Automotive

Volvo has agreed a deal to extend its partnership with Italian Serie A football club Inter Milan.

Korean automobile manufacturer Kia Motors has extended its role as the main sponsor of the Australian Open tennis tournament through to 2018.

English Premiership rugby union team London Irish has extended its partnership with automotive retailer the Ridgeway Group for the 2013-14 season.

Leading French Top 14 rugby union club Stade Toulousain has signed a three-year extension to its long-term partnership with main sponsor Peugeot.

Australian Twenty20 Big Bash League cricket franchise Melbourne Stars has entered into a two-year sponsorship agreement with Japanese automotive manufacturer Mitsubishi Motors.

French automotive giant Renault has renewed and expanded its commercial deal with AFL Australian rules team Port Adelaide.

The International Table Tennis Federation’s recent renewal with Chinese state-owned car company GAC Group, for title sponsorship of its World Tour events, is understood to be worth about $3m (€2.2m) per year.

British Cycling has announced an expansion of its commercial agreement with automotive manufacturer Fiat ahead of its 2013 National Track Championships.

Major League Soccer club FC Dallas has struck a deal with Toyota for the Japanese automotive giant to become the franchise’s new stadium naming rights-holder.

Brose Group has agreed to extend its title sponsorship of German basketball team Brose Baskets for the next three seasons, from 2013-14 to 2015-16.

Golf’s PGA Tour has announced a two-year extension to its deal with Hyundai for the automotive manufacturer to retain the title sponsorship of the Tournament of Champions in Hawaii through the 2014-15 season.

Scottish Premiership football club Celtic has announced car dealership Phoenix Honda as its official vehicle sponsor for the 2013-14 season.

Australian Football League team Richmond has extended its joint-major sponsorship deal with automotive brand Jeep for a further four years.

Automotive company Renault has sealed a sponsorship agreement with Top 14 champion Castres Olympique – the third club to receive its backing in the top division of French rugby union.

The US subsidiary of Japanese tyre manufacturer Yokohama has added the Indianapolis Colts to its American football sponsorship roster ahead of the 2013-14 NFL season.

Malaysian conglomerate DRB-HICOM Berhad has been announced as the presenting partner of the new team matchplay golf tournament launched by the European Tour and Asian Tour.