June 29 – Serie A champions AC Milan have agreed a long term extension with kit supplier Puma in what is being described as one of the biggest partnerships the club has ever signed.
June 22 – Italian teamwear specialist Macron is returning to Premier League Crystal Palace from the start of next season as the club’s kit partner.
March 10 – It is all change among the big kit and equipment suppliers in Italy. Adidas is to take over from Puma as the Italian federation’s kit supplier from January 2023. Last week Puma took over from Nike to become the official match ball of Serie A from the start of the 2022/23 season.
March 7 – Sports leisurewear and kit supplier Puma took a deeper step into the business of supplying official match balls with a deal with Serie A to become the league’s technical partner from the start of the 2022/23 season.
May 24 – Fast growing British sportswear brand Castore, founded in 2015, have signed their first Premier League partnership with Wolverhampton Wanderers, replacing Adidas as the club’s kit and apparel partner.
April 9 – Serie A’s Spezia Calcio, currently in their first season in Italy’s top flight, have renewed their kit deal with Acerbis for a further two years, taking them to the the end of the 2022-2023 Season.
September 7 – FIFA’s top ranked national team Belgium have renewed their kit partnership with Adidas, taking them through to 2026.
July 17 – Serie A’s Roma and US sportswear giants Nike have cancelled their 10-year partnership with three years left to run on the contract.
May 20 – Danish sports and leisurewear brand hummel has signed a club-record technical partnership with Premier League Everton.
July 2 – Nike have extended their kit deal with Premier League Brighton & Hove Albion for three years, taking them through to the end of the 2021/22 season.
April 16 – Puma will become LaLiga’s official technical partner from the start of the 2019/20 season, and will supply the official match ball for all matches in LaLiga Santander and La Liga 1|2|3.
March 23 – FC Barcelona have officially unveiled their Barça Innovation Hub (BIH) with the aim of positioning the club as the leader in sports knowledge, innovation and technology.
June 24 – Premier League Southampton are the latest English club to announce that they will spend some part of their pre-season preparation in the US. Although not competing in the International Champions Cup being held in the US in July, Saints will be on the East coast of the US at a training camp in Baltimore.
May 30 – West Ham have planning approval to instal Europe’s largest in-stadium digital screen at the Olympic Stadium as part of a wrap around the stadium carrying the club’s colours and logo.
April 18 – Italy has been selected by football’s law-makers as the first major league to test technology for video replays.