Italy

Italian Serie A club Bologna has signed up several new kit sponsors for the 2020-21 season

Mercedes-Benz dealer Trivellato Industriali has extended and expanded its relationship with Italian Serie A oufit Hellas Verona to become the club’s sleeve sponsor.

Cyprus-based betting company Parimatch has signed a new sponsorship with Serie A club Juventus

Italian Serie A football club AC Milan has signed up apparel company Harmont & Blaine as the latest addition to its sponsorship portfolio

Juventus has seen its losses rise by €31.5m ($37.3m) to €71.4m for the year ending June 30, 2020, with the Italian Serie A football club laying bare the effects of Covid-19 on its financial affairs.

The International Cycling Union (UCI) has signed up multi-utility company Hera Group as the main sponsor of the recently-relocated 2020 Road World Championships

Japanese medical products company Nitto Denko Corporation has extended its title sponsorship of the season-ending ATP Finals for five more years until 2025

Italian Serie A club AC Milan has extended its sponsorship contract with Italian bank Banco BPM

Italian Serie A champions Juventus have named Italian coffee brand Lavazza as the official coffee of the Turin-based club in a wide-ranging agreement

Italian football's Inter Milan has extended its contract with automotive brand Volvo. The supply agreement dates back to 2007 and will now extend through the 2020-21 season

The Infront agency has struck an exclusive six-year agreement with the Italian Ice Sports Federation (FISG) covering marketing, sponsorship and digital rights

The French Open tennis championship at Roland Garros later this month will allow entry to up to 11,500 fans per day - Reuters/CNA

Electric mobility brand Nilox has renewed its sponsorship with Italian Serie A club Juventus for the 2020-21 season

America's top athletes could be banned from the Olympics and other major international sporting events if the US follows through on its threat to withdraw funding from the World Anti-Doping Agency - Reuters

Football video game maker Konami Digital Entertainment has signed a long-term, exclusive sponsorship with top-flight Italian football club AS Roma

Italian Serie A club US Sassuolo has signed a long-term technical sponsorship with the German sports brand Puma. Puma replaces Italian rival Kappa as the club’s kit suppler.

Chemical and plastics multinational Radici Group – the outgoing main shirt sponsor of Serie A oufit Atalanta – will take up a new position on the club’s shirt for domestic competitions in the upcoming seaso…

Trading platform Plus500 has signed as the new main sponsor of Italian Serie A outfit Atalanta, paying a club-record fee for the front-of-shirt rights