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To leverage Brazilian side Flamengo’s appearance in the 2019 Copa Libertadores final, shirt supplier Adidas projected the club’s shirt onto the Rio's statue of Christ the Redeemer.
Football

For the November 2019 final of the Copa Libertadores, Disney teamed up with South American Football Federation Conmebol for an on-pitch, pre-match stunt to promote the launch of The Rise of Skywalker.
Football
Sporting Apparel

To promote its new kits for Argentinian clubs Rosario and Estudiantes in 2019, Under Armour struck a deal with Superliga broadcaster TNT for one match each to be shown free-to-air.
Basketball
Automobile Manufacturing

To promote the non-skid technology in its EcoSport SUV, Ford leveraged its sponsorship of Brazilian top-tier basketball by removing the sounds of sneakers squeaking on the court.
Football

In 2018, Uber teamed up with Athletico-PR for a live, on-pitch stunt to drive awareness of the brand’s safer driving ‘May Yellow Movement’ programme.

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Automobile Manufacturing

Sports marketing agency Pitch International has brokered three partnership deals for the Brasil Global Tour – the series of international friendlies played by Brazil’s national football team in the run …
Football
Betting

The South American Football Confederation (Conmebol) has today (Friday) announced a partnership with online betting company Betfair
Football

JL Sports Investment, a company owned and operated by former MP & Silva chief executive Jochen Lösch, has acquired an exclusive mandate to sell title sponsorship, betting, data and video-game licensing …
Football
Agricultural Produce

Portuguese olive brand Azeite Royal expanded its shirt branding rights with Brazilian Série A club Vasco da Gama for last weekend’s ‘classic’ game against Flamengo. Az

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Rugby Union
Personal Care & Fragrances

Dove Men+Care used its rights in deals with the British and Irish rugby unions to create a combined campaign that ran from the 2019 Rugby World Cup to the 2020 Six Nations.
Football
Beer

Around Peru’s World Cup 2018 away play-off match against New Zealand, national-team sponsor Cristal ‘hacked’ the opposition team’s shirt so the stadium in Wellington appeared full of away support.
Cycling
Telecoms

Spanish telco Telefónica has renewed its title sponsorship of the Team Movistar UCI World Tour outfit from 2019 to 2021. Telefónica will pay between €12m ($13.5m)
Football
Sporting Apparel

The Argentine Football Association added over $1m (€0.9m) in new sponsorship revenue ahead of the 2018 World Cup, striking its first regional partnerships with a quartet of Chinese brands.
Rugby Union

For 2017, we have researched over 1,400 deals across 27 countries and covering 92 rights fees to map out the sponsorship landscape of rugby union.

Athletics

For 2017, we have researched over 800 deals, 41 sports and 11 selected markets to map out the sponsorship landscape of international federations and national governing bodies.

Football
Soft Drinks

The main shirt sponsorship deal agreed this month between top Brazilian club Flamengo and Thai energy drinks brand Carabao bucks one trend in the country’s football sponsorship market, in being a long-term deal.

Football

The 20 clubs in Brazil's Campeonato Brasileiro Serie A are currently studying their options for the exploitation of their perimeter advertising rights from the 2019 Serie A season, having decided for the first time to retain these rights.

Multi-Sport
Petrochemicals

State-controlled Brazilian oil company Petroleo Brasileiro (Petrobras) became an Official Sponsor of the Rio 2016 Paralympic Games last month in a deal worth around one per cent of the offer it tabled five years ago to become a tier one domestic sponsor of the 2016 Summer Games.

Multi-Sport

Insight from John Scurfield, head of MediaCom Sport & Entertainment UK, on the challenges for Olympic sponsors ahead of Tokyo 2020

Multi-Sport
Airlines

The domestic sales programme for the Rio 2016 Summer Olympic Games is once again gaining traction after signing four second-tier deals in the past three months.

Telecoms

Brazil-based telecommunications brand Oi has become title sponsor this year’s Rio Open on the World Surf League’s (WSL) Championship Tour.

Football
Personal Care & Fragrances

Spanish Liga club FC Barcelona, this month, sold its first Brazilian market sponsorship to the deodorant brand Tenys Pé Baruel.

Football
Payment Services & Credit Cards

Created in 2011 by three Brazilian banks – Banco do Brasil, Bradesco and Caixa – Elo is Brazil’s leading domestic credit card brand and is using football sponsorship to gain market share from global payme…
Rugby Union

For this year’s rugby union autumn internationals, Sports Sponsorship Insider surveyed the sponsorship portfolios of the leading nations: Argentina, Australia, England, France, Ireland, Italy, New Zealand, Scotland, South Africa and Wales.

Multi-Sport
Chemicals

Dow Chemical Company’s sustainability partnership with the Rio 2016 Organising Committee could earn it major financial rewards in the lead up to and after the Olympic Games.

American Football
Luxury Goods

Raising global brand awareness and technology showcasing is key to Swiss luxury watchmaker Hublot’s sponsorship strategy.

Football
Automobile Manufacturing

The General Motors-owned car brand Chevrolet is growing its presence in Brazilian football in order to connect with customers and increase its share of the Brazilian market, where the brand competes with Fiat and Volkswagen in the top three for sales of small cars.

Football
Automobile Manufacturing

General Motors-owned car brand Chevrolet will pay around R21m (€6.9m/$9.5m) per year for the title sponsorship rights to Brazilian football’s first and second division leagues, for five years, from 2014 to 2018, in a deal agreed in April.