GGICO sponsor the UIM F2 World & Continental Powerboat Championship 2009 for second year Mr. Abdul Salam Fairooz, Managing Director of Formula World Sports and organiser and promoter of the UIM F2 World & Continental Powerboat Championship 2009 has announced that GGICO, a conglomerate with widely diversified activities, have renewed their Gold sponsorship for the event. The renewal of the sponsorship is also seen as a move towards the call made by H.H. Sheikh Ahmad Bin Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum, President of the UAE National Olympic Committee and Honorary President of the championship, to all public and private sectors to support the international event.   1st August, 2009 Orange in major sponsorship deal with Confederation of African Football For the next eight years Orange is to be the media partner of African football in Africa. Orange will be associating its name with the main competitions of the Confederation of African Football (CAF). In particular, CAF's flagship competition will now be known as Orange Africa Cup of Nations. Following the call for tenders organised by Sportfive on behalf of the Confederation of African Football, Orange is the new official partner for African football and the new media broadcaster of competitions organised on the continent through mobile offers in fifty-five African countries as well as on Orange sport in France. At the same time, Orange will be the main partner of CAF's major competitions, via an agreement which will run for the next eight years.