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EXCLUSIVE: Team, Relevent in box seat for Uefa club rights
Incumbents Team Marketing and Relevent Sports Group are the two agencies still vying to sell Uefa club competition rights from 2027-28 following recent presentations, SportBusiness understands
Uefa seeks women’s football, Europa League sponsors
Uefa is to launch a tender for a sponsor in the payment services category for all its women's football competitions before the end of this month, as it looks to close its portfolio for the men's second- and third-tier events.
EXCLUSIVE: Qatar Airways ties down UCL in 6-year, €500m deal
Qatar Airways will be the new global airline sponsor of the Uefa Champions League until at least 2030 having agreed an unprecedented two-cycle deal, SportBusiness can reveal.
EXCLUSIVE: Agency heavyweights submit Uefa rights bids
At least five top-tier sports marketing agencies are vying for the chance to sell Uefa Champions League commercial rights from 2027-28 onward, after the deadline for bids passed this morning.
Oppo downgrades to second-tier Champions League sponsor
Oppo has downgraded its sponsorship deal for the Uefa Champions League to become one of the competition’s new second-tier partners for the next three-year cycle.
Super Cup showcase for first UCL betting sponsor
The Uefa Super Cup in Warsaw last night was the platform for Bet365 to finally unveil its global sponsorship of the Champions League, after more than a year-long negotiation process.
Three Champions League slots left as PlayStation renews
Three global sponsorship positions remain to be filled for the Uefa Champions League in the next commercial cycle after PlayStation officially announced it has extended its contract.
Decathlon keen to capture more ball rights after Europa League deal
Decathlon has announced ambitions to sign ball supply agreements in South American football after becoming the official match ball supplier for the Uefa Europa League and Uefa Conference League.
EXCLUSIVE: FedEx extends as Champions League sponsor
FedEx has extended as a global sponsor of the Champions League for a further three years, taking its association with Uefa past a decade, SportBusiness can exclusively reveal.
Swissquote sees ‘value for money’ in flagship Europa League deal
Jan De Schepper, chief sales and marketing officer for Swissquote, reveals why the company sponsors the Uefa Europa League and Conference League and why it exited a sponsorship agreement with Manchester United.
EXCLUSIVE: Bwin passes on Uefa Europa League renewal
The Uefa Europa League and Uefa Conference League are likely to have a new betting sponsor next season after Bwin, Uefa's first-ever major betting sponsor, decided not to extend its global sponsorship covering the two competitions, SportBusiness can reveal.
Uefa club competitions global agency RFP primed for launch
Uefa has opted to canvass the agency market again for global commercial rights sales to its flagship club competitions in a request for proposal process inviting bids over three or six seasons.
Studhalter US sanctions list removal affords Highlight ‘legal certainty’
Highlight Communications, the parent company of the Team Marketing agency, has been delivered a boost with the removal of major investor Alexander Studhalter from the US Office of Foreign Assets sanctions…
Uefa targeting €750m per season in club competition sponsorship and licensing income
Uefa is targeting €750m per season in sponsorship and licensing income from its three men’s club competitions from 2024-25 to 2026-27 in what would be a 39.2-per-cent-increase on the average of €538.7m per season generated in the current cycle.
Just Eat Takeaway sees ROI from Uefa club competition deals
Consumers see Just Eat Takeaway.com as “significantly more prestigious, culturally relevant and exciting” as a result of its sponsorship deals with the Uefa Champions League, Europa League and Conference League, according to Marijn Luchtman, global head of sponsorships for the brand.
Lutz to leave Team Marketing for BJK Cup CEO role
Kerstin Lutz has called time on over 23 years at Team Marketing to become chief executive of the new entity set up to commercialise women’s tennis’ Billie Jean King Cup.
Team embarks upon new business era with BCL sponsorship sales
Team Marketing is to sell sponsorship rights and provide commercial advisory services to the Basketball Champions League (BCL) and Fiba Intercontinental Cup in the agency’s first piece of announced new b…
Kipsta replaces Molten as Europa League, Conference League ball supplier
Kipsta, the Decathlon-owned football brand, will replace Molten as the official ball supplier of the Uefa Europa League and Conference League in the next three-year cycle.