February 10 – Online bookmaker Betway has again expanded its international football marketing footprint with its first sponsorship deals in Chile, signing up five clubs in the Chilean First Division.
February 8 – Financially challenged Barcelona are reportedly on the verge of agreeing a €280 million shirt and training kit deal with streaming service Spotify.
February 8 – Online car retailer Cazoo will become the main sponsor of LaLiga’s Real Sociedad from the start of next season. The deal will see the brand take the club’s front of shirt logo position.
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February 4 – Premier League Liverpool FC have signed a multi-year agreement with Vista who become the club’s Official Small Business Design & Marketing partner.
February 4 – Digital learning solutions provider Extramarks has become a regional partner of Arsenal in India, South Africa, Indonesia, and the Middle East.
February 3 – Chinese technology company Vivo has signed a two-year deal to become LaLiga first smartphone partner.
January 27 – UAE real estate developer Aldar Properties has become Manchester City’s Official Real Estate Partner.
January 26 – Amazon Prime Video has become a shirt sponsor of Argentina’s River Plate in a one-year deal.
January 25 – The Argentine Football Association (AFA) has signed a new regional sponsorship with online bookmaker W88 who will become the official AFA sportsbook in the Asian market.
January 20 – The European Sponsorship Association (ESA) is reporting a sustained confidence in the sports sponsorship market despite the surge in the omicron variant of the coronavirus.
January 18 – French Ligue 1 club Girondins de Bordeaux have ended their shirt sponsorship deal Winamax after the club decided it had had enough of a series of mocking tweets from its online bookmaking partner.
January 12 – Serie A has partnered with socios.com, deepening the blockchain-based fan token provider’s presence in Italian football further.
January 11 – The African confederation that has recently struggled to find hard cash to fund football on its continent has turned to cryptocurrency. Crypto exchange Binance has become another last-minute sponsor of the Africa Cup of Nations, which hosts Cameroon kicked off on Sunday with a 1-0 victory against Burkina Faso.
January 11 – Italy’s Serie A has partnered with government ministries to promote the country and the ‘Made in Italy’ message worldwide.