German champion Borussia Dortmund has crowned a record-breaking season in the Bundesliga by renewing a naming rights sponsorship with Signal Iduna for the club’s Westfalenstadion home in a five-year deal.

The German Football Association (DFB) has ended months of speculation by declaring it will not bid for UEFA Euro 2020, but it has extended its sponsorship deal with Coca-Cola until 2014.

The German Bundesliga has furthered its status as one of world football’s financial heavyweights by selling its broadcast rights for four seasons from 2013-14 for Eur2.5 billion, marking a huge increase of more than 50% over the current cycle.

Formula One Management (FOM) has agreed new broadcast deals in two of the sport’s key European markets through agreements with Antena 3 and Sky Deutschland.

Bundesliga champion Borussia Dortmund has agreed a three-year extension on improved terms with its shirt sponsor Evonik Industries.

Hamburg SV on Thursday confirmed a three-year extension to its long-running shirt sponsorship deal with Emirates.

German Football League (DFL) CEO Christian Seifert has hailed the Federal Cartel Office’s decision to give its new broadcast tender the green light as a “big step” as the League prepares to test the water with a new offering.

Bayern Munich has confirmed it has entered talks with Gazprom with a view to agreeing a major sponsorship deal.

The German Football Association (DFB) has expanded its relationship with Infront Sports & Media to encompass the organisation’s international media rights sales.

France has secured the hosting rights for the International Handball Federation’s (IHF) 2017 World Men’s Championship while Germany has been awarded the sport’s top women’s event for the same year.