The example of Michele Kang, who is now the majority owner of three women’s football clubs, shows on the one hand how influential a woman can be in this sport. On the other hand, in all three of the clubs she owns, it is exclusively men who hold the position of...
With the match between Chelsea and Manchester United being postponed, fans expressed their unhappiness about schedule issues in women’s football. The south-west-Londoners only ran out 1-0 victors against their visitors form the north-west. However, Chelsea dit...
A windfall for US football: Michele Kang, entrepreneur and owner of three football clubs (Washington Spirit, Olympique Lyon and London City Lionesses), made a cash gift of 30 million dollars to the US Soccer Federation on Tuesday. This money will be paid out over the...
What do ex-swimmer Franziska van Almsick, skiing star Maria Höfl-Riesch, dancer Nikeata Thompson and former tennis player Anke Huber have in common? Together with 243 other people, they are all investing in the football club Viktoria Berlin. The football club...
Career path After studying law at the University of Cologne, Dr Holger Blask found his way into the sport industry and eventually to the DFB. With his dissertation on the central marketing of media rights and competition law, he was able to familiarise himself with a...
