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Football
/ 1 year agoSports Law analysis: Restraint of trade for sportspersons
The doctrine of restraint of trade in sports could potentially emerge from either a contract or a sports federation’s rules. Essentially,...
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Sports Law
/ 1 year agoThe obligation to pay in Leeds vs RB Leipzig case
A dispute recently arose concerning football player Jean-Kevin Augustin who at the time of the dispute was a player of RB...
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Football
/ 1 year agoAnother blow to the European Super League dream
Earlier this week, Advocate General Rantos delivered an eagerly anticipated preliminary ruling in what, at face value, appears to be the...
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Sports Law
/ 1 year agoProtecting the intellectual property of the World Cup
After a twelve-year wait, the 2022 FIFA World Cup kicks off on Sunday in Qatar, the first World Cup to be...
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Sports Law
/ 2 years agoHow sport legislation was affected by the Meca-Medina ruling
In 2006, the European Court of Justice (ECJ) delivered a landmark judgement in the case initiated by David Meca-Medina and Igor...
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Sports Law
/ 2 years agoAn overview of Malta’s match-fixing legislation
While some countries contain provisions dealing with match-fixing as part of their criminal codes, such as Bulgaria and Spain, Malta has...
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Sports Law
/ 2 years agoThe responsibilities of sporting governing bodies
Over the years gone by, the sporting world has been graced with numerous sporting governing bodies (SGB) being formed worldwide, some...
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Football
/ 2 years agoCompetition rules in the sports sector
The sports industry today is worth billions of dollars. This is largely thanks to the revenue that is generated within the...
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Sports Law
/ 2 years agoSport and the European Union
Although the existence of sport can be traced back as far as 776 BC, it has only featured at the level...
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Sports Law
/ 2 years agoCourt of Arbitration for Sports
The Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) was founded in 1983 and has its seat in Lausanne, Switzerland which acts as...