After announcing a kit Deal with Under Armour  last month, Hannover 96 is extending its partnership with the TUI Group through to the end of the 2010/2011 season. This was officially announced today at a joint press conference given by Hanover 96, TUI AG and TUI Germany at the AWD Arena in Hanover. Thus, the club's first team will once again bear the familiar cheery TUI smile on their shirts next season.

"I am delighted that TUI is going to continue to be a strong and dependable partner to Hannover 96 for another three years," commented the club's general manager, Martin Kind, who was very happy with the continued collaboration. "This clearly demonstrates our mutual confidence in each other and is an important step for the club in remaining competitive over the medium term, as well as being able to develop successfully in the future."

The Brazilian football confederation said it will try to renegotiate its sponsorship with Nike after the sports equipment company recently announced it will pay nearly three times more to the French national team.

CBF president Ricardo Teixeira told local media that he intends to meet with Nike representatives in the next few days to review Brazil's current deal with the American company. "When the Nike contract (with Brazil) was increased to $22 million per year, we had agreed that we would discuss a new deal when the company raised its sponsorship (contract) with another country," Teixeira told the O Globo newspaper.

AMSTERDAM - Ajax is on the verge to close a unique deal with Adidas. The current commitment ran until mid-2009. Adidas continues another 10 years. Ajax and adidas also agreed substantial upgrade. It provides the club approximately one hundred million euros, almost a doubling of revenue in recent years arrived. That amount includes bonus.

The legendary German company is related to Ajax since July 5, 2000 . Three years later, the contract was extended until 2009. This coming season will be the first with a major change in the shirt, since the vertical letters of ABN Amro will be replaced by Aegon. The name of the new main sponsor .

There where some rumours  about it back in November 2007, and today the FFF officially announced a football kit deal with Nike. US sportswear giant Nike has won the contract to supply the France international football team from 2011-18 at a cost of 42.6 million euros a year, the French football federation said Friday.

Nike fought off competition from Adidas, the German sportswear manufacturers who have supplied the team since 1972, and Airness, a smaller French company, to win the bidding process. Federation president Jean-Pierre Escalettes said money had talked as the proposals by both Nike and Adidas had been very similar in quality.

Starting with the 2008/2009 season, US sports apparel manufacturer Under Armour will become the official kit supplier for the German football league club Hannover 96, Under Armour announced. The new partnership was brokered by Hannover's marketing partner SPORTFIVE.

Under Armour and Hannover 96 have signed a contract to cooperate through the 2010/11 season. This agreement includes all technical apparel and accessories for game day and training as well as numerous advertising assets inside Hannover's AWD Arena and promotional rights for Under Armour.

In the light of PUMA’s ongoing and long-term commitment for the African football, PUMA and the Fédération Ivoirienne de Football (FIF) also announced a multi-year extension of their successful partnership beyond the 2014 FIFA World Cup.

"The Ivory Coast is one of Africa’s – and the world’s – most talented teams, as we’ve seen at the 2006 World Cup and the Africa Cup of Nations the past two weeks," said Zeitz. "PUMA is proud to work with the FIF and support Les Elephants for many years to come."

Leeds United are delighted to announce a four-season kit deal with emerging Italian sportswear brand Macron. Macron are well-established on the continent across all sports and currently supply sports wear to many clubs in Europe.

Macron currently supply Swansea City, and their garments are highly technical in composition from top quality fabric. Macron supply thousands of clubs from all levels across Europe from their extensive range and while they have a supply chain through independent retailers in the UK, it's hoped the partnership with Leeds United will establish them in the UK high street.

Ebbsfleet United will have a brand new home and away kit manufactured by Nike next season as a result of the vote at the MyFootballClub website.

In results revealed this morning, of the 13,809 who voted on the Nike proposal, 91.26% (12,602) voted to accept Nike’s offer to supply kit and merchandise for Ebbsfleet United, starting from the 2008/09 season.