Shorts: Cardiff Rugby, SailGP, World Rugby
Welsh broadband provider Ogi has agreed a three-year partnership with Cardiff Rugby, marking the company’s first such deal in the sport.
Ogi, which will be the club’s official connectivity and IT partner, will receive branding exposure on the Cardiff jerseys, building on a range of previously agreed sponsorship deals with local sports teams in Wales.
Abu Dhabi-owned Mubadala Investment Company has been unveiled as the title partner of SailGP’s Season 2 Grand Final in San Francisco on 26-27th March.
The sailing series has also appointed former One Championship, adidas and Nike executive Erica Kerner as its new Chief Marketing and Communications Officer.
Former Wales international Phil Davies has been installed as World Rugby’s new Director of Rugby.
The former Wales international, who steered Namibia to consecutive Rugby World Cups in 2015 and 2019 and has more than 25 years of coaching experience, will join rugby union’s global governing body next month from Leeds Tykes, where he is currently Director of Rugby.
The Olympic Federation of Ireland has agreed an official winter sports kit supplier deal with VIST Italy.
The partnership has been announced ahead of the upcoming start of the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympic and Paralympic Games, and will run until the conclusion of the Milano-Cortina 2026 Games.
Dairy food producer Glenisk has become the new main sponsor of Irish Gaelic sports club Offaly GAA.
The five-year agreement will cover Offaly’s football and hurling teams at all levels.
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