Events

Basketball

The International Basketball Federation (Fiba) has appointed US company TicketSocket as its global ticketing provider and preferred ticketing provider
Multi-sport

World Games 2021 Birmingham has signed up two new sponsors for next year’s edition of the multi-sport event in the US city, along with handing out the first major contract awarded through the World of O…
Golf

New Thailand-based Asian Tour golf tournament the Royal's Cup has secured sponsorship backing from major car manufacturers including Toyota, Mitsubishi, Mazda, MG, and Isuzu
Cricket

Organisers of the European Cricket League have furthered their plans to develop the sport in Europe through the launch of the European Cricket Series
Ice Hockey

Swiss household appliance manufacturer V-Zug has signed up as an official sponsor of the International Ice Hockey Federation’s 2020 World Championship.
Cycling

Swiss watchmaker Tissot has completed the set of cycling’s ‘Grand Tours’ by agreeing a sponsorship deal for the Giro d’Italia. The
Football

The Vietnam Football Federation is partnering with state-owned broadcaster Voice of Vietnam and local bank HDBank to run national futsal tournaments. The partnerships cover three years, 2020 to 2022
Table Tennis

Hana Bank, a subsidiary of the Seoul-based Hana Financial Group, has been announced as the title sponsor of this year’s World Team Table Tennis Championships, which will take place from March 22-29 in B…
Paralympics

Ceremonial Paralympic torch flame lighting festivals will take place in all Japanese prefectures in August, to be followed by the Paralympic torch relay itself, Tokyo 2020 organisers said yesterday
Squash

Financial services company St. James’s Place Wealth Management has signed up as the new title sponsor of the Canary Wharf Classic, a gold-level tournament on squash’s PSA World Tour.
Football

Indian I-League team East Bengal is looking for sponsors to pay the appearance fee for Manchester United for a friendly that the English Premier League team has agreed to play later this year
Table Tennis

The International Table Tennis Federation has agreed a sponsorship deal with Chinese sports content, marketing and entertainment platform LD Sports
Cycling

Telco Proximus and bank-insurer KBC have agreed a three-year extension to their contracts as main sponsors of Flanders Classics, the company which organises cycling’s traditional spring classic events i…
Horse Racing

Bookmaker BoyleSports has struck a four-year extension to its title sponsorship of the Irish Grand National, the country’s richest contest in jump horse racing.
Golf

Korean finance firm Hana Financial Group is title sponsoring a new women’s golf tournament in Singapore this year, as part of an ambitious wider plan to create an Asian women’s series and ranking.
Cycling

RideLondon has launched a search for a new headline sponsor after UK life insurance and financial services company Prudential, which has backed the mass participation cycling event since its formation…
Tennis

Healthcare provider Noventi has agreed an early extension to its title sponsorship of the Halle Open, Germany’s leading tennis tournament on the men’s ATP Tour and a traditional warm-up event for the Wim…
Golf

Scottish golf clothing brand Glenmuir has agreed a five-year extension to its partnership with Ryder Cup Europe