Cricket
Cricket Australia drinks to ODI naming rights deal
Carlton & United Breweries has opted to return to one-day international cricket sponsorship after agreeing a deal with Cricket Australia to become the naming rights sponsor of ODI games in Australia.
Commonwealth Bank secures Australian Test sponsorship
The Commonwealth Bank has extended its sponsorship of the Australian cricket team's Test matches in a four-year deal.
Mahindra Two Wheelers revs up Rajasthan Royals deal
Automotive company Mahindra Two Wheelers has agreed a sponsorship deal with the Rajasthan Royals IPL cricket team for the remainder of the 2013 campaign.
Liberty to sponsor England Test match grounds
Liberty Mutual Insurance Europe has struck a deal to become the official insurance partner of England's cricket Test match grounds for 2013.
ECB strikes Waitrose deal
Waitrose has signed a three-year deal to replace Brit Insurance as the new sponsor of the England cricket team from May 2014.
Two big deals on the way for English cricket
The England and Wales Cricket Board is finalising two major deals, for an England national team shirt sponsor and a title sponsor for the domestic Twenty20 club competition
IPL sponsorship revenue down but BCCI confident
Central sponsorship revenue for the Indian Premier League Twenty20 cricket tournament is down by around four per cent in 2013
Pepsi leads the way for IPL sponsorship growth
THE INDIAN PREMIER LEAGUE (IPL) is projected to increase its sponsorship revenue by more than a third after securing Pepsi as the new title sponsor brand of the competition and renewing a central sponsorship…
IPL seeks marketing kick-start
THE ORGANISERS OF the Indian Premier League (IPL) stand to lose millions of dollars in sponsorship revenue unless they address underlying problems affecting the property, a leading marketer has warned
Heroic spending by IPL sponsors
HERO HONDA, the former lead sponsor of the Delhi Daredevils, signed up for the same role with the Mumbai Indians in March for Rs 65-70 crore ($15m) over three years, making it – temporarily – the largest tea…