Para Sport

Direct selling company Jeunesse has acquired naming rights to the Arena Olímpica do Rio, one of the venues for the Brazilian city’s staging of the 2016 summer Olympic and Paralympic Games.

Japanese tyre manufacturer Bridgestone has expanded the activation rights available under its top-tier partnership deal with the International Olympic Committee to a global level.

The British Paralympic Association has extended its partnership with the UK division of German financial services company Allianz.

International marine sport, leisure and event logistics provider GAC Pindar is set to back World Sailing’s bid for the sport to be reinstated to the Paralympic Games programme after agreeing to sign a long-term partnership with the body.

IPC Athletics, the international federation of Para athletics, has signed up Japanese sportswear company Asics as its latest official partner under a five-year deal.

Petro-Canada, a subsidiary of energy company Suncor, has renewed its premier partnership with the Canadian Paralympic Committee.

The International Paralympic Committee has extended its partnership with sports and medical equipment manufacturer Ottobock, while the body also looks set to renew its association with Allianz after the financial services company pledged its continued commitment to the Paralympic movement.

Multinational oil and gas company BP has extended its partnership with the International Paralympic Committee (IPC).

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Japanese electronics company Panasonic has agreed a deal to sponsor the 2020 summer Paralympic Games, which will take place in Tokyo.

Off!, an insect repellent brand produced by US household chemical goods manufacturer SC Johnson, has agreed a deal to become an official partner of the 2016 summer Olympic and Paralympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

The Tokyo 2020 Organising Committee for the summer Olympic and Paralympic Games has signed EF Education First Japan as its 39th domestic partner.

The South African Sports Confederation and Olympic Committee has renewed its partnership with the country’s National Lotteries Commission ahead of the 2016 summer Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

The organising committee for the 2018 winter Olympic and Paralympic Games in PyeongChang (Pocog) has signed up Hancom as the official automated translation software supporter of the event in South Korea.

The Spanish Paralympic Committee has opted to extend a sponsorship deal with domestic public lottery operator Loterias y Apuestas del Estado.

Payment services company Visa has agreed a deal to become a supporting partner of the Paralympics New Zealand national governing body.

The Japanese arm of US IT company Cisco has signed on as the latest partner of the Tokyo 2020 organising committee for the Olympic and Paralympic Games.

South African telecommunications company Telkom has entered into a partnership with the South African Sports Confederation and Olympic Committee (SASCOC).