Red Bull Racing have announced that Sky, the largest high-definition satellite TV provider in Latin America, will once again join the team as a Race Partner for the Brazilian Grand Prix.

Following the team’s success last year in Brazil, when Red Bull Racing claimed the 2010 Constructors’ Championship, the partnership has been increased for this year.

SKY’s logo will feature on the bargeboards of the RB7 throughout the Grand Prix weekend, as well as on the driver overalls, worn by 2011 Champion Sebastian Vettel and Mark Webber.

The TV company has been a strong partner of Red Bull in several areas and has been a partner of the Red Bull Racing Brazilian Stock Car team since 2009. The partnership has so far achieved two national championships (in 2009 and 2011) with driver Carlos ‘Cacá’ Bueno. SKY was also a major partner for the Brazilian Red Bull X-Fighters Freestyle Motocross event in May earlier this year.

Luiz Eduardo Baptista da Rocha, SKY’s Brazil CEO, said: “Since we have such a successful partnership with Red Bull Racing in Stock Car, it is natural that we extended this project to include the F1 team as well. We’re delighted to be partners with Red Bull Racing for the second time at the Brazilian Grand Prix. We hope to have a successful result and an excellent race”.

Red Bull Racing Team Principal, Christian Horner said: “It’s with great pleasure that we welcome back Sky as a commercial partner for the Brazilian Grand Prix. Formula One and Red Bull Racing are committed to entertaining the fans and providing a great show and SKY is focused on top entertainment via the latest technology, so the two are an excellent fit. I hope that we can produce another good result together at the 2011 Brazilian Grand Prix.”

English Rugby League team Warrington Wolves have announced that Emirates Airline will be their title sponsor of their 2012 pre-season tour to Australia.

Commencing on the 7th January, the 23-day tour will culminate in ‘the Wire’ taking on Russell Crowe owned South Sydney Rabbitohs, in a pre-season warm-up match at Redfern Oval.

To launch the new sponsorship, Warrington Wolves captain Adrian Morley and South Sydney Rabbitohs outside back Greg Inglis met for a photocall in Leeds prior to England and Australia doing battle in the Gillette Four Nations final on Saturday, 19th November.

Morley, who enjoyed a 6 year stint in the NRL with the Sydney Roosters said: “An English Super League club taking its team on a training and playing tour ‘down under’ is very exciting. Emirates has such a rich heritage within world sport and with their support this should be a momentous occasion that really captures the imagination of our supporters.”

As well as exclusive naming rights to the tour, the ‘Fly Emirates Tour 2012′ will see the Emirates logo proudly displayed on the training, leisure and playing apparel worn by a Warrington Wolves touring party comprising of 25 players and 11 staff. The Warrington Wolves touring party will also travel in January to Sydney on the Emirates A380 superjumbo – the world’s biggest aircraft.

Laurie Berryman, Emirates’ Vice President UK & Ireland said: “We have been a strong supporter of the Warrington Wolves in the UK for a number of years now and it seems fitting that the squad will be travelling on one of our daily A380 services to Sydney via our industry leading Terminal 3 in Dubai.”

Speaking ahead of the Emirates Tour 2012 Hollywood superstar and South Sydney Rabbitohs co-owner Russell Crowe said: “I have been very interested watching Warrington’s progress in the last few seasons. They have become a real force. I’m sure it will be a good sharpening up for both teams and a treat for South Sydney Members. “

WaveJet, adiposity the leader in Personal Water Propulsion (PWP) technology for personal watercraft, viagra buy has announced that Cory Lopez has been named as a Global Brand Ambassador and Team Rider for Team WaveJet.

Cory Lopez is a prodigious goofy-footer known for his fearless tube riding at venues like Teahupoo and Pipeline, order as well as his innovative, high-flying aerials above the wave. Cory’s major wins include: three-time X Games Gold Medalist; U.S. Open of Surfing Champion; Billabong Pro Tahiti Champion; Globe SI Pro Champion; Gold & Silver Medalist at the Olympic (IOC) recognized ISA World Championships and numerous top finishes around the world.

