Deutsches Sportecho was an East German daily sports newspaper of the Deutscher Turn- und Sportbund (DTSB).
[2] The paper sponsored the association football competition DFV-Supercup (Pokal des Deutschen Sportechos) in 1989.
Sportverlag also published the weekly football paper Die neue Fußballwoche (FuWo) of the East German Football Association (DFV).
The paper was acquired by West German publishing group Axel Springer in 1990.
The circulation of Deutsches Sportecho rapidly declined after the German reunification.