Football

English Premier League football club Southampton has entered into a partnership with vitamins and supplements company Healthspan Elite.

Printing and technology brand Epson sponsors two major football properties, including English Premier League giants Manchester United, that “provide the strategic and geographical coverage the brand requires from its portfolio”.

South Korean tyre manufacturer Kumho Tires will use its Bundesliga team deals to support its goal of becoming a top-ten tyre company over the next two years.

Portuguese telecommunications company NOS has signed a three-and-a-half year deal to become title sponsor of the Portuguese Primeira Liga, the country’s top-tier football league.

Gaming company Betway's Principal Partner deal with English Premier League club West Ham United, struck last month, is likely to see the club’s two existing gaming partners move on at the earliest opportunity.

Japanese printing and technology brand Epson is using the high visibility of Formula One to increase its global brand awareness and build customer relationships.

Car manufacturer Opel has extended deals with German Bundesliga top-tier football clubs Freiburg and Mainz.

Security software company Trend Micro Incorporated has signed a sponsorship agreement for the 2015 Fifa Women’s World Cup in Canada.

Dutch Eredivisie football team PSV Eindhoven has agreed a deal for UK sportswear manufacturer Umbro to replace Nike as its kit supplier from next season.

Petroleum products company Grupa Lotos has secured a deal to become the main sponsor of the Polish national football team.

Spanish Liga football club Barcelona has reached a deal with Telefónica to make the telecommunications company a regional partner in Latin America for the next three seasons.

Italian-Swiss cruise ship operator MSC Crociere has entered into a partnership with Italian Serie A top-tier football club Torino.

English Premier League football club Southampton has signed a kit supplier deal with Adidas less than a year after terminating its previous agreement with the German sportswear giant.

Chinese telecommunications company Huawei has struck a sponsorship deal with Mexican Liga MX top-tier football team Club América.

Liverpool has signed up skincare brand Nivea Men as the English Premier League club’s official men’s grooming partner.

Life insurance company Great Eastern Life has signed a two-year extension to its co-title sponsorship agreement with Singapore’s top football division, the S.League.

German brewery Isenbeck has struck a deal to become a sponsor of Argentinian Primera División top-tier football club Boca Juniors.

German banking and financial services company Commerzbank has agreed to extend its naming rights deal for the home of Bundesliga football club Eintracht Frankfurt to 2020, according to Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung.