New Zealand Rugby renewed its long-term partnership with mouthguard manufacturer OPRO. Players from NZR's elite performance program, including the All Blacks, Black Ferns, All Blacks Sevens and Black Ferns Sevens teams, Maori All Blacks and U20s, will have continued access to the brand's mouthguards. OPRO was also granted the rights to produce officially licensed NZR-branded mouthguards from its Self-Fit range for sale to the general public (OPRO).
Surfing Australia, Nikon and brand ambassador Stephanie Gilmore extended their partnership until '21. Nikon will remain the naming rights sponsor of the Nikon Surf Photo and Surf Video of the Year Awards categories as part of the Australian Surfing Awards (Australian Ministry of Sport).
The Mexican Baseball League (LMB) formed an integrity partnership with sports technology company Genius Sports. Real-time odds movements on all LMB games will be monitored, analyzed and cross-referenced with predictive algorithms by Genius Sports' Bet Monitoring System to highlight "potentially suspicious activity" (SBC AMERICAS, 11/6).
