United Arab Emirates

Abu-Dhabi based Al Hilal Bank has renewed its sponsorship of the UAE Football Association for a sixth consecutive year.

Airport retailer Dubai Duty Free has signed a deal with the Golf in Dubai organisation to extend its status as a patron of the Dubai Desert Classic European Tour event for another three years.

UAE banking group Abu Dhabi Islamic Bank has signed a three-year extension of its sponsorship of the Arabian Gulf League football competition.

Abu Dhabi-based banking group First Gulf Bank has secured a three-year shirt sponsorship deal with Arabian Gulf League football team Al Ain

Industrial company Dubai Aluminium (Dubal) has extended its sponsorship of the Dubai Desert Classic and Dubai Ladies Masters golf tournaments for the next three years.

Italian beverage company San Pellegrino has agreed a deal to become an official supplier for the 2013 DP World Tour Championship, the season finale of golf’s European Tour.

UAE Pro League football club Al Ain has announced a long-term kit deal with US sportswear giant Nike.

UAE-based telecommunications operator Etisalat has reached an agreement with Fifa to become an official national supporter of the 2013 Under-17 World Cup.

Telecommunications operator Etisalat has entered into a three-year commercial agreement with the UAE Football Association.

English Premier League champion Manchester United has announced regional sponsorship agreements with Commercial Bank of Qatar and Emirates NBD Bank.

Arabian Gulf League football club Al Ain has reached a three-year deal to make Abu Dhabi Airports its premium partner.

Spanish Liga football club Barcelona has agreed a three-year partnership with UAE-based financial institution United Arab Bank.

UAE Pro League football club Al Nasr has signed a one-year extension to its partnership with Emirates NBD which will see the banking group continue as its main sponsor.

Multinational consumer products manufacturer P&G has announced an extension of its partnership with the United Arab Emirates (UAE) National Olympic Committee for the second year of the UAE School Olympics programme.

UAE English-language newspaper 7DAYS has renewed its partnership as the official newspaper of golf’s World Tour Championship to take in the 2013 edition of the final event on the European Tour’s Race to Dubai.

The Emirates airline continued its big spending on football shirt sponsorships last month, signing off deals with Spanish Liga club Real Madrid, French Ligue 1 side Paris Saint-Germain, and US club New York Cosmos, with a combined value of around €60m ($80m) per season.