Land Rover has announced a new three-year sponsorship to become the main partner of the Extreme Sailing Series, beginning its deal at the third event of the 2013 series in China this week. read more
Capitalize has been appointed to help the Royal Yachting Association (RYA) find a replacement for Skandia as naming rights sponsor of the British Sailing Team. read more
SAP has confirmed a new three-year partnership with the Extreme Sailing Series. The software giant is already involved in the inshore 'stadium sailing' competition as a team sponsor, but will now become the official technical partner of the series. read more
Sailing’s Global Ocean Race is delaying the start of its third round-the-world event by one year, in an attempt to introduce changes designed to increase its profile, with the Class40 yachts now scheduled to start in September 2014. read more
Tom Touber has been announced as the new chief operating officer of the Volvo Ocean Race. read more
Cowes Week Limited has announced that Aberdeen Asset Management is to extend its sponsorship of the Cowes Week regatta until 2015. read more
Alpari has announced a new five-year title partnership with the World Match Racing Tour, which will see the professional sailing series become the Alpari World Match Racing Tour from February 2012. read more
Cardiff has won its bid to stage the UK leg of the Extreme Sailing Series for the next three years - replacing previous hosts Cowes, on the Isle of Wight. read more
The World Match Racing Tour has signed a new exclusive partnership with Garrard to become the Official Jeweller and Silversmith to the Tour. read more
Tour de France sprint king Mark Cavendish will lead his HTC Highroad team at The Tour of Britain, while Olympic gold and silver medallist, Ben Ainslie, is to step into the role of skipper on Oman Sail’s Extreme 40, Oman Air, for the Extreme Sailing Series. read more
Eton Dorney will this week play host to world class sport in the Canoe Sprint Invitational International Regatta, a test event for London 2012 Olympic Games and the last Olympic test competition in the first cluster of events taking place this summer. read more
New marketing consultancy Red Strike Marketing has announced that it has won a number of new high-profile contracts since launching earlier this year, and is now working with sporting organisations such as the Marussia Virgin Racing Formula One team, the Global Ocean Race and Leeds United Football Club. read more
Row2Recovery, a campaign to raise £1m for injured service personnel and their families, has announced that BP has pledged its support for the project by signing on as the first official Premium Partner for Row2Recovery. read more
Aberdeen Asset Management has announced its sponsorship of an Extreme 40 catamaran to compete in Act 5 of the Extreme Sailing Series 2011, at the inaugural Aberdeen Asset Management Cowes Week taking place from 6th to 12th August 2011. read more
The organisers of the J.P. Morgan Asset Management Round the Island Race have unveiled a ninth and final Race Partner for the 2011 and 2012 Round the Island Races in the form of Small Luxury Hotels of the World (SLH). read more
Boss Watches has signed a deal with Cowes Week to become the official watch partner of Cowes Week 2011. read more
After months of speculation, San Francisco has been selected as the host venue for the 34th edition of the America’s Cup. read more
The lack of entries for the next America’s Cup in 2013 has forced the flagship sailing race’s organisers to slash entry fees by almost three-quarters. read more
The Associated Press (AP) has been selected as a global content distribution provider for the Volvo Ocean Race 2011–12, set to widen coverage for the event. read more
Fashion designer Louis Vuitton has renewed its partnership with the America’s Cup to extend its 30-year long association with the event. read more
Logistics company DHL has agreed a deal with the Volvo Ocean Race to become its official logistics partner for the upcoming race which starts from Alicante, Spain, next year. read more
San Francisco has moved a step closer to hosting the 34th America's Cup after city officials agreed a deal with the Golden Gate Yacht Club. read more
The ISAF World Match Racing Tour (WMRT) has opened the bidding process for cities, regions and countries from around the globe to enter the race for the right to host a stage of the world series. read more
Organisers for the 34th America’s Cup have completely revamped the competition in a bid to increase sponsor returns and commercial value for the long term. read more
Jaguar has continued its venture into British sport after announcing a partnership deal with British America’s Cup sailing team TeamOrigin. read more
Influence, the integrated marketing, communications and digital group, has been appointed by TeamOrigin to be its sponsorship sales agency in the build-up to the 34th America’s Cup. read more
Cadbury has announced a new sponsorship deal with the London 2012 sailing venue in Weymouth. read more
J.P. Morgan Asset Management has announced it has extended its sponsorships of both Olympic gold medallist Ben Ainslie and the Round the Island Race until 2012. read more
British sailor Alex Thomson has announced a new sponsorship deal with his current backers Hugo Boss ahead of this year’s Transat Jacques Vabre race. read more
The New York Supreme Court has ruled that the next edition of the America's Cup can not take place in the United Arab Emirates as planned by reigning champions Alinghi according to the rules that govern the sailing regatta. read more
The United Arab Emirates has been named as the host venue for the 33rd America's Cup which starts on 8th February, 2010. read more
Following extensive negotiations, it has been announced that the Volvo Ocean Race will be moving its headquarters from the South Coast of England to Alicante, Spain. read more
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