Europe

English Premier League football club Fulham has announced a new “long-term” kit partnership with Adidas.

Volvo Car UK has agreed a new deal with the Royal Yachting Association’s British sailing team to continue its sponsorship of RYA Olympic, Paralympic and youth racing programmes for the next four years.

The English Football Association has agreed a four-year extension to its deal with Vauxhall Motors.

Vacansoleil has joined fellow title sponsor DCM in its decision to not extend its co-sponsorship of the Vacansoleil-DCM UCI ProTeam cycling outfit.

DCM has decided not to extend its three-year co-sponsorship of the Vacansoleil-DCM UCI ProTeam cycling outfit, ahead of the conclusion of its current deal at the end of 2013.

American insurance group AIG will sponsor the forthcoming 2013 Rugby World Cup Sevens tournament in Moscow, Russia.

Welsh rugby union club Ospreys have agreed a one-year extension to their commercial partnership with RWE npower renewables, in a move that will take the shirt sponsorship deal into a record ninth consecutive year.

MasterCard has agreed to become the official payment card of the French Open as part of a new five-year partnership with the French Tennis Federation.

Liberty Mutual Insurance Europe has struck a deal to become the official insurance partner of England's cricket Test match grounds for 2013.

Dutch Eredivisie football club FC Groningen has extended a sponsorship deal with energy company Essent through to 2017.

Italian Serie A football club Internazionale has extended its top-tier sponsorship deal with door manufacturer Oknoplast by two years, from 2013-14 to 2014-15.

B&Q has pulled out of talks to become the next title sponsor of the English Football League.

Waitrose has signed a three-year deal to replace Brit Insurance as the new sponsor of the England cricket team from May 2014.

Adidas will sponsor Badminton England's London Grand Prix for the next three years.

Helvetia has extended a sponsorship deal with the Swiss Ski Federation.

Liberty Insurance has agreed a five-year sponsorship deal with the Gaelic Athletic Association.