Energy

The Russian Football Union has agreed a one-year sponsorship deal with the country's leading independent natural gas producer, Novatek.

The Madison Square Garden Company has announced a multi-year marketing partnership with Major Energy to make the energy supply company the official gas and electric energy partner of NBA basketball team the New York Knicks.

Liquefied natural gas company Qatargas has reached a deal with the Qatar Football Association to become the naming rights sponsor of the Q League, the second tier of Qatari club football, for the next three years.

Australia A-League football team Central Coast Mariners has announced a new premium partnership with solar products supplier Westinghouse Solar.

The Qatar Racing and Equestrian Club has sealed a five-year extension to its long-term partnership with French gas and oil giant Total.

Carbon management company Offsetters Climate Solutions has extended its partnership with the Canadian Olympic Committee by becoming the governing body’s official carbon partner through to the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro.

Qatar Racing & Equestrian Club and Qatar Petroleum International, which represents the Gulf state’s energy portfolio globally, have signed a sponsorship deal encompassing this year’s horse racing showpiece, the Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe.

Russian energy giant Gazprom has signed a four-year sponsorship deal with Fifa which will take in the country’s staging of its first World Cup in 2018.

Australian A-League football team Adelaide United has sealed a pair of sponsorship deals promoting environmental sustainability.

The International Swimming Federation, Fina, last month agreed a deal with Chinese lighting company NVC Lighting after existing partner Midea declined to renew its title sponsorship of the Diving World Series.

The South American Football Confederation, Conmebol, secured an increase of at least 20 per cent in the value of the naming rights to its second-tier club competition, the Copa Sudamericana, in its deal last month with oil and gas company Total.

Portable energy provider Cummins Onan has agreed to become the official technical supplier for the 2013-14 Clipper Round the World Yacht Race.

Three new sponsors have been added to the roster of this year’s Fifa Beach Soccer World Cup in Tahiti.

Oil and gas giant Total has agreed a two-year deal to become the new title sponsor of the Copa Sudamericana, South American football’s secondary club competition.

American football teams the Denver Broncos, Seattle Seahawks and Jacksonville Jaguars have agreed sponsorship deals ahead of the new NFL season.

German infrastructure and services company RheinEnergie has agreed to extend its main sponsorship deal with German top-tier Deutsche Eishockey Liga ice hockey team Cologne Sharks to a 15th consecutive year.