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Real Madrid extends shirt sponsorship deal with Bwin
MUMBAI: Spanish soccer club Real Madrid have extended their shirt sponsorship deal with Austrian online betting group Bwin by three years until 2013.
The nine-times European champions will earn $29.1 million a year from the improved agreement.
Bwin replaced BenQ mobile as Real‘s principal sponsor in 2007, signing a three-year deal that was reported at the time to be worth between 15 and 20 million euros a year.
Real Madrid persident Florentino Pérez says, “International football needs partners like bwin, globally renowned for its experience and its involvement in sports sponsorship. We are very pleased with this collaboration; with this alliance we can strengthen our links with leading international companies.”
In this way, Bwin is underlining its support for top-level football and it is taking this opportunity to launch a very special bet. In creating this unique bet, bwin is banking on Real Madrid winning the Champions League title for the 10th time by 2013. The bet will be open to all bwin users for a period of 48 hours, starting today 28th of September 2009, at 8.00 p.m. In order to participate in the unique bet, users have to back Real Madrid to win the Champions League title again by 2013. 100 of all bwin users who place the bet will then be drawn by lot. The lucky winners will receive odds of 100:1 for a maximum stake of EUR 10.
Football, as the number 1 sport in the world and as a cornerstone of sports bets is the most important of the three areas that make up bwin‘s betting strategy. The second key area is its commitment to the MotoGP championship. Basketball is another of the sports that has bwin‘s support, in the context of its collaboration with the International Basketball Federation (FIBA), as bwin has sponsored all European and World championships since 2006.
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Ashish Limaye bags gold and bronze at Montelibretti 2026 event
Indian rider shines in Italy, gains ground ahead of higher-level tests
MUMBAI: Ashish Limaye delivered a strong performance on the international stage, clinching both gold and bronze at the FEI Eventing Competition Montelibretti 2026 held in Italy earlier this month.
Competing against riders from across the globe, Limaye secured the top podium finish in the CCI 2 Long Format riding Easy Turn, registering a score of 30.2 in a field that featured participants from five nations. He followed it up with a bronze medal in the CCI 2 Short Format aboard Willy Be Dun, scoring 32 in a much larger and highly competitive pool of 66 riders representing nine countries.
Reflecting on the outing, Fédération Equestre Internationale event rider Ashish Limaye said, “Riding at Montelibretti was amazing. To compete with such talented riders from around the world was fantastic. I’m really happy with the results and the effort our team has put in.”
Beyond the podium finishes, Limaye also achieved a milestone result on D’Avril du Pinier, earning a Minimum Eligibility Requirement, bringing him closer to qualifying for the FEI World Equestrian Games.
While the Montelibretti competition was not a direct qualifier for major multi-sport events, it serves as a crucial stepping stone as Limaye prepares to move up to the more demanding CCI 3 level.
With momentum firmly on his side, the Indian rider now looks set to build on this success as he targets bigger stages in the global equestrian circuit.
