Manchester Utd has expanded its growing roster of global telecommunications sponsors by penning a deal with Globul, Bulgaria's second largest mobile operator.

Aston Villa have signed a record-breaking £15 million kit deal with an Italian sportswear manufacturer, Macron, to replace current supplier Nike.

The Indonesian based Bakrie group have taken ownership, 100%, of Brisbane Roar.
With Clive Palmer, Tony Sage, Nathan Tinkler and all the Billionaires in and around Sydney FC ownership it can't be too hard for the hard-nosed progressive Aussie businessmen to see how they might get an opportunity to meet and greet and get introduced to some very rich men.

Valencia have finally announced a new shirt sponsorship deal for the club. The club's main sponsor for the remainder of the season will be innovative solar power product manufacturer, JinkoSolar.

The Voyageurs Cup 2012 tournament details have been released, TFC doesn't get the best draw, and Amway is now the sponsor. Why the draw & the sponsorship is no big deal.
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Beer must be sold at all venues hosting matches in the 2014 World Cup in Brazil, football's world governing body, Fifa, has insisted.

A Chinese Internet company has said it is paying French football player Nicolas Anelka 2.7 million euros ($3.4 million) to endorse a new online game, as the striker gears up for his first season in China.

After wearing kits from Topper from 2006 to 2011, popular Argentine club Estudiantes de La Plata has signed a three-year deal with adidas. The new sponsorship arrangement was announced during a...

Budweiser has signed up football managers Sam Allardyce and Ian Holloway to star in radio ads highlighting its sponsorship of the FA Cup

Virgin Money stamped its new North-East credentials on the region last night with its name replacing Northern Rock on the front of Newcastle United's shirts.

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The big business news of the day was the announcement that the naming rights deal between FC Dallas and Pizza Hut was coming to an end. The $1.2 million per year deal was a significant milestone when signed, and the loss of the naming rights agreement doesn't bode well for a franchise also struggling to secure a jersey sponsorship.

FIFA's Club World Cup is again taking football down the wrong alley. FIFA is looking at the financial gains in organizing this competition instead of prioritizing the 3 key points that matter most:

• Stay close to the fans of the competing clubs
• Bring back the passion of a 2 leg competition in the home stadiums of the 2 finalists
• Limit this to a European vs South American champion final (until other continents reach the same level of football excellence)

Instead of that, the current edition is played in the neutral grounds of Japan or UAE for so-called football promotion efforts and some degree of sponsorship pressure (thanks Toyota.

By J Hutcherson - WASHINGTON, DC (Dec 21, 2011) US Soccer Players -- As we rush toward the UEFA vision of Financial Fair Play along with various European leagues trying to figure out what might make their leagues more competitive, one doubt continues to nag. Well, at least one doubt. How does any of this change the marketing and sponsorship power of the elite European clubs?

Several media sources are reporting that the new Dynamo Stadium will be named BBVA Compass Stadium. The deal is reportedly worth $20 million over 10 years for the team, not to shabby but not as much as you might expect. In all likelihood the team sold the best deal they could and will use the next ten season building the brand even more to help get an even bigger second deal in the future, much like they did with the shirt sponsorship.

Elite football is not totally immune from the recession after all: the six national teams in Europe with the most lucrative headline sponsorships will go to Euro 2012 with combined deals worth less money than they had at the 2010 World Cup.

Emirates, the Dubai-based award-winning international airline, has announced the signing of a sponsorship deal with Olympiacos FC

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It's not uncommon for American soccer fans and pundits to debate on who is the better U.S. men's national team player between Landon Donovan and Clint Dempsey, but one former U.S. international has weighed in on the matter and has created quite the stir in doing so.

Ford, an official partner and official vehicle supplier for the UEFA Champions League since 1992, has renewed this partnership by signing on for the competition's 2012–15 seasons.

A new signing and a league in trouble in this week's KYW Philly Soccer Show.

KYW's Greg Orlandini and Philly Soccer Page's Eli Pearlman-Storch are joined by fellow Philly Soccer Page writer Mike Servedio as we look at the Union's new forward and the possible decertification of the WPS.

