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Fédération Française de Football, the sport’s governing body in France, has agreed a sponsorship deal with multinational fast food chain KFC.

Dairy supplier Milla has become an official supporter of the inaugural European Games multi-sport event, which takes place in Baku next year.

Australian A-League football team Melbourne Victory has appointed customised training and assessment programmes company Community Training Initiatives as its new joint-principal partner.

Major League Soccer team Philadelphia Union has signed an extension to its shirt sponsorship deal with Bimbo Bakeries.

Australian dairy producer Pauls has signed a two-year extension to its platinum partnership with A-League football champion Brisbane Roar.

American Greek yoghurt brand Chobani has signed a multi-year deal with the IMG College agency to promote its brand through a number of US universities.

Indian food products organisation Amul has agreed a sponsorship deal with the Indian Olympic Association to back the country’s athletes at high-profile multi-sport events this year.

Californian-based bakery King’s Hawaiian has announced a sponsorship agreement with the Atlanta Falcons American football team for the 2014 NFL season.

US-headquartered multinational sandwich chain Subway has secured its first move into football’s English Premier League through a multi-year partnership with title-challenger Liverpool.

Lifestyle food brand Luvo has entered into a partnership with MLB baseball team New York Yankees.

AFL Australian rules football team Gold Coast Suns has reached a sponsorship agreement with locally based retail food brand manager and franchisor Retail Food Group.

US sandwich chain Subway is pondering a move into Formula One that would mirror its sponsorship strategy for the Nascar American stock car racing series

Retailers supermarket co-operative Wakefern Food Corp has extended its ShopRite chain’s long-running title sponsorship of the Ladies Professional Golf Association’s Atlantic City Classic.

North American basketball league the NBA has announced a multi-year marketing partnership with European dairy company Royal FrieslandCampina covering Southeast Asia.

MLB baseball team the Chicago White Sox has agreed a multi-year partnership with locally based pizza chain Beggars Pizza.

The Rio 2016 Organising Committee for the Olympic and Paralympic Games is struggling to reach its second minimum sponsorship target of $1.3bn (€950m), the amount required to operate the Games without further government subsidy.

Poultry producer Wiesenhof has extended its sponsorship of German Bundesliga top-flight football club Werder Bremen.

NBA basketball franchise New Orleans Pelicans has agreed a 10-year arena naming rights partnership with Louisiana-based drinks retailer Smoothie King.