
Competition Law’s Newest Frontier in British Basketball: Analysing the Dispute with Super League Basketball
Basketball is the newest frontier for big-ticket competition litigation in the sports sector. A claim was filed before the UK High Court on 23 June 2025 by Super League Basketball…

Snooker competition law battle: Analysing NST’s claim against World Snooker Tour at the CAT
The landscape of professional sports continues to evolve as breakaway competitions challenge established governance str…

Can No-Poach Agreements Be Justified? Insights from the AG Opinion on Portuguese Football
On 15 May 2025, Advocate General Nicholas Emiliou (AG) delivered three opinions regarding decisions by football governi…

Regulating the Regulators: Competition Law Takes on FIFA’s Agent Rules
On 15 May 2025, Advocate General (“AG”) Nicholas Emiliou delivered his much-anticipated Opinions in RRC Sports v FIFA[1…

Break(ing) Point? The Antitrust Battle that Could Transform Professional Tennis
On March 18, 2025, the Professional Tennis Players Association (“PTPA”) filed a lawsuit against the governing bodies of…

Sport & EU/Competition Law – Annual Review 2024/25
Welcome to the EU and Competition Law chapter of the LawInSport Annual Review 24/25. In 2024, competition law con…

When should a CAS award be final on issues of EU law? The AG’s Opinion in Seraing v FIFA
The Advocate General (AG) has delivered an opinion in the long running case of Royal Football Club Seraing v FIFA and o…

Sports, Commercial, Competition/Anti-Trust, Dispute Resolution , Motorsport, Articles, Regulation & Governance
F1 at a crossroads? FIA and Liberty Media’s battle for pole position on commercial rights
Liberty Media, the current commercial rights holder of Formula One (F1), and the Fédération Internationale de l'Automob…

Competition, Sports, Football, Competition/Anti-Trust, Dispute Resolution , Articles, Regulation & Governance
The impact of FIFA's suspension of cases before the FIFA Disciplinary Committee - Key Takeaways
On 25 November 2024, a letter was issued by the Chairperson of the FIFA Disciplinary Committee to the FIFA Secretary Ge…

Transforming Transfers? How the CJEU reconsidered FIFA’s Transfer Rules in the Diarra case
In a preliminary ruling[1] handed down on 4 October 2024, the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) issued its…

Event Catch-Up, Competition, Sports, Athlete Welfare, Football, Competition/Anti-Trust, Contract, Dispute Resolution , Articles, Regulation & Governance
The impact of the Diarra case on the football transfer system – Key takeaways
LawInSport, along with the Asser Instituut and the Association for the Study of Sport and the EU (Sport & EU)…

Competition, Sports, Football, Competition/Anti-Trust, Dispute Resolution , Articles, Regulation & Governance
Advocate General questions whether FIFA Regulations are compliant with EU Law: Legal & factual context (Part 1)
On 30 April 2024, Advocate General of the Court of Justice of the European Union (“CJEU”) Maciej Szpunar delivered the…