People in the Sports Business

Robert Gore revolutionized the outdoors with his invention of the Gore-Tex membrane. Now the innovator has died at the age of 83.

As a footballer and coach, Franz Beckenbauer was a shining light. After investigations around the awarding of the World Cup 2006 as well as health setbacks, things have recently become quieter around the "Kaiser". On his 75th birthday ISPO.com commemorates Beckenbauer's greatest stations and successes as a player and coach.

Tragedies, falls and an assassination attempt - despite severe setbacks, athletes and clubs have managed to get back on their feet. ISPO.com presents impressive comebacks in sports history.

Simone Biles, Dick Fosbury, Jan Böklov - these three names stand for Courage for innovation in sport. ISPO.com shows inventions and new approaches that have revolutionized an entire sport.

At the moment, athletes from all over the world would fight for olymic gold at the Paraolympics in Tokio. But as we know: Covid-19 made big events impossible this year. Johannes Floors is the fastest prosthesis sprinter ever over 100 metres. He spoke to ISPO.com about the changed perception of disabled sports.

In January, the death of Kobe Bryant and eight other people, including his daughter Gianna, in a helicopter crash shook the sports world. In August, the month of his birthday, the Los Angeles Lakers, Nike and Bryant's former hometown posthumously honor the "Black Mamba".

40 years ago - on 20 August 1980 - Reinhold Messner was the first person to climb Mount Everest solo and without additional oxygen. ISPO.com shows the best mountaineers of the world on the occasion of the anniversary.

Forbes has published a list of the top earning female athletes in 2020. The top 10 are dominated by no less than nine tennis players. For the first time in years, Serena Williams is not the top athlete.