 2013 edition of the International Swimming Federation (FINA) World Championships.

News Corporation has handed Team Sky a boost ahead of the start of the Tour de France this weekend by confirming 21st Century Fox as a sponsor of the International Cycling Union (UCI) ProTour outfit.

Pharmaceutical company Actavis is to become the central sponsor of ice hockey’s European Trophy.

Austrian Bundesliga top-tier football club Wacker Innsbruck has agreed an extension with lead sponsor TIWAG-Tiroler Wasserkraft.

Tipico has extended its exclusive partnership with German 1.Bundesliga football club Hamburg SV by an additional three years.

Hummel has agreed to become the new technical sponsor of Spanish top-tier Liga club Real Valladolid, in a deal that will run from next season until June 2017.