City. Visa is the shirt sponsor for the Argentina national rugby union team, nicknamed the Pumas. Also, Visa sponsors the Copa Libertadores and the Copa Sudamericana, the most important football club tournaments in South America. Since 1995, Visa has sponsored the U.S. National Football League (NFL) and a number of NFL teams, including the San Francisco 49ers whose practice jerseys display the Visa logo. Visa's sponsorship of the NFL extended through the 2014 season. Until 2005, Visa was the exclusive sponsor of the Triple Crown thoroughbred tournament. Visa sponsored the Rugby World Cup first from the 1995 Rugby World Cup was held in South Africa until 12 years later, when the 2007 Rugby World Cup, was held in France. In 2007, Visa became the sponsor of the 2010 FIFA World Cup in South Africa. The FIFA partnership provides Visa with global rights to a broad range of FIFA activities – including both the 2010 and 2014 FIFA World Cup and the FIFA Women's World Cup. Starting from the 2012 season, Visa became a partner of the Caterham F1 Team. Visa is also known for motorsport sponsorship in the past: it sponsored PacWest Racing's IndyCar team in 1995 and 1996, with drivers Danny Sullivan and Mark Blundell respectively. Visa is currently a jersey sponsor of professional gaming (esports) team SK Gaming for 2017 Visa is the main sponsor of the Argentine Hockey Confederation. The Visa logo is present on both the men's and women's playing kits. See also RuPay UnionPay CIBIL Damage waiver Entrust Bankcard Visa Buxx Visa Debit Visa Electron References External links (in most cases, will automatically redirect to a localized version of Visa.com based on the user's location) Credit cards Debit cards American brands Credit card issuer associations Companies listed on the New York Stock Exchange 1958 establishments in California Companies based in San Francisco Companies based in Foster City, California Financial services companies established in 1958 Financial services companies based in California Contactless smart cards Financial services companies of the United States Multinational companies headquartered in the United States Companies in the Dow Jones Industrial Average Financial District, San Francisco 2008 initial public offerings Companies' terms of service