nike or adidas. let's join bert. you made an interesting comment, you think adidas makes a better product but vote nike, why? >> because phil knight since he co-founded nike conquers everything in sight and this year the last frontier to win is football or soccer and nike will eclipse adidas and beat in sales this year. >> so what are you saying, nike is a more innovative brand? >> nike is innovative. adidas is innovative. they can be mass manufactured at better prices. adidas may be better quality, better teams, better athletes, better sales, better margin. >> it's the thing we call brand. i mean, that's what attracts a lot of people. >> for the cool factor. >> the coolness factor, right? >> the cool factor, whether athletics, music, popular culture, nike wins on all fronts. every major continent, country, every consumer worldwide. >> let's talk about china because i guess nike has a stronghold but adidas is moving in. so it's a neck and neck rivalry there. who wins? >> nike will win because nike will sponsor the chi

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nike has brazil, the netherlands. adidas has france and germany. you were down in brazil, and of course this is right out of your wheelhouse. who is winning this one, nike oradidas is winning it, and it is not how i predicted it. it seemed like nike was so far ahead of adidas, particularly on social, taking the players they sponsored and capitalizing on creating these amazing videos with them. i asked adidas what they were doing to keep up, and they said we have the world cup ball this year, and the world cup ball is tweeting. i thought that is the worst idea i have ever heard. i cannot believe you think you are going to compete with nike. i am looking at the fastest growing profiles and soccer last month. number one, the name for the adidas world cup ball. they have pulled it off. it takes helicopter court -- helicopter tours of rio and talks of beach balls on beaches. it has done really well. two, joseph blatter, the boreas guy in brazil -- the boringest guy in brazil right now. >> what have you learned in the last weeks? >> about fifa? one thing you learn is that there are still events that get millions and millions of people who sit down in front of a

and it's a sponsorship shocker -- nike is doing out of a thing or two sponsor manchester united will stop at the same time, it is reported that adidasis ready to step into the fray and is reportedly close to a 10 year risk -- tenure sponsorship agreement. i'm going to hand it back to you, tom. >> thank you for that is most of a. up next, a check of what's owing on. the weapon uses up next. >> welcome to the web news. we have a look at the stories making online headlines. coming up on today's show, the leader of access challenged over and expensive wristwatch. users asking for disability access. and an incredible pencil drawing. isis has appeared in his first public address. with a fridge shared on jihadi websites on saturday. it shows him urging muslims to obey him. the iraqi authorities are analyzing the recording to verify that it is him. web users are busy scrutinizing the content and spotted something surprising. he is sporting an expensive looking wristwatch. the social network is trying to locate the brand. many say it is a model by famous switch -- swiss watchmaker. the dailyis shared on telegraph that the mated the value of

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or and argentina shirt. look at the numbers, the sports apparel companies, adidas, 2.8, $2.9 billion they expect from soccer sales alone this year. that's huge. nike both have invested very heavily in this and it is paying off because of all of this excitement. it has been a great world cup, folks at the u.s. have gotten to the u.s knockout stages. we are inside the store by the screen showing the football game. 20 or so people just crowded around the screen. i don't care what the surveys say, this could be a watershed moment for soccer in the united states. charles: a quick question for you. >> weren't you a big soccer star back in england? are you doing some shopping down there? >> we don't have any stars, they went home. being a u.s. citizen, i am all with the u.s. of course, but they will have a tough game today, but you never know. if they get through, they will play the winners of argentina and switzerland so we do not want to see these shirts. charles: very nice shirt, but do they have my size? [laughter] >> may be, charles. what is that? mexico got knocked out in heartbreaking fashion, but this is the top selling shirt in the store. go fig