Adidas hopeful for boost from 2016 sports events

Adidas Chief Executive Officer Herbert Hainer (L) and chief financial officer Robin Stalker arrive for the annual news conference in the northern Bavarian town of Herzogenaurach, near Nuremberg March 3, 2016. REUTERS/Michaela Rehle

HERZOGENAURACH, Germany (Reuters) - The outgoing chief executive of Adidas presented results on Thursday that show the German sportswear company is making a comeback on its home turf of western Europe and in football, but still with much to do to catch Nike .

Herbert Hainer is handing over to Henkel's Kasper Rorsted in October after the longest-serving boss of a German blue-chip company came under pressure from investors for failing to keep pace with bigger U.S. rival Nike.