Telecoms

Chinese telecommunications company Huawei has reached an agreement to become the main sponsor of Norwegian Tippeligaen football team Valerenga.

Brazilian telecommunications company TIM has further strengthened its considerable presence in the Campeonato Brasileiro Série A football league by signing one-year sponsorship agreements with Coritiba and Atletico Paranaense.

Organisers of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games have announced Nippon Telegraph and Telephone as the event’s first official gold partner.

Chinese telecommunications company Huawei has furthered its presence in the South African sports market by agreeing a sponsorship deal with the country’s top five rugby union teams.

The Brazilian Football Confederation (CBF) has sealed an eight-year extension to its sponsorship agreement with telecommunications brand Vivo, part of the Telefonica Group.

The Kings XI Punjab Indian Premier League Twenty20 cricket franchise has unveiled telecommunications company HTC as its principal sponsor for the 2015 season.

Nigerian telecommunications company Globacom has extended its headline sponsorship of the Confederation of African Football’s annual awards event for four years until 2018.

Mexico-based telecoms giant América Mόvil has extended its sponsorship with the Sahara Force India Formula One team for the 2015 season.

Sports medicine specialist Clinica Meds, telecommunications provider Movistar and education institute Santo Tomas have reached deals to be national supporters of the Fifa U-17 World Cup national team football tournament when it arrives in Chile next year.

Telecommunications company Sprint is to end its long-standing title sponsorship of Nascar’s top US motor-racing series when it’s current contract expires after the 2016 season.

The Football Association of Zambia has secured a three-year extension to its partnership with telecommunications company MTN.

Football Federation Australia has signed telecommunications company Telstra as a major partner.

The Spanish Football League (LFP) has agreed an extension to its sponsorship deal with Chinese telecommunications firm Huawei.

South Korean mobile carrier SK Telecom has agreed a long-term sponsorship deal for the country’s national speed skating team.

Telecommunications company Orange has signed up as an official partner of the Vélodrome, the redeveloped home stadium of French Ligue 1 top-tier football club Olympique de Marseille.

Formula One motor racing team Force India has signed an extension to its sponsorship agreement with Mexican telecommunications company America Movil for the 2015 season.