If you’re a tennis fan, you’ll know doubt have enjoyed the spectacle of Roger Federer avoiding one of the biggest upsets in tennis history as he came from two sets down to beat Alejandro Falla at Wimbledon.

The defending champion came through 5-7 4-6 6-4 7-6 (7-1) 6-0 in an eye-brow raising opening match on Centre Court. Falla, the world number 60, served for the match at 5-4 in the fourth set, but top seed Federer found the strength from somewhere. “I definitely got very lucky out there,” a relieved Federer told BBC Sport after winning in three hours and 18 minutes to book a second-round meeting with Serbia’s Ilija Bozoljac.

Having broken Pete Sampras’s Grand Slam record at the All England Club last year, Federer is now looking to equal the American’s haul of seven Wimbledon titles, but for much of the game the Swiss champion looked as though he’d be watching the rest of the tournament on Murray Mount. “For some reason, I wasn’t able to read his serve. That really rattled me. I had to look for that for a long time. Thank God I found it eventually,” said Federer.

If you’re looking forward to watching Andy Murray today, chances are you’d love some tennis based promotional products. Did you know Gift Selection can supply promotional tennis balls? I don’t even play tennis, but I still want some tennis balls with my name on!

Branded tennis balls are just one example of unusual sport based promotional products that Gift Selection can offer; contact their friendly team if you’re looking for something specific.

The world and his wife are aligning themselves with the World Cup, with some clever branding from a wide variety of businesses. The latest company to jump on the brandwagon is Nestle’s Kit Kat, who are to sponsor all the Sky World Cup coverage as part of the UK’s largest dedicated mobile campaign to date.

I don’t think Kit Kats play a major role in the player’s diets, but this hasn’t stopped the  six-figure deal, brokered by Mindshare, will see Kit Kat sponsor Sky’s World Cup coverage across iPhone, iPod Touch, Smart-phones and all other WAP-enabled mobile devices.

Last week, it was revealed that Mars and The Football Association (FA) are considering legal action against Nestlé, which they believe has breached sponsorship rules in its latest ad for its Kit Kat brand. Unlike Nestle, Mars, landed a five-year partnership with The FA in October and is an official supplier to the England team.

A Nestlé spokesperson said: “During the World Cup, websites tend to become very noisy with a wide range of advertisers vying for consumer attention. This led us to divert our attention to mobile as an interesting new platform to engage audiences. And as the pre-eminent provider of sports and news content on mobile devices, Sky was a natural destination for us.”

If you’re looking to promote your business, with some patriotic promotional products to be used specifically during the World Cup, contact the experts over at Gift Selection. Gift Selection is a quality promotional product distributor who have a full range of corporate gifts, made specifically available for the World Cup 2010.

The sun has been shining for the last few days, with many Brits daring to dream of BBQs and dig out their khaki shorts once again. With spring seemingly ‘leap-frogged’ by Summer, what could be more British then watching cricket?

I suppose by watching British cricket? OK, you’ve got a point there, but for now the popular IPL is capturing the imaginations of cricket fans worldwide. Not all is well though, as India’s cricket board has suspended IPL chief Lalit Modi over corruption allegations, in what as described as “the worst crisis to hit the Indian game this century.”

At an emergency meeting on Monday the Indian cricket board, the BCCI, named an interim chairman and said it was searching for “missing” IPL documents. Mr Modi, who is being investigated by tax officials, denies all allegations of wrongdoing.

If watching the cricket has inspired you (to play cricket I mean, not to embark on a career in corruption), then supplying corporate sports and cricket clothing in particular is no problem for Gift Selection.

Quality brands such as Slazenger, are available from Gift Selection. It is not just promotional clothing that they can supply, if you require the right volume, branded bags, branded bottles – any promotional item you can think of is possible through them. If you’re holding a corporate sporting event, less obvious promotional items can work well too such as branded lip balms.

With the golf season well under way, it’s that time of the year when many workers are treated to a corporate golf day. I sympathise with anyone having a corporate golf day today, as the weather isn’t exactly pleasant.

Any golfer shouldn’t be without a promotional umbrella even if it is June. There are a range of branded golf umbrellas available on the market to suit all tastes and budgets. The imaginatively named ‘Budget Golf Umbrella’ from Gift Selection, can be picked up for less then a fiver. Despite the low cost this branded golf umbrella still features a; steel frame, twin fluted ribs, a wooden handle and is available in 15 attractive colour ways.

Printed umbrellas lend themselves to the promotions trade because they offer; great branding potential, a high perceive value and can be customised in lots of different ways. There are a surprising number of designs to choose from, like the more unusual Spectrum Quadbrella (pictured).

For a wider choice of promotional golf umbrellas, the UmbrellaStore offers unrivalled choice. My personal favourite is the Fibrestorm range, which can be printed in stunning full colour. The only problem is if your promotional umbrella is going to draw attention to yourself, you better make sure your on good form.

As the well documented MP expense row continues, many peoples blood is still boiling over tax payer money being spent on everything from trouser presses and sanitary towels, to chandeliers and moat cleaning. As a nation we are understandably shocked to discover our MPs were routinely expensing claims for gardening services, swimming pool maintenance and interior decorators.

All this political sleaze has inspired me to have a little luxury of my own, and go for a corporate golf day. If your business is looking to invest in some promotional items for your next corporate golf trip, then Gift Selection is one supplier who had a full range of printed goods.

There is everything from promotional golf tees, to printed golf umbrellas to fit all budgets and tastes. They even have personalised awards and trophies, which are ideal to give out as fun prizes for your next corporate golfing event. If you require a specific promotional item to do with the world of golf, let the friendly team know at Gift Selection, and they will source it for you.

With the bank holiday producing some of the best weather we’ve seen for a long time, the coming summer looks promising.  Lets face it, anything would be better then last year’s so called summer.

My latest favourite promotional item for the summertime is this personalised bottle chiller. These promotional bottle chillers will cool your favourite drink with their insulated gel filled coating. These promotional bottle coolers are practical too, as they can be neatly stored flat in the freezer.

It doesn’t matter what your favourite summer drink is, as these promotional bottle chillers are available in different sizes. Printed bottle chillers are a quirky and unusual promotional items, and work well as they can be printed in full colour and have a great branding potential.

These promotional bottle chillers are like little life jackets for your bottles of beer! Having a chilled drink gently bobbing in the water, conjures up images of the perfect holiday. The great thing about summer based promotional items like these bottle chillers, is that your brand will always be associated with good times and celebrations.

If your business is looking for a fun, summer based promotional product then printed bottle chillers are well worth considering. If you require a; quote, sample or visual then the friendly promotional team at Giftselection can organise it for you. The only thing they can’t guarantee is the sunshine!

                                                         I lowered the peak of my corporate Brisbane baseball cap, and took a cooling sip from my promotional health drink. It certainly was a fine day for a picnic; with not a cloud in the sky. I was glad I brought my promo UV sunglasses. British summers never last, so we grabbed the opportunity and brought our willow picnic basket, packed full of goodies. While I’ll rather predictably lunged for the corporate bottle chillers, my better half sensibly applied her personalised UV lip balm.

While I lazily read a magazine, with my custom printed pocket fan in hand, the boys where taking things at an altogether different pace. With their corporate boomerangs and Frisbees flying, they where having a whale of a time. However boys will be boys, and it wasn’t long before one of them fell prey to a grazed knee. However he was soon back on his feet as our promotional first kit was hand. All these great promotional products, and many more besides are all available at the Promo Store.