''Deutsches Sportecho'' was an

East German East Germany, officially the German Democratic Republic (GDR; german: Deutsche Demokratische Republik, , DDR, ), was a country that existed from its creation on 7 October 1949 until its dissolution on 3 October 1990. In these years the state ...

daily sports

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of the Deutscher Turn- und Sportbund (DTSB).

History

''Deutsches Sportecho'' was first published on 5 May 1947. The paper had a circulation of 185,000 copies. The paper sponsored the

association football Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a team sport played between two teams of 11 players who primarily use their feet to propel the ball around a rectangular field called a pitch. The objective of the game is ...

competition

DFV-Supercup The DFV-Supercup (also known as ''Pokal des Deutschen Sportechos'') was the super cup of East German football, played between the winners of the DDR-Oberliga and the FDGB-Pokal. History It was originally planned to start in 1988, but was postpo ...

(''Pokal des Deutschen Sportechos'') in 1989. The paper was published by the East German publishing house Sportverlag at the Neustädtische Kirchstraße 15 in Berlin. Sportverlag also published the weekly football paper ''Die neue Fußballwoche'' (FuWo) of the East German Football Association (DFV). The paper was acquired by

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publishing group

Axel Springer Axel Cäsar Springer (2 May 1912 – 22 September 1985) was a German publisher and founder of what is now Axel Springer SE, the largest media publishing firm in Europe. By the early 1960s his print titles dominated the West German daily press ma ...

in 1990. The paper would now be published by Sportverlag GmbH. The circulation of Deutsches Sportecho rapidly declined after the German reunification. The circulation had fallen to 34,000 copies by 1991. The paper subsequently ceased publication on 3 April 1991.

References

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