Weapons maker Rheinmetall to sponsor Borussia Dortmund, Handelsblatt reports

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(Reuters) - German weapons manufacturer Rheinmetall will sponsor football club Borussia Dortmund in a three-year deal, Handelsblatt reported on Tuesday, citing people familiar with the matter.

Borussia Dortmund will receive a sum in the millions of euros for each year of the deal, Handelsblatt said.

Rheinmetall and Borussia Dortmund were not immediately available for comment.

(Reporting by Louis van Boxel-Woolf, Halilcan Soran and Emma-Victoria Farr; Editing by Hugh Lawson)