Sporting Goods

Taiwanese bicycle manufacturer Merida has agreed a deal to become a co-title sponsor of the newly-formed Bahrain Cycling Team.

Chinese sports equipment manufacturer Double Fish has extended its partnership with the International Table Tennis Federation.

The International Cycling Union (UCI) has signed a four-year extension to its long-running partnership with Italian sportswear manufacturer Santini.

British UCI WorldTour cycling outfit Team Sky has extended its partnership with Italian bike manufacturer Pinarello.

Ukrainian Premier League football club Shakhtar Donetsk has extended its kit partnership with US sportswear giant Nike.

The Deutscher Fussball Bund, the German football federation, said this week that it had taken a gamble in only extending its kit sponsorship deal with adidas by four years.

Under Armour, Gatorade, Equinox, Geico and DHL have each signed on as sponsors of the 2016 edition of pre-season club football competition the International Champions Cup.

Kowa Health Care America, a subsidiary of Japanese pharmaceutical company Kowa, has entered into a partnership with Major League Baseball team the New York Yankees.

Newly-formed South African Premier Soccer League club Cape Town City has signed a kit deal with UK sportswear manufacturer Umbro.

Sportswear company Puma has signed a long-term partnership with South African Premier Soccer League champion Mamelodi Sundowns.

German sportswear giant Puma has strengthened its position within Caribbean athletics by agreeing a partnership with the Athletics Association of Barbados.

Chinese sports apparel and equipment manufacturer Peak Sport has renewed its partnership with the New Zealand Olympic Committee.

Formula One motor-racing world championship team Ferrari has signed a sponsorship agreement with Luxottica Group, the parent company of the Ray-Ban sunglasses brand.

The International Cricket Council, the sport’s global governing body, has entered into a partnership with cricket equipment supplier Grays-Nicolls.

The organising committee for the 2017 Asian winter Games in Sapporo, Japan has agreed partnerships with sportswear and equipment company Mizuno, and telecommunications companies Nippon Telegraph and Telephone East Corporation and NTT docomo.

US sportswear company New Balance has agreed a kit partnership with Polish Ekstraklasa football club Lechia Gdańsk.

LaLiga, which operates the Spanish football league, has renewed a partnership with Nike that will allow the sportswear manufacturer to provide the official ball for its competitions.

Spanish sportswear company Joma has agreed a kit deal with the country's Liga football club Villarreal.