Energy

US battery brand Duracell has been named the premium partner of German Handball Bundesliga team Rhein-Neckar Löwen.

Solar energy company Solar Australia has entered into a partnership with AFL Aussie rules football club Gold Coast Suns.

Oil and gas company Eni has entered into a three-year partnership with the Italian Football Federation (FIGC).

Global battery brand Duracell has agreed a partnership with UK long-distance running property the Great Run Series.

Italian electricity and gas company Enel has entered into a partnership with the Formula E electric car-racing championship.

Energy group Mainova has been named title sponsor of the Ironman European Championship triathlon event, which is held annually in the German city of Frankfurt.

German Bundesliga football club Schalke has renewed a shirt sponsorship deal with Russian energy company Gazprom.

Italian natural gas and electricity retailer Illumia has extended its sponsorship deal with Bologna, which plays in the country’s Serie A top-tier club football competition.

Gas and electricity company Stadtwerke Tübingen has extended its partnership with German Basketball Bundesliga club Tigers Tübingen.

German Basketball Bundesliga club Mitteldeutscher has extended a sponsorship deal with national gas supplier Mitgas.

Turkish autogas systems manufacturer Atiker has entered into a title sponsorship agreement with the country’s Super Lig football club Konyaspor.

Dutch energy company Energiedirect.nl has agreed a shirt sponsorship deal with the country’s Eredivisie football club PSV Eindhoven.

German regional energy provider Lechwerke, and its subsidiary LEW Service & Consulting, has signed a long-term extension to its partnership with FC Augsburg, which competes in the country’s Bundesliga club football competition.

The PyeongChang Organising Committee for the 2018 Olympic and Paralympic winter Games (POCOG) has agreed a sponsorship deal with Korean oil refinery S-Oil.

German Bundesliga football club Eintracht Frankfurt has signed a one-year extension to its long-running partnership with energy group Mainova.

Energy management firm Schneider Electric has extended its title sponsorship of the Paris Marathon, while Japanese sportswear company Asics has also renewed its partnership with the mass-participation event.

Fuel company Gulf Oil International has entered into a global partnership with English Premier League football club Manchester United.

The German Handball Association (DHB) has entered into a partnership with energy provider Goldgas.