According to the Times Online, West Ham United are close to a new sponsorship deal with betting company SBOBet.  

SBOBET is Asia’s leading online Sportbook and has a license by the Philippines Authorities to operate as an international sports bookmaker.

West Ham had intended to bear the name of the Bobby Moore Fund, a cancer charity, but were denied permission by the FA.

The deal with SBOBet is said to be worth around £1.9m, over the course of 18 months. The deal with XL ended just a year into a three-year-deal, worth around £3m.

Any announcement from the club is expected to appear within the next week.

Emirates has extended their Official Club Sponsorship with Paris Saint-Germain (PSG) until 2014.

Emirates has been a partner of PSG since 2005 and the major shirt sponsor since January 2006. The company is delighted to extend its current deal with one of France’s biggest clubs.

Following this year’s League Cup triumph at the Stade de France, Emirates in convinced the sky is the limit for both parties collaboration in the coming years. Emirates will continue to be highly visible around the Parc des Princes and the club’s players will continue to wear the famous “Fly Emirates” slogan on the shirts.

PSG has been a great contributor to the history of French football and is the only side currently in Ligue 1, never to have been relegated from the highly competitive French top flight and also boasts one of the best and most high-profile squad of players in the land.