News

Athletics

SuisseGas has opted to extend its title sponsorship of the Milan Marathon for a further two years until 2015, following a successful sponsorship of the 2013 event.

Football

English Championship football club Bolton Wanderers has pulled out of a potential sponsorship deal with pay-day loans company QuickQuid after a negative response from fans and politicians.

Basketball

Airport operator Fraport has signed a long-term extension to its naming rights partnership with Frankfurt-based German Basketball Bundesliga club the Skyliners.

Rugby Union

The Canterbury Rugby Football Union (CRFU) has announced that SBS Bank is to become its new principal sponsor for ITM Cup and Canterbury Sevens representative teams.

Cricket

Digicel has agreed to extend its sponsorship of the West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) for another three years until September 2016.

Football

Health services company Unimed Seguros has signed up as a sponsor of the Brazil national team.

Football

Emirates has signed a sponsorship deal with the New York Cosmos ahead of the iconic American club’s return to action in August.

Swimming

Energy Australia has opted to end its partnership with Swimming Australia after a series of controversies surrounding the governing body were revealed.

Golf

Golfbreaks.com has built on its relationship with the Professional Golfers’ Association by becoming an official partner and the headline sponsor of the PGA Fourball Championship for the next three years.

American Football

American football’s NFL has agreed a four-year extension, from 2014-15 to 2017-18, to its partnership with telecommunications company Verizon.