April 14 – EA Sports has started the brand building for its EA SPORTS FC title that will launch at the end of the year, ending EA’s use of the FIFA brand after a 20-year association.
April 14 – With just two days to go to the start of the season the Canadian Premier League (CPL) has announced it has renewed its longstanding partnership with Volkswagen Canada through 2028.
April 12 – FIFA sponsor Visa has unveiled the names of 33 women players who it will sponsor via its Team Visa programme up to and through the Women’s World Cup Australia & New Zealand 2023.
April 13 – The Canadian Premier League (CPL) has unveiled online gaming company tonybet as its Official Sports Betting and Online Casino Partner in a multi-year deal.
April 12 – Bulgaria’s CSKA Sofia has signed a new shirt sponsorship deal with Chinese car brand HAVAL.
April 5 – Australian wine brand Jacob’s Creek has become an Official Supporter of the Women’s World Cup 2023 that kicks of July 20.
April 6 – The Canadian Premier League (CPL) has unveiled Telus as the league’s Official Telecommunications, Digital Health and Home Security Partner in a five-year deal.
April 4 – Capitalising on their world cup win, the Argentine Football Association (AFA) has agreed a two-year regional sponsorship agreement for Asia with Dafabet.
March 31 – Manchester City has renewed its global multi-year partnership with financial trading platform Axi,expanding the partnership to include the club’s women’s team.
March 31 – AC Milan has added two new commercial partners. Telecommunications company AfinnaOne is the club’s new Telco Partner while Italian flour miller and baker Molino Casillo, becomes an official partner.
March 30 – Carling, the UK’s best-selling lager, has agreed a new three-year sponsorship of the Welsh FA that will run through Euro 2024 qualifying and up to the end of the 2026 World Cup.
March 30 – St. Louis City SC, whose debut in the MLS this season has seen them set debut records winning each of their first five games, has added car rental business Enterprise as a ‘Founding Partner’ sponsor in a wide-ranging multi-year agreement.
March 29 – Manchester City has signed a new regional partnership with SportyBet who will become the club’s Official Betting Partner in Africa.
March 29 – Bulgarian top tier club Botev Plovdiv has launched a search for a naming rights sponsor for its new ‘Hristo Botev’ stadium in the second largest city in Bulgaria. The 19,000-capacity stadium will be officially opened within the next month.
March 28 – In Chile yesterday Inter Milan announced the opening of an Inter Academy, today the club’s international focus has shifted to North America with news that an Inter delegation is on its way the US to promote the club.