AC Milan and Paris Saint Germain, both sponsored by Emirates, will clash in the Dubai Football Challenge in January

Juventus and Goodyear have signed a sponsorship agreement for the current season.

Dear Michel,

You do allow me to call you Michel I hope? I have seen you play at least a dozen times when I was a kid in the Parc des Princes and your unforgettable goals against Bulgaria, Yougoslavia, and Spain to list just a few. I consider you as my favorite player of all times.

As part of its sponsorship of Liverpool Football Club, Standard Chartered Bank is offering a once in a lifetime opportunity for one boy and one girl.
Our lucky winners, accompanied by their parent or guardian, will travel to the UK and be a Liverpool FC mascot, walking out with the team on two match days in February 2012.

Calling all Reds in UAE

As part of its sponsorship of Liverpool Football Club, Standard Chartered Bank is offering a once in a lifetime opportunity for one boy and one girl.

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Brazilian giant Santos has agreed a one-year extension to its contract with main sponsor Banco BMG, with president Luis Alvaro Ribeiro admitting the agreement was aided by Neymar's decision to commit his future to the club.

An investigation into how the Man Utd has transformed itself into a £1.2billion franchise shows why the much-maligned Glazer family, who bought the club in 2005 and saddled it with huge debts, have hung on.

Players of Bromley FC have barcodes shaved into their heads ahead of their FA Cup match against Leyton Orient.

Commissioner Don Garber gave his annual State of the League address via teleconference Thursday afternoon. Several of his comments are receiving media attention, like an imbalanced schedule and potential changes to the playoff format for 2012. Such alterations can easily be modified, though, year-to-year, if and as fans and critics voice their disapproval.

Last week we covered tha ESPNsoccernet reported that Brazilian star Neymar had agreed to join Real Madrid next summer from Santos for around £53m.

Well today we learnt that the ESPN story was wrong as Neymar announced that he will stay at Santos until at least 2014.

"I'm very happy, it's another decision I'm taking in my life, a family decision," Neymar told a news conference where he was handed a Santos shirt with the number 2014 on it by club president Luis Alvaro de Oliveira.

And not a libellous reference in sight... Chelsea have revealed that they will sell the naming right to Stamford Bridge. So we choose five cracking options for sponsorship. So let's choose the best and campaign away: 5) Moscow State Circus Stadium With a Russian owner and all the managerial comings and goings over the last [.

Image by i heart him via FlickrDavid Beckham has signed a deal believed to be worth up to £5million to be the new face of the supermarket chain Sainsbury's.
Becks will be the star of the Active Kids campaign and will promote Sainsbury's sponsorship of the London 2012 Paralympic Games.

One of FIFA's biggest sponsors, Emirates Airlines, is concerned that the sponsorship deal with the world governing body of football has caused long term damage to its brand.

Chelsea Football Club has become the first English team to add a charity logo onto our Champions League kit.

PUMA announced it has signed a long-term partnership with Côte d'Ivoire and Manchester City midfielder Yaya Touré. But, this new partnership is different to most others.

FIFA and Anheuser-Busch InBev have announced the extension of the Official Beer sponsorship for the 2018 FIFA World Cup Russia™ and the 2022 FIFA World Cup Qatar™.

FIFA and Anheuser-Busch InBev have announced the extension of the Official Beer sponsorship for the 2018 FIFA World Cup Russia™ and the 2022 FIFA World Cup Qatar™.

The arrival of Qatar investment authority as the club's new owners has allowed the Parisian club to find its colours in terms of marketing the brand.

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (Oct. 19, 2011) – el Jimador, 100 percent blue agave tequila, announces the launch of its soccer-themed consumer contest, which will award 10 winners an opportunity to attend the MLS Cup in Los Angeles on Nov. 20, 2011, along with a guest.
To participate, consumers are invited to submit a rule aimed at improving the sport of soccer.

Happy Friday to you! This past week saw some interesting happenings in Major League Soccer, not the least of which was New York actually winning a game... against the LA Galaxy no less. We also saw Real Salt Lake fall to the Vancouver Whitecaps and Seattle became three time champions of the US Open Cup.