Editing Telefónica (section)

== Sponsorship ==
[[File:Telefonica Tower.jpg|thumb|250px|Telefónica Tower in [[Barcelona]]]]

=== Cycling ===
Since 2011, they are a sponsor of the Spanish [[UCI ProTour]] cycling team known as [[Movistar Team (men's team)|Movistar Team]].

=== Football ===
In football, Teléfonica is an official sponsor for several national teams such as [[Spain men's national football team|Spain]] ([[Movistar+]]) in Europe, and [[Brazil national football team|Brazil]] ([[Vivo (telecommunications)|vivo]]), Mexico, Colombia, Peru, or Venezuela in the Americas.

=== Rugby ===
O2 are the main sponsors of the [[England national rugby union team|England national rugby team]].

=== Motor sports ===
Teléfonica, through [[Movistar]], was the title sponsor of [[Yamaha Motor Racing]] from 2014 to 2018, a motorcycle racing team in [[MotoGP]]. It was also the title sponsor of Suzuki's factory team from 2000 to 2002 [[Pons Racing|Sito Pons' Honda team]] from 1997 to 1999 and [[Gresini Racing|Fausto Gresini's Honda team]] from 2003 to 2005.

Within [[Formula One]], Telefónica sponsored the [[Minardi|Minardi F1 Team]] in 1999 and 2000, including title sponsorship in 2000, as well a major sponsor of the [[Renault in Formula One|Renault F1 Team]] from 2004 to 2006 until [[Fernando Alonso]]'s departure to [[McLaren]] in 2007, and were title sponsors of the [[Spanish Grand Prix]] from 2006 to 2010. Through its acquisition of [[Telefónica Europe|O<sub>2</sub>]], Telefónica also indirectly sponsored the [[BMW in Formula One|BMW Sauber F1 Team]].

In the [[World Rally Championship]], Telefónica sponsored the [[Cupra Racing|SEAT Sport WRC Team]] between 1998 and 2000, under both Movistar and Telefónica Movistar. Telefónica sponsored the [[Ford Focus RS WRC|Ford WRC Team]] in seasons 2000–2002 when Spanish rally driver [[Carlos Sainz Sr.|Carlos Sainz]] drove for the team, and when Sainz moved to the [[Citroën World Rally Team|Citroën WRC Team]] for 2003, Telefónica followed. The sponsorship was not continued into 2004, despite Sainz staying with the team.

In the [[2000 CART season]], [[PPI Motorsports]] raced the #96 Telefónica Toyota-Reynard, driven by Spanish rookie [[Oriol Servià]].<ref>{{cite web | url=https://archive.org/details/ppi-motorsports-2000-press-kit | title=PPI Motorsports 2000 Press Kit | year=2000 }}</ref> Oriol finished 15th in the standings with a best result of 3rd, and failed to win Rookie of the Year. Teammate [[Cristiano da Matta|da Matta]] in the #97 [[Pioneer Corporation|Pioneer]] Toyota-Reynard performed better with 10th and 1 win, however the team retired from open-wheel racing at the end of the season, and the sponsorship ended.

=== Sailing ===
Movistar- and Telefónica-sponsored teams contested the round-the-world [[Volvo Ocean Race]] in the [[2005–06 Volvo Ocean Race|2005–06]], [[2008–09 Volvo Ocean Race|2008–09]], and [[2011–12 Volvo Ocean Race|2011–12]] events.

=== eSports ===
Telefónica sponsors, through its Movistar brand, the "Movistar Riders" [[Esports|eSports]] team.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.movistarriders.gg/|title=Movistar Riders - eSports - Movistar Riders es uno de los principales clubes de eSports de Europa y el único con un centro de alto rendimiento para jugadores profesionales.|website=Movistar Riders - eSports|language=es|access-date=2020-04-24}}</ref>