News

Cricket

UK property company Zoopla has agreed a deal with the England and Wales Cricket Board for its PrimeLocations.com brand to become the official ground partner of the ECB for this summer’s Test matches.

Multi-sport

ANTA Sports has further strengthened its support of Chinese sport by agreeing to become a strategic partner of the General Administration of Sport of China’s Boxing and Taekwondo Sports Management Centre until 2016.

Leading MotoGP team Yamaha Factory Racing has agreed two new deals with SuisseGas and Volvo Car Italia to strengthen its partnership portfolio for the current 2013 season.

Football

Nike has agreed a four-year deal with Scottish Premier League team Hibernian to become the Edinburgh club’s official technical partner until 2017.

Football

Uefa has confirmed new broadcast rights deals in the United States, Latin America and Turkey for the qualification competitions to Euro 2016 and the 2018 Fifa World Cup.

Football

Emirates has further bolstered its position in the football shirt sponsorship market after finalising a five-year deal with Real Madrid.

Baseball

Owners of the Los Angles Dodgers MLB team, Guggenheim Baseball Management, are being forced to rework their local rights deal with Time Warner Cable, according to the New York Post.

Ice Hockey

The International Ice Hockey Federation has issued an invitation-to-tender for the commercial rights to a new European club competition, which aims to launch in 2014.

Cricket

Dialog Axiata has sealed a three-year deal with Sri Lanka Cricket, representing the country’s biggest sponsorship deal, according to the Daily Financial Times newspaper.

Football

English Premier League football club Southampton has entered into a “long-term” kit partnership with Adidas.