Gavin Hamilton

US Soccer has announced that entrepreneur and franchise owner Michele Kang has pledged $30m (€28.3m) over the next five years to its women's and girls' soccer development programmes.

London Marathon Events (LME), organisers of the TCS London Marathon, has announced a two-year deal with Radox to become the Official Bath and Shower Gel Partner of the annual event

Rolex has expanded its relationship with the Women's Tennis Association by joining its roster of Global Partners in a major new sponsorship unveiled today.

LaLiga club Valencia CF has undertaken a refinancing totalling €186m ($196.5m) to enable it to complete the construction of its long-awaited Nou Mestalla stadium.

Olympique Lyonnais, the Ligue 1 club owned by John Textor, has been threatened with relegation and placed under a transfer ban after French football’s financial regulator expressed concerns over financial mismanagement.

Bundesliga club VfL Wolfsburg has announced dietary supplement company Buxtrade as an official partner

FC Barcelona has announced wine company Raventós Codorníu as the latest commercial partner of its Espai Barça stadium project.

Premier League club Aston Villa has announced Ukrainian vodka brand Nemiroff as the club’s new Official Vodka Partner.

Premier League clubs will meet later this month to discuss a potential change to its rules on Associated Party Transactions (APTs) in the light of Manchester City’s recent legal challenge.

Peak6 Investments has sold its minority stake in struggling Premier League team Wolverhampton Wanderers back to majority owner Fosun Sports Group