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Cheltenham Racecourse has reached a three-year agreement with Freebets.com to make the betting affiliate site the title sponsor of its two mile five furlong handicap chase on Festival Trials Day.

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

Clifford Chance has agreed a deal to become the official law firm of the Rugby World Cup 2015 international rugby union tournament.

English Premier League football club Manchester City has agreed a new three-year partnership with UAE banking group First Gulf Bank.

Capital Properties has agreed to renew its kit sponsorship deal with English Premiership rugby union club Sale Sharks for the 2013-14 season.

Stanley CRC Evans Offshore has agreed a five-year extension to its shirt sponsorship deal with Scottish Premiership football team Ross County through to 2018.

Manchester-based financial services company AJ Bell has agreed a nine-year stadium naming rights partnership with English Premiership top-tier rugby union team Sale Sharks.

English county cricket team Yorkshire has announced a three-year kit manufacturing deal with Puma.

English Premier League champion Manchester United has agreed a five-year partnership with Japanese health foods company Manda Fermentation.

Sunderland has strengthened its ties to the African continent by signing a business partnership which makes Tanzania the official destination partner of the English Premier League football club.

British Basketball League team Newcastle Eagles has sealed a naming rights deal with construction firm Esh Group.

Rugby League World Cup 2013 has agreed a sponsorship deal with online fashion retailer GetTheLabel.com.

English Premiership rugby union team London Irish has agreed a two-year sponsorship deal with Thames Valley-based law firm Pitmans.

English Premier League champion Manchester United has announced a three-year extension to its UK partnership with credit card issuer MBNA.

The British Paralympic Association has extended its sponsorship agreement with German sportswear brand Adidas until the end of 2016.

Dubai-based residential and commercial property investment company Emaar Properties has signed a two-year commercial agreement with the Lotus Formula One team ahead of this weekend’s Italian Grand Prix.

English Premier League football club Sunderland has formed a partnership with NIP+MAN, in a deal that represents the new brand’s first move into sports sponsorship.

UK Athletics has confirmed Nike as its official sportswear partner in a seven-year deal running from 2014 until the end of 2020.