Football

EE beat competition from rival telecoms brands and brands from the finance sector to sign its six-year Lead Partner deal last month with Wembley Stadium in London.

Campeonato Brasileiro Serie A football team Santos has renewed its shirt sponsorship deal with pipe and fittings company Corr Plastik.

Deals with sportswear company adidas and tyre maker Continental in February are understood to have taken Uefa to a new high in sponsorship revenue for the inaugural commercial cycle of its newly rebranded European Qualifiers, from 2014-15 to 2017-18.

The Chinese Football Association Super League (CSL) is close to a new four-year sponsorship deal which will take the competition to between $55m (€39.5m) and $60m in annual central sponsorship revenue.

Hublot has extended its partnership with Fifa, world football’s governing body, until 2022, according to the Swiss watchmaker’s president Jean-Claude Biver.

German Bundesliga football club FSV Mainz 05 has signed a three-year extension to its long-term partnership with state sports betting provider Lotto Rheinland-Pfalz.

German Bundesliga top-division football club Freiberg has extended its partnership with regional brewery Rothaus.

Commercial vehicle manufacturer Man has extended its partnership with German Bundesliga football club Bayern Munich through 2016.

Bulgarian football club Levski Sofia has agreed a two-year kit deal with sportswear brand Joma.

Sportswear giant Adidas has entered into a long-term kit partnership with the Football Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina ahead of the national team’s appearance at the 2014 Fifa World Cup.

English Premier League football club Everton has signed a three-year extension to its shirt sponsorship deal with Thai beer brand Chang.

English Premier League football club Stoke City has announced a deal with Warrior to make the US sportswear brand its new official kit supplier.

Australian A-League football club Central Coast Mariners has announced that Chinese bottled water company Tibet Spring 5100 has agreed to become a sponsor of the team during the group stage of the 2014 Asian Football Confederation (AFC) Champions League club competition.

McDonald’s won the Multi-National 
Award at the ESA Excellence Awards in January for its activation of the McDonald’s EURO 2012 Player Escort Programme.

Belgian Pro League football club Anderlecht has sealed three-year extensions to its agreements with main sponsors BNP Paribas Fortis and Belgacom.

Australian A-League football team Sydney FC has signed a three-year premium partnership with Beechwood Homes that will result in the New South Wales housing company becoming its sleeve sponsor from next season.

Outdoor resort chain Center Parcs has entered into a partnership with French Ligue 1 football club Paris Saint-Germain.

Dubai-based airline Emirates has agreed a two-year extension to its sponsorship deal with US football club New York Cosmos.