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TSG Hoffenheim, DFL and WHU to bring the first MIT Sports Entrepreneurship Bootcamp to Germany Bundesliga club TSG 1899 Hoffenheim, DFL Deutsche Fußball Liga and WHU – Otto Beisheim School of Management are jointly bringing the world’s first MIT Sports Entrepreneurship Bootcamp to Germany. In cooperation with the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), the three partners will host the week-long learning programme with a focus on innovation and technology at TSG 1899 Hoffenheim’s PreZero Arena in September 2019. MIT Bootcamps on various topics have already been held around the world with great success. Now TSG 1899 Hoffenheim and the DFL...

DFL CEO Christian Seifert new Chairman of World Leagues Forum   DFL CEO Christian Seifert is the new Chairman of the World Leagues Forum (WLF). He was appointed today at the Annual Meeting of the WLF in Mexico City, with league representatives from 40 countries taking part. Seifert succeeds Richard Scudamore, Executive Chairman of the English Premier League, who is leaving his position. Don Garber, Commissioner of the US Major League Soccer, and Enrique Bonilla, Executive President of the Mexican Liga MX, will serve as vice-Chairmen. “I am honored to have been entrusted with the task of leading the World...

DFL intensifies eSport activities: New competition planned for clubs of the Bundesliga and Bundesliga 2 The DFL Deutsche Fußball Liga continues to advance in the field of eSport. This season the clubs of the Bundesliga and Bundesliga 2 are to receive the opportunity for the very first time to compete against each other and determine the German Club Champion in eFootball. It is planned that this format will be implemented in association with the company Electronic Arts. The positive overall development of eSport in past years prompted an exchange between club officials and the DFL in which the strategic relevance...