Latin America

Drinks company Viton 44 has agreed a new one-year deal for its Guaraviton brand to remain the main shirt sponsor of Brazilian top division football club Botafogo until the end of the 2014 season.

Leading Chilean football club Colo-Colo has announced a five-year deal for US sportswear brand Under Armour to supply its kit and training apparel.

Formula One motor racing team Sauber has announced an extension to its sponsorship agreement with Mexican telecommunications group Telmex.

Japanese automotive company Nissan has announced it will end its sponsorship deal with Brazilian club Vasco da Gama following the fan violence that occurred as the team was relegated from the Campeonato Brasileiro Serie A, the top division of Brazilian football.

Fifa has confirmed the appointment of Scottish-based temporary power provider Aggreko as a branded licensee for the 2014 World Cup in Brazil.

Three banking and financial groups head the list of national sponsors to have committed to Costa Rica’s staging of the 2014 Fifa U-17 Women’s World Cup football tournament.

Rio 2016 has announced that IT company Cisco has agreed a deal to become an official supporter of the Brazilian city’s staging of the Olympic and Paralympic Games.

South American telecommunications company Claro has reached a deal to become the title sponsor of the inaugural Rio Open tennis event.

The Brazilian Football Confederation (CBF) has signed a new five-year sponsorship deal with online English school EF Englishtown.

Cleaning products and accessories company Karcher has renewed its partnership with the Dakar Rally for the 2014 edition of the motorsport event.

The French football federation, the Fédération Française de Football, expects to increase its national team sponsorship revenue by between 10 and 15 per cent in its next cycle, to about €72m ($96.5m) per year, with a host of deals set to be agreed in the coming months.

Korean electronics giant Samsung has agreed a deal with North American basketball league the  NBA to become the presenting partner of its Global Games Mexico City 2013 event.

Banking group Itau has extended its sponsorship of the Brazilian Football Confederation (CBF) by a further eight years.

Formula One team Williams has confirmed it will end its major sponsorship deal with Venezuelan state oil company PDVSA at the close of the 2013 season following the departure of driver Pastor Maldonado.

The InterContinental Hotels Group has signed a three-year deal to become the official hotel partner of golf’s PGA Tour Latinoamerica.

A deal last month with consumer electronics company Samsung lifted sponsorship revenue for the Brazilian football federation, the Confederação Brasileira de Futebol, to more than $100m (€73.5m) per year.