LONDON (Reuters) – Insurer Aon will sponsor Manchester United’s training kit and have its name attached to the club’s training ground under a new eight-year agreement announced on Monday.

The commercial appeal of the Premier League giants means they can do separate sponsorship deals for their training kit and the famous red shirts they play in.

LONDON, April 8 (Reuters) – Insurer Aon will sponsor Manchester United’s training kit and have its name attached to the club’s training ground under a new eight-year agreement announced on Monday.

The commercial appeal of the Premier League giants means they can do separate sponsorship deals for their training kit and the famous red shirts they play in.

LONDON (Reuters) – British digital rights company Perform joined forces on Thursday with the owner of historic U.S. media brand Sporting News to accelerate its expansion in the North American market.

Perform, floated in London two years ago, has built its business on buying up online rights to major sports events and supplying video clips or live content to groups like newspaper websites and bookmakers.

MANCHESTER, England (Reuters) – Having vaulted swiftly to the top of English football thanks to huge sums of cash from Abu Dhabi, Manchester City are now investing in youth development to try to maintain their elevated status.

The Premier League champions are building a new football academy at a reported cost of more than 100 million pounds on land adjacent to their Etihad Stadium in the northern English city.

MANCHESTER, England, March 28 (Reuters) – Having vaulted swiftly to the top of English soccer thanks to huge sums of cash from Abu Dhabi, Manchester City are now investing in youth development to try to maintain their elevated status.

The Premier League champions are building a new football academy at a reported cost of more than 100 million pounds ($160 million) on land adjacent to their Etihad Stadium in the northern English city.