News

Rugby League

Australian National Rugby League team Cronulla Sharks has completed two separate kit sponsorship deals with One Solutions and Pain Away.

Rugby League

Stobart Stadium Halton, the home of English top tier rugby league club Widnes Vikings, is to be renamed under an initial three-year naming rights deal with Select Security Services.

Football

Real Madrid has paved the way to sealing a new shirt sponsorship deal with Emirates by announcing that it is close to agreeing a multi-year digital partnership with current sponsor Bwin.

Tennis

A federal appeals court has ruled Comcast did not discriminate against the Tennis Channel by placing it on a different cable television subscription tier to its own sports network.

Football

French digital terrestrial television channel TMC has secured the exclusive live domestic broadcast rights to the 2013 Fifa Confederations Cup.

Tennis

France’s Sports Minister, Valerie Fourneyron, has warned the French Tennis Federation the French Open tennis grand slam must remain on free-to-air television.

Dorna Sports, organiser of the Fédération Internationale de Motocyclisme Superbike World Championship, has begun marketing race title sponsorship rights based on the model of MotoGP.

Basketball

Vodafone has agreed a deal to become a national supporter for Spain’s hosting of the 2014 FIBA World Cup.

Multi-sport

Nike has opted to end its partnership with the Livestrong Foundation, the organisation founded by disgraced cyclist Lance Armstrong.

Cricket

The West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) has boosted its commercial roster by agreeing new sponsorship deals with the Confident Group and Celkon Mobile.