Germany

Tyre manufacturer Continental has renewed its partnership with German Bundesliga football club Hannover 96.

German orthopaedic aids manufacturer Bauerfeind has agreed a one-year partnership with the German Athletics Federation (DLV).

German automotive manufacturer Volkswagen has elected to continue its partnership with Grizzlys Wolfsburg, which competes in the Deutsche Eishockey Liga, the top division of ice hockey in Germany.

German Bundesliga football club Schalke has extended a partnership with furniture and interior design company Roller.

German Basketball Bundesliga clubs Ratiopharm Ulm and the Giessen 46ers have opted to extend commercial deals with top-tier partners.

Automotive manufacturer Audi has been unveiled as the presenting sponsor of the Vierschanzentournee ski jumping series.

World Snooker, the sport’s international governing body, has confirmed Asian online gaming and entertainment platform 918.com as the title sponsor of next year’s German Masters event.

The decision of the German football league, the Deutsche Fussball Liga, to open up the shirt sleeve patch sponsorship to individual clubs will be of significant benefit to a small handful of top Bundesliga clubs, particularly Bayern Munich.

German Handball Bundesliga team TBV Lemgo has extended its shirt sponsorship deal with electrical goods manufacturer Phoenix Contact.

The German Football League (DFL) will open up a new sponsorship opportunity to Bundesliga and 2.Bundesliga clubs from the 2017-18 season after electing to end its central marketing approach for branding on the shirt sleeves of players.

German Bundesliga football club Bayern Munich has entered into a partnership with US tyre manufacturer Goodyear.

German supermarket chain Edeka Group has agreed a deal to become the first partner of Hamburg’s bid to host the 2024 summer Olympic Games.

German Bundesliga football club Borussia Dortmund has agreed a long-term extension to its partnership with locally-based brewery Brinkhoff.

German Bundesliga Club Bayern Munich’s Premier Partner deal with German banking group HypoVereinsbank last month was its seventh deal in 2015, the fifth involving a renewal with an existing partner as part of a major overhaul of the club’s sponsorship model.

The German Olympic Sports Confederation (DOSB) has agreed a new partnership with the Krombacher brewery that is set to extend through to the 2020 summer Olympic Games in Tokyo, Japan.

Online betting company Tipbet has stuck a deal to become a sponsor of German Bundesliga football club Bayer 04 Leverkusen.

Japanese sports equipment and footwear provider Asics has agreed a five-year extension to its contract as the main sponsor of the Frankfurt Marathon.

German Bundesliga football club TSG Hoffenheim has confirmed that it has extended its sponsorship deal with software giant SAP.