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Payment Services & Affinity Cards

The spearhead strand of Mastercard’s 2019 Rugby World Cup activation programme saw the tournament’s official payments partner harness real-time technology to create unique Player of the Match trophies for each match.
Rugby Union
Logistics

DHL, official logistics supplier to the 2019 Rugby World Cup, rolled out an epic campaign of activations through 2018 and 2019.
Rugby Union

For 2017, we have researched over 1,400 deals across 27 countries and covering 92 rights fees to map out the sponsorship landscape of rugby union.

Athletics

For 2017, we have researched over 800 deals, 41 sports and 11 selected markets to map out the sponsorship landscape of international federations and national governing bodies.

Rugby
Timing

Scottish tweed manufacturer Harris Tweed Hebrides (HTH) has entered a partnership with Scottish Rugby, the national association for rugby union in Scotland, to increase brand awareness and sell a Scottish Rugby-themed product collection.

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Technology

US technology giant Intel has announced plans for activations at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games that will showcase its technology and an esports tournament in Tokyo in the lead-up to the Games
Table Tennis
Technology

The International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF) has named technology brand Cisco Systems as a partner of this November's Team World Cup competition. Cisco’s operating company in Japan – Cisco Systems G.K,
Multi-Sport
Banking

The Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games (Tokyo 2020) has signed up the Japan Post Holdings conglomerate as the latest partner of the Torch Relay for next year’s edition of t…
Table Tennis
Agriculture, Forestry & Fishing

The International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF) has announced agricultural cooperative ZEN-NOH as the title sponsor of this year’s Team World Cup, which runs from November 6-10 in the Japanese capital o…

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Multi-Sport

Insight from John Scurfield, head of MediaCom Sport & Entertainment UK, on the challenges for Olympic sponsors ahead of Tokyo 2020

Multi-Sport
Beer

The Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games (Tokyo 2020) has hit its asking price on its first top-tier domestic deals for the 2020 Games.

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Consumer Electronics

Panasonic is targeting growth in the Russian market with its supplier deal for the 2014 winter Olympics in Sochi, the electronics brand told Sports Sponsorship Insider this month.