Football

It’s never too late for a great career in the sports business. Many sports companies are even looking for lateral entrants for sports professions with their own industry recruiters and headhunters. How you can increase your chances of making the job switch to soccer, fitness, or eSports.

The Champions League is Europe’s most important soccer competition – only the best clubs may compete against one another. But there are also major differences in European club soccer’s “who’s who.” We present the Top 10 most valuable clubs in the Champions League.

Esports conquers the market. More and more Bundesliga clubs are signing professional gamers and are building up their own team. In Germany, FC Schalke 04 is one of the forerunners among the Bundesliga football clubs. Bayer Leverkusen, VfL Wolfsburg, Werder Bremen and VfB Stuttgart are also in the virtual Bundesliga.

The new Champions League season begins on September 18. Real Madrid tries for the fourth time in a row to bring home the "Henkelpott". But are they also the richest club? ISPO provides the ranking.

The sporting goods group is also increasing in the second quarter - and confirms its forecast for 2018 as a whole, primarily due to profits in North America and China. However, the home markets of Western Europe and Reebok are causing concern.

Apparel companies sold millions of Fifa licensed items during this year’s tournament. The unpredictable matches present obstacles to meeting consumer demands.

Fifa President Gianni Infantino wants to transform the young competition Club World Cup in football. Nothing has been decided yet, but the CEO of Alibaba Sports Group, Zhang Dazhong, has already put China in position as the venue.

ISPO Shanghai clearly showed that the Chinese sports market is growing. E-commerce and digitalization, the running boom and female athletes are growth drivers. FC Schalke 04 presented its new away kit at the fair. The highlights in pictures.

FC Schalke 04 will no longer appear in Adidas, but in Umbro jerseys. The club presented the new outfit for the 2018/19 season at ISPO Shanghai in China with the help of its former player Gerald Asamoah. No market has become more important for the Bundesliga team.

Day two of ISPO Shanghai is in the books. That the Chinese sports market is vibrant is no mystery – but sports industry experts at the trade fair revealed also figures that show the most important sports for the sports business in China right now.