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=== Sponsorships === ==== Motorsports ==== [[File:Denny Hamlin 11 Las Vegas 2023.jpg|thumb|The FedEx-sponsored No. 11 car at the [[2023 Pennzoil 400]], driven by [[Denny Hamlin]]]] * From 1997 to 2002, FedEx was the title sponsor of [[Champ Car World Series]] when it was known as [[Champ Car|CART]]. The series was known as the "CART FedEx Championship Series", which led to the official "Champ Car" designation in reference to the fact they were the FedEx Championship. * From 2005 to 2024, FedEx was the primary sponsor of the No. 11 [[NASCAR]] [[NASCAR Cup Series|Cup Series]] [[Toyota]], owned by [[Joe Gibbs Racing]]. At the end of the [[2024 NASCAR Cup Series|2024 season]], it was announced that FedEx would not return to JGR in 2025, after 20 years of sponsoring the No. 11.<ref>{{cite web |date=November 11, 2024 |title=End of an era: Denny Hamlin reflects on 20 seasons with FedEx sponsorship |url=https://www.jayski.com/2024/11/11/end-of-an-era-denny-hamlin-reflects-on-20-seasons-with-fedex-sponsorship/ |access-date=November 12, 2024 |website=[[Jayski's Silly Season Site]] |publisher=NASCAR Digital Media}}</ref> The car had been driven by [[Jason Leffler]] and later [[Denny Hamlin]], who drove the car for 19 years, winning 47 races together including three [[Daytona 500]]'s in [[2016 Daytona 500|2016]], [[2019 Daytona 500|2019]], and in [[2020 Daytona 500|2020]], one [[2022 Coca-Cola 600|Coca-Cola 600]], and a [[2010 Showtime Southern 500|Southern 500]] together. * FedEx previously sponsored the [[Formula One]] teams [[Benetton Formula|Benetton]] (1996β1999), [[Scuderia Ferrari|Ferrari]] (1999β2001), [[Williams F1]] (2002β2006), and [[McLaren]] (2007β2008). ==== Football ==== * From 1989 to 2010, FedEx was the title sponsor of the [[Orange Bowl]], played in [[Miami]], Florida.<ref>{{Cite web |last1=Ourand |first1=John |last2=Smith |first2=Michael |last3=Lefton |first3=Terry |date=May 3, 2010 |title=FedEx Name will Come off Orange Bowl |url=http://www.sportsbusinessjournal.com/article/65600 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100505224824/http://www.sportsbusinessjournal.com/article/65600 |url-status=dead |archive-date=May 5, 2010 |access-date=January 6, 2020 |website=Sports Business Journal }}</ref> * From 1999 to 2024, FedEx held the naming rights to home of the National Football League's [[Washington Commanders]] in [[Landover, Maryland]] which was known as FedExField. They relinquished their sponsorship deal in 2024, and the stadium is now known as [[Northwest Stadium]].<ref>[http://about.fedex.designcdt.com/our_company/marketing_and_advertising Marketing and Advertising | About FedEx] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110722071708/http://about.fedex.designcdt.com/our_company/marketing_and_advertising |date=July 22, 2011 }}. About.fedex.designcdt.com. Retrieved on July 11, 2011.</ref> ==== Other sports ==== [[File:FedExForum.jpg|thumb|[[FedExForum]] in [[Memphis, Tennessee]]]] * FedEx sponsors [[FedExForum]], home of the [[NBA]]'s [[Memphis Grizzlies]] and the [[University of Memphis]] men's basketball team.<ref>{{Cite web |title=FedEx Forum |url=http://www.athleticbusiness.com/project-26.html |access-date=February 22, 2016 |website=athleticbusiness.com |publisher=Athletic Business |archive-date=March 3, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303061228/http://www.athleticbusiness.com/project-26.html |url-status=live }}</ref> * FedEx sponsors the [[Heineken Cup]] in rugby for the European markets only.<ref>{{Cite web |date=May 24, 2014 |title=and Rugby β The Heineken Cup β FedEx | United Kingdom |url=http://www.fedex.com/gb/about/sports-sponsorship/rugby.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150402144635/http://www.fedex.com/gb/about/sports-sponsorship/rugby.html |archive-date=April 2, 2015 |access-date=March 30, 2015 |publisher=FedEx.com}}</ref> * Beginning in 2007, FedEx became the title sponsor of the [[FedEx Cup]], a championship trophy for the [[PGA Tour]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Prepare thoroughly. Commit totally. Deliver. |url=http://www.fedex.com/fr_english/about/sports-sponsorship/rugby.html |access-date=February 22, 2016 |website=FedEx |archive-date=March 3, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303000440/http://www.fedex.com/fr_english/about/sports-sponsorship/rugby.html |url-status=live }}</ref> * The [[WGC Invitational|WGC-Fedex St. Jude Invitational]], a PGA Tour golf tournament and one of the four [[World Golf Championships]] held in Memphis, has been sponsored by FedEx from 1986 to 2006, in 2009, and currently since 2011.{{Citation needed|date=June 2021}} * FedEx was the main sponsor of the [[UEFA Europa League]] since the 2015β21 cycle outside of the [[U.S.]] and [[Canada|Canadian]] markets. * FedEx becomes the main global sponsors of the [[UEFA Champions League]] and the [[UEFA Super Cup]], [[UEFA Youth League]] and the [[UEFA Futsal Champions League]] starting in the 2021β24 cycle.<ref name="UEFA sponsor">{{Cite press release|url=https://newsroom.fedex.com/newsroom/fedex-becomes-official-sponsor-of-the-uefa-champions-league-2/|title=FedEx Becomes Official Sponsor of the UEFA Champions League|publisher=FedEx|access-date=September 15, 2021|archive-date=September 15, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210915233145/https://newsroom.fedex.com/newsroom/fedex-becomes-official-sponsor-of-the-uefa-champions-league-2/|url-status=live}}</ref>
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