Conmebol

Online gambling operator Bumbet has agreed a deal with the South American Football Confederation (Conmebol) to sponsor the Copa Sudamericana club competition.

Japanese automotive manufacturer Toyota has agreed to extend its partnership with the Copa Libertadores for the 2017 edition of the South American club football competition.

Conmebol, football’s governing body in Latin America, has appointed the IMG agency to market the sponsorship rights to its Copa Libertadores knockout club competition.

Executives from the Full Play, Torneos y Competencias and Traffic Sports agencies were accused today (Wednesday) of corruption in relation to the sale of marketing and media rights surrounding certain football matches and tournaments in the Americas.

Global payment services brand MasterCard has signed up as the first  top-tier partner of the 2015 Copa América, the South American football federation’s flagship national team competition, hosted next year by Chile.

The South American Football Confederation, Conmebol, secured an increase of at least 20 per cent in the value of the naming rights to its second-tier club competition, the Copa Sudamericana, in its deal last month with oil and gas company Total.

TYRE MANUFACTURER BRIDGESTONE could become the dominant sponsor of South America’s continental club football tournaments.