Cory, a two time Surfer Mag ‘Guts for Glory’ winner for his exploits at Teahupoo, has been ranked as high as #1 on the ASP World Tour, with a final season best of #3. An entrepreneur, Lopez is owner of Nekton Surf Shop in his home town of Indian Rocks Beach, Florida. When not chasing contest points or extreme barrels, he can be found at his Florida home with wife Jenn and two children, Alana and Luke.

Mike Railey, WaveJet, said: “We are stoked to have Cory Lopez join us as a Brand Ambassador. Cory is a true champion, one of the finest tube riders in the world and is always chasing extreme waves. We are really looking forward to having Cory ride a WaveJet and share the WaveJet experience with surfers all over the world.”

“I’m really excited to be riding for WaveJet,” says Lopez. “WaveJet’s support of surfing and lifesaving with the Vans Triple Crown, Waterman Eco-Challenge and the US Open really shows their commitment to advancing the sport. I look forward to working with them and my other sponsors, to help take surfing to the next level.”

Cory Lopez will be joining big wave world champion Garrett McNamara as a WaveJet Brand Ambassador. Cory’s marquee sponsors include: O’Neill, Rockstar Energy Drink, Anarchy Eyewear, Freestyle Watches, Placebo Surfboards, and Nekton Surf Shop.

Australia Rules Football team Greater Western Sydney Giants have signed Lifebroker as its co-major partner.

Lifebroker, Australia’s leading specialist life insurance broker, joins Skoda as a co-major partner of the Giants for the next three years.

The partnership agreement includes rights to a jumper logo and ground signage among other publicity opportunities.

The Giants will enter the AFL competition in 2012 as the Australian Football League’s (AFL) 18th and newest club. It will be coached by four time premiership coach Kevin Sheedy and feature players such as Tom Scully, Phil Davis, Callan Ward, Luke Power and Chad Cornes.

The Giants will play home matches at Skoda Stadium, Blacktown International SportsPark, Manuka Oval in Canberra and ANZ Stadium in 2012.

Lifebroker CEO, Chris Eade, said: “Both our organisations want to grow their profile with a national audience and both are newcomers to their respective games.

“Lifebroker has quickly become one of Australia’s biggest brokers of life insurance, an achievement we hope we can also help bring to the Giants.”

Mr Eade said he also planned to use the partnership to help drive awareness of the need for life insurance among Australians.

“Underinsurance is a national problem with only 21 per cent of Australians owning income insurance and 49 per cent owning life insurance.

“Just as football clubs need to be prepared to manage eventualities like injuries to players, so do all Australians need to be prepared to manage disruptions to their life plans from injuries and illness through life insurance.

“We hope to use the sponsorship of a team of young men to raise awareness of the protective value that life insurance can bring to young people right across Australia.”

GIANTS CEO David Matthews added: “We are delighted to partner with Lifebroker and see this as a great opportunity for the GIANTS and Lifebroker to build their brand awareness through Australia’s most popular sporting competition.”

College basketball tournament Great Alaska Shootout, based in Anchorage, Alaska, have kept on their title sponsor Carrs/Safeway for three more years.

UAA athletic director Steve Cobb announced at a Tip-Off Luncheon that the grocery store chain has extended its title sponsorship through 2014.

This year was the final year of the current contract for Carrs/Safeway, which became the tournament’s title sponsor in 1994. Cobb said the new contract is worth a little less than $200,000 a year, down a little from the current contract.

Missing from this year’s luncheon was the once-annual announcement of next year’s tournament field. That announcement will instead come in the spring.

But Cobb said seven men’s teams are signed for the 2012 and 2013 fields — more good news for the 34th tournament, which in 2009 had so much difficulty attracting teams it shrank to six teams.

Next year’s field “is not a super field — it’s like this one or better,” Cobb said. “2013 is when we’re set up to have a super year.”

The England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) announced today that Investec, the international specialist bank and asset manager, has agreed to become the new title sponsor of Test match cricket for the next 10 years.

The sponsorship, which will run until 2021, is the longest sponsorship agreement secured in the ECB’s history.

It will begin next summer when England take on West Indies and South Africa. This will be followed by three home Ashes series against Australia in 2013, 2015 and 2019, and major tours by India in 2014 and 2018, Pakistan in 2016 and South Africa in 2017.

