Construction & Dev.

Turkish Super Lig football club Galatasaray has signed a new shirt sponsorship deal with construction group Nef, with the contract potentially worth up to TL52.5m (€15.7m/$17.3m).

Japanese construction firm Daiwa House Industry has signed on as the 40th domestic partner of the Tokyo 2020 organising committee for the Olympic and Paralympic Games.

English Premiership rugby union club Leicester Tigers has signed kit sponsorship deals with financial management company Mattioli Woods and independent aggregates business Breedon.

Japanese heavy equipment manufacturer Yanmar has agreed a deal to become an official sponsor of this year’s edition of the Suzuki Cup national team football tournament.

German Handball Bundesliga team TBV Lemgo has agreed a shirt sponsorship deal with commercial building developer Maaß Industriebau.

North American motorsport organisation the National Hot Rod Association has entered into a partnership with washable filters and intake systems manufacturer K&N Engineering.

Dutch paints and coatings company AkzoNobel has been confirmed as the title sponsor of a team which will compete in the 2017-18 edition of the Volvo Ocean Race sailing event.

Engineering and infrastructure group Downer has extended a title sponsorship agreement with the Australian National Rugby League’s Auckland Nines event in New Zealand.

Construction services provider Buildcorp has renewed its title sponsorship of the Australian National Rugby Championship ahead of the 2016 edition of the club competition.

Trinidad-based building contractor Kallco has renewed its partnership with the Caribbean Premier League, while the Twenty20 cricket tournament has also announced that it will continue its association with Busta Soft Drinks.

NBA basketball team the Milwaukee Bucks has agreed a partnership with local electronic power tools provider Milwaukee Tool to assist with the construction of its new arena.

The Australian Rugby Union has entered into a partnership with Buildcorp, under which the construction services provider will take on naming rights to the women’s national team and the Women’s National XVs Championships.

Ukrainian construction company UDP has agreed a deal to become the new title sponsor of the country’s Ukrainian Super Cup, an exhibition match that serves as the curtain-raiser for the domestic club football season.

Fifa, football’s global governing body, has agreed a deal for Colombian cement company Cementos Argos to become the first national supporter of this year’s Futsal World Cup national team tournament.

Tool and plant hire company Selco Builders Warehouse has extended its partnership with English county cricket team Warwickshire.

Heating products manufacturer Warmhaus has agreed a shirt sponsorship deal with Turkish Super Lig football club Bursaspor.

Turkish Super Lig football club Galatasaray has reportedly opted to end a shirt sponsorship deal with Dumankaya following allegations that the construction company provided financial support to a political movement that is considered to be a terrorist organisation by the government.

English Premiership rugby union team Northampton Saints has extended its long-standing partnership with builders’ merchants and home improvement retail group Travis Perkins.