Germany

Regional public-service radio station NDR 2 has extended its commercial partnerships with German Bundesliga football clubs Hamburg SV and Hannover 96 by another four years.

German Bundesliga basketball team TBB Trier has agreed a three-year extension to its long-term partnership with beer brand Bitburger.

Chemicals manufacturer PCI has extended its sponsorship of German Bundesliga team FC Augsburg to cover the 2014-15 football season.

German energy company EWE has extended its contract as the main sponsor and naming rights partner of leading Basketball Bundesliga club EWE Baskets Oldenburg through to 2016.

German football club FC Köln has marked its return to the Bundesliga by signing a four-year extension to its partnership with sportswear firm Erima.

German Bundesliga football club Schalke 04 has sealed a four-year extension to its stadium naming rights deal with the C&A Veltins Brewery through 2019.

German Bundesliga top-tier football club Borussia Mönchengladbach has signed a five-year extension to its kit sponsorship deal with retail bank Postbank.

The German Hockey Federation (DHB) has extended its premium partnership with insurance group Ergo for two years until March 2016.

Formula One motor racing team Mercedes has entered into a partnership with Swiss cycling apparel and equipment company Assos.

Solar energy provider Wirsol has agreed a two-year extension to its stadium naming rights deal with German Bundesliga football team TSG 1899 Hoffenheim.

Golf cart manufacturer Club Car has agreed a partnership with the Solheim Cup women’s matchplay golf tournament.

Multinational financial services company Allianz has agreed a five-year deal to become the first title sponsor of the German Women’s Bundesliga club football competition.

German theme park Europa-Park has signed a two-year extension to its premium partnership with Bundesliga football club SC Freiburg.

German Bundesliga football club Schalke 04 has signed four-year extensions to its partnerships with regional banks Volksbank Ruhr-Mitte and VR-Bank Westmünsterland.

Windows manufacturer Profine has sealed a one-year sponsorship agreement with German Bundesliga football team Mainz 05.

German Bundesliga top-tier football club VfB Stuttgart has extended a sponsorship deal with the Mercedes-Benz Bank.

The Kyocera Document Solutions arm of Japanese electronics manufacturer Kyocera has extended its premium partnership with the German Hockey Federation (DHB) to cover this year’s Hockey World Cup.

Hockey apparel and equipment manufacturer Reece Australia has agreed a kit deal with the German Hockey Federation (DHB) covering the next two editions of the summer Olympics.