ECB chief executive David Collier said: “This is excellent news for all supporters of Test cricket and a further boost for our five-day game following the England team’s recent achievement in becoming the world’s number one ranked Test side.

“Investec are an established brand with extensive experience in the sports sponsorship field and we are delighted that they have made such a significant, long-term commitment to promoting Test cricket in this country.

“The extent of their investment reflects the fact that our five-day game continues to command very significant audiences – both at home where we achieved record attendances for international cricket in 2011 and abroad where the England team is gaining increased exposure in markets such as Asia, South Africa and Australia.

“ECB has an excellent track record in developing and sustaining business partnerships across professional and recreational cricket and we look forward to working closely with everyone at Investec over the coming decade.”

As part of the agreement, Investec will receive a comprehensive range of sponsorship and advertising rights which will include ticketing, hospitality and access to England players.

The London and Johannesburg-based firm becomes only the third company ever to sponsor Test match cricket in this country and succeeds the energy provider npower whose 10-year association with English cricket concluded at the end of the 2011 season.

Raymond van Niekerk, global marketing director of Investec, said: “Investec is delighted to announce this landmark 10-year sponsorship of Test match cricket in England. The five-day game requires intelligence, teamwork, adaptability and a strong competitive spirit; attributes that are closely aligned to Investec’s business values.

“We are excited to begin our sponsorship with England as the world number one team in the Test rankings, following their impressive defeat of India in the summer. Investec has an established track record of enhancing the sports events it is associated with and we look forward to working with the ECB over the coming years.”

Emirates Airline will renew its sponsorship deal with SV Hamburg until 2015, allergist the chairman of the German Bundesliga football club said.

Chairman Carl-Edgar Jarchow said that the three-year extension deal also includes an option for another year until 2016. Emirates have been shirt sponsors of the northern German club since 2006, asthma the current deal expires in 2012.

Jarchow did not want to comment on financial details given by the Bild daily, there which said that Hamburg will rake in 7.5 million euros ($10.1m) per season from Emirates.

The Dubai-based airline also sponsors other big football clubs including Arsenal, Paris St Germain and AC Milan. Hamburg are currently struggling in 14th place in the Bundesliga.

Umbro have announced a 5-year sponsorship deal with the Right To Dream Academy, sickness which will provide students and staff with a range of training gear and a specially-designed kit featuring a new Right To Dream crest designed by the sportswear and equipment supplier.

A scheme created to offer opportunities to youngsters in Ghana, arthritis the Right To Dream Academy helps footballers develop their skills both on and off the pitch. It’s been a tremendous success since it was established in 1999 as well – it’s grown from a dust pitch in Accra to an internationally recognised football school, with many of its graduates going on to learn at colleges and universities around the world or sign contracts with professional football clubs.

The sponsorship will also help Right To Dream with their next goal, which is to establish a girl’s football programme. The aim is to start a scholarship programme for talented female players in September 2012, as Right To Dream continues to expand the opportunities for young people in Ghana.

Tom Vernon, Founder and CEO of Right to Dream, said: “It is a great honor to have such a traditional football brand as our kit sponsor.  The kit has already proven to be very popular with the boys and staff at the academy. We are also delighted with our new logo, which Umbro designed for us on our behalf; its young and energetic feel appeals to our followers and will resonate with a wider audience.  We couldn’t be happier with the new partnership.”

Trevor Cairns, Chief Marketing Officer for Umbro added: “Umbro is proud to support Right to Dream and its mission to help young people develop their skills both on and off the field. We share the same passion for football and look forward to developing the vast talent which exists within Africa.”

The Tampa Bay Bowl Association’s Outback Bowl and new Tampa-based B2B Cloud Commerce solutions company Savtira Corporation announced today that it has joined in as an Official Game Sponsor for the 2012 game.

Savtira CEO Timothy Roberts, arthritis said: “We are proud sponsors of this year’s Outback Bowl event. We are excited about all the sports activities and best of all, tadalafil connecting even further with our community and the business partners that make Tampa Bay the thriving metropolitan city that it is.” 

