Arabian Business Reports that Bahrain-based Gulf Air announced it has signed a three year, $14 million deal to sponsor of Queens Park Rangers (QPR), a club currently in the Coca-Cola Championship, the second tier of the English league system.

Gulf Air joins Emirates and Etihad who also sponsor their own clubs in England's capital.

The scale of the deal depends on success. Only 1 million pounds per year will be paid while the club remains in the Championship, but will increase to 3 million pounds for any year spent in the lucrative Premiership along side Emirates-sponsored Arsenal and Etihad-sponsored Chelsea.

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