Contact us UK online banking News About us Investor relations Citizenship Careers Products and services Sponsorship Our sponsorships Share Email Print The Barclays Premier League is thought by many to be the most exciting and competitive league in the world. Football stars from all over the globe come to England to play – and every season 380 matches are beamed to over 700 million homes in more than 200 countries, capturing the imagination of fans from London to Lusaka. Football Barclays has sponsored the Barclays Premier League since 2001 when it first sponsored the League under the Barclaycard brand. The current sponsorship runs until the end of the 2015-2016 season. Absa, the South African financial services institution majority-owned by Barclays and the country's leading retail bank, is a major supporter of sport in South Africa. Absa is currently title sponsor of the Absa Premiership domestic football competition. Barclays also sponsors key football bodies in the UK, including the Football Writers’ Association and the League Managers Association. Barclays Premier League Tennis The Barclays ATP World Tour Finals provides an exhilarating platform for the eight best male tennis players of the season to meet in a series of matches and crown an overall champion. Held at The O2 Arena in London, it is now the largest indoor tennis tournament in the world and attracts a live audience of a quarter of a million people to the venue. Barclays ATP World Tour Finals Golf The Barclays is the first event of the end-of-season Fed-Ex Cup on the PGA Tour in the United States. The tournament is played each year on a course rotation in the New York City tri-state area including Bethpage State Park's Black Course, home of the 2002 and 2009 US Opens. Our global golf involvement also includes the Barclays Kenya Open on the European Challenge Tour. We also sponsor Phil Mickelson, who has accumulated 43 career wins to date, and with his winning of the 2013 Open Championship has now won five majors, and is a member of the World Golf Hall of Fame. The Barclays Rugby Union Through Absa, the official team sponsor, we support the world-renowned Springboks, who have twice lifted the IRB (International Rugby Board) World Cup. Our support also extends to the Springbok Sevens team, the SA under-20s and the Springbok Women's team. Absa has been sponsor of the Currie Cup for over 25 years. Steeped in history and tradition, it dates back to 1889 and is the oldest provincial rugby competition in the world. The tournament is regarded as the cornerstone of South Africa's rugby heritage, and the coveted gold trophy remains the most prestigious prize in South African domestic rugby. Springboks Barclays Spaces for Sports Barclays Spaces for Sports is a community-based sports programme, which uses sport as a platform to help young people develop life skills and revitalise disadvantaged communities in a sustainable way. Visit our Spaces for Sports section to find out more Barclaycard British Summertime Barclaycard British Summer Time takes place in the iconic Hyde Park in the heart of London. By offering exclusive ticketing opportunities and utilising our payment technology, we are able to offer our customers unique promotions, contactless payments and VIP experiences. Barclaycard British Summertime Barclaycard Mercury Prize Recognises the UK Albums of the Year. Barclaycard's sponsorship also extends to monthly Barclaycard Mercury Prize Sessions at The Hospital Club in Covent Garden. Barclaycard Mercury Prize Barclays Center Barclays Center is a state-of-the-art sports and entertainment venue in New York City and is home to the professional basketball team the Brooklyn Nets. For the first time since the Dodgers left in 1957, Brooklyn has a major league sports team to call its own. Opened in September 2012, Barclays Center plays host to some of the most exciting sports and entertainment events in the world: concerts, arts, performances, college basketball games, ice shows, music award shows and more. Barclays Center is a centrepiece for the borough, working with local organisations to ensure it becomes an integral part of the community, where local college and high school athletes have a new stage to showcase their skills. The venue will also host thousands of proud families and friends for college and high school graduations. Barclays Center National Indoor Arena One of the best-known indoor arenas in the UK is now sponsored by Barclaycard - the National Indoor Arena in Birmingham. National Indoor Arena The O2 Barclays is also the retail banking partner for The O2, the UK’s most popular indoor arena and home to the Barclays ATP World Tour Finals. The O2 Noot vir Noot Absa, the South African bank in which Barclays owns a majority share, is the lead sponsor of Noot vir Noot, a musical game show, and one of the most popular shows on South African TV. It is the longest running show in the history of the South African Broadcasting Corporation, and Absa has been the sponsor for over 20 years. Noot vir Noot The Donmar Warehouse Barclays is the principal sponsor of the Donmar Warehouse – a 250 seat subsidised theatre in the heart of London's West End. The Donmar is a hot-house for talented new writers, for re-appraising European classics and for British and American drama and musical theatre. The theatre has an international standing, garnering critical acclaim at home and abroad and with a particular reputation for artistic excellence, presenting some of London's most memorable theatrical experiences and showcasing the talents of some of the country's finest actors, writers, directors and designers. In November 2012 Barclays and the Donmar partnered to create Barclays Front Row, a ticket initiative that gives audiences access to £10 front row seats throughout the run of each production. Two-thirds of the front row seats are held back for all performances and put on sale every Monday for the week of performances two weeks later. These tickets are available with no booking fee, through all normal channels. In 2011, we extended our sponsorship to include the purchase and renovation of Donmar Dryden Street, a state-of-the-art rehearsal, education and administration space just 3 minutes walk from the theatre. Donmar Dryden Street brings together all of the Donmar’s off-stage activities under one roof for the first time including rehearsals, administration and education work and opened in March 2014. The Donmar Warehouse Klein Karoo Nasionale Kunstefees Absa supports Klein Karoo Nasionale Kunstefees, an arts festival with Afrikaans as the primary language. The festival celebrates the performing arts including cabaret, musical theatre, classical music, jazz, pop music and art exhibitions. Klein Karoo Nasionale Kunstefees Barclays Cycle Hire and Barclays Cycle Superhighways Since 2010, we have sponsored London’s Barclays Cycle Hire and Barclays Cycle Superhighways schemes. Both initiatives encourage commuters, tourists and Londoners to use a sustainable and environmentally friendly means of travel, helping to make London a more pleasant city in which to live and work. 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