Abstract: A shoe, especially to a sports shoe, which includes a sole element and a shoe upper part, wherein the sole element and the shoe upper part are thereby held together that a wire-like connection element is guided through eye- or tube-like sections at the sole element and at the shoe upper part. To allow the separation of the shoe upper part and sole at recycling in an easy manner and apart from that to make the shoe upper part and the sole exchangeable the eye- or tube-like sections are arranged in a lateral outer region of the sole element and eye- or tube-like sections are arranged in a lateral outer region of the shoe upper part.

Abstract: A shoe has an upper made of resiliently flexible materials, a central rotary closure arranged on a lateral side of the upper in an area in which the lateral malleolus of a wearer's foot is received, at least one tightening element connected to the central rotary closure, the at least one tightening element having a front tightening section which extends forwardly from the central rotary closure and a rear tightening section which extends rearwardly from the central rotary closure, and front and rear pull straps. The front pull strap is coupled to the front tightening section and runs obliquely forward therefrom over an instep area of the upper to an end thereof which is fastened to the upper.