Food & Drink

US brewery MillerCoors has agreed a multi-year deal with Churchill Downs Racetrack for its Blue Moon brand to become the official craft beer of horseracing showpiece the Kentucky Derby

Food products manufacturer Mars has entered into a new partnership with Italian Serie A football club Napoli

League of Ireland Premier Division football club Dundalk has agreed a two-season extension to its deal with main shirt sponsor Fyffes

A further three partners have signed on for the 2019 Solheim Cup, ahead of this year’s edition of the women’s golf showpiece at Gleneagles, Scotland from September 9-15.

The Japanese division of soft drinks manufacturer Coca-Cola has been unveiled as a sponsor of the 2020 Paralympic Games in Tokyo

The organising committee for the 2022 Olympic and Paralympic winter Games in Beijing has signed sponsorship deals with the Arawana brand of the Yihai Kerry Group, as well as Beijing Shunxin Agriculture

World Cup 2022 hosts Qatar has introduced a 100-per-cent alcohol tax – presenting a new sales challenge for Fifa’s official beer sponsor Budweiser at the tournament.

Eat Rite Foods, a healthy foods producer, has been revealed as a new partner of the ownership group behind the Buffalo Bills NFL American football franchise and Buffalo Sabres NHL ice hockey team

Premier League club Manchester City has signed a new Official Energy Drink Partner deal with Austrian brand Power Horse

Premier League club Arsenal has signed a new Regional Beer Partner Deal with Rwandan brand Skol Brewery

Thai energy drinks brand Carabao has terminated its partnership with Brazilian top-tier football club Flamengo four years early

Chinese beer brands Tsingtao and Yanjing have signed as Official Beer Partners of the 2022 Beijing Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games

Italian Serie A football club Udinese has struck a sponsorship deal with beer brand Birra Moretti. The agreement will run until the end of the 2020-21 season

South African beer brand Castle Lager will be the headline sponsor of the upcoming cricket Test series between  South Africa and opponents Pakistan and Sri Lanka.

Expansion Major League Soccer franchise FC Cincinnati has signed a new Official Partner deal with local restaurant chain Skyline Chili

The International Cricket Council has signed a five-year sponsorship deal with Indian whisky brand Royal Stag

Probiotic dairy products manufacturer Yakult has signed a long-term extension to its partnership with Fina, the world governing body for aquatic sports

The International Cricket Council (ICC) has signed its first global beer deal, with B9 Beverages, maker of India’s Bira 91 craft beer.