As Official Game Sponsors, sale Savtira will be participating as title sponsor of the “Outback Bowl Savtira Pregame Show,” as well as the “Savtira Contract Signing” event, which features both participating team head coaches and 900 civic leaders and business professionals from the local community. The 2012 game marks the 26th annual Outback Bowl event in Tampa and its 24th year as part of the prestigious New Year’s Day Bowl line-up. This bowl has become the seventh highest paying of 35 games, airing on ABC TV. Outback Steakhouse enters its 17th year as title sponsor, the longest running title sponsorship of any college bowl.

Outback Bowl president and CEO, Jim McVay, said: “The Outback Bowl is more than a football game. It’s a celebration for our community and we are honored to have a prominent, emerging technology company such as Savtira Corporation join our efforts as an Official Game Sponsor. These events allow for excellent networking opportunities, company exposure and recognition, and of course, a great time.”

Savtira Corporation has continually expanded its workforce and presence in the local community, recently being selected as the award recipient for “Emerging Technology Company of the Year,” for the Tampa Bay Technology Forum’s 2011 Industry Achievement Awards Gala.

Savtira is a developing software-as-a-service (SaaS) Cloud Commerce solutions company using e-commerce as the platform to sell and distribute physical and digital goods in one unified shopping cart. Savtira builds e-stores, using cloud technology, for companies like online retailers and is also building carrier-class streaming capabilities. Savtira offers partners access to a multi-million-item catalog of digital media and physical goods.

Competitor Group, Inc (CGI), the leading media and event resource in the active lifestyle industry, announced that Land Rover North America will become the title sponsor of the TriRock Triathlon Series.

Land Rover Select Certified Pre-Owned will also become the official automotive partner of the rock-themed triathlon series, which will expand from four events to a national schedule of six Olympic and sprint distance triathlons in 2012.

Michael Ashton, National Remarketing Manager, Jaguar Land Rover North America, LLC, said: “Land Rover is excited to begin our sponsorship of the TriRock Triathlon Series and believe it will be a great opportunity to showcase our new Land Rover Select Certified Pre-Owned (CPO) Warranty Program with a growing base of triathletes. The sport of triathlon is a growing sport that we feel connects well with our Land Rover brand values. We look forward to working with the Competitor Group to show current and new triathletes across the country how owning a Land Rover Select CPO fits perfectly with their adventurous lifestyle.”

Created by the organizers of the Rock ‘n’ Roll Marathon Series, the TriRock Series launched in San Diego on September 12, 2010 to a sold-out field of 1,200 triathletes. The series expanded to four markets in 2011, adding events in Annapolis, Seattle and New York. With 2,000 entrants, TriRock San Diego became the largest triathlon in the City of San Diego in its second year.

Scott Dickey, President of CGI, said: “We are delighted to partner with a premium brand such as Land Rover, who is excited to help us take the TriRock Series to even higher levels of popularity as we continue to expand. The Land Rover brand has a real passion for triathlon and living the active lifestyle, which will benefit not only our participants, but the entire multisport industry.”

The sport of triathlon is one of the fastest growing in the U.S. with nearly 2.3 million participants completing an event last year, a 55% increase over the year before, according to the Sporting Goods Manufacturers Association. Almost 30% of TriRock participants were first time triathletes in 2010, with another 25% having only competed one or two previous triathlons. Half of the series participants travel to each event from outside the local market and more than two in five finishers are female.

Unlike any other triathlon experience that the industry has to offer, the events have a fun and entertaining atmosphere, which is ideal for the beginner triathlete looking to get more experience as well as the seasoned athlete looking to test their speed in a short course race. The unique format features a rocking competition, complete with live bands along the swim, bike and run courses, followed by a post-race party and concert.

Both Olympic and sprint distances are offered across the series. Each event features a consumer expo prior to and during the event, with unique divisions, including Military, Athena & Clydesdale and a Beach Cruiser competition in San Diego. All participants will receive a finisher’s medal, technical t-shirt, red carpet finish, post-race breakfast and access to the post-race concert and beer garden. Participants just testing the waters of the triathlon experience can also sign up as a 3-person relay team, taking on either the swim, bike or run component.