
Sport, Safety & Participation – Annual Review 2024/25
Welcome to the Safety and Participation chapter of the LawInSport Annual Review 2024/25. Over the last 40 years, both amateur and professional athletes have been able to use…

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…

Sport & Anti-Doping – Annual Review 2024/25
Welcome to the Anti-Doping chapter of the LawInSport Annual Review 2024/25. Tennis dominated the anti-doping landscape…

Sports Integrity: Betting & Financial Corruption – Annual Review 2024/25
Welcome to the Sports Integrity chapter of the LawInSport Annual Review 2024/25.
One quarter of the way through…

Sport & Employment Law – Annual Review 2024/25
Welcome to the Employment Law chapter of LawInSport’s Annual Review 2024/25.
This chapter covers the following issues…

Sports & Media Rights – Annual Review 2024/25
Welcome to the Media Rights chapter of the LawInSport Annual Review 2024/25.
The past year has been a busy one in the…

Sport & Commercial Law – Annual Review 2024/25
Welcome to the Commercial Law chapter of LawInSport’s Annual Review 2024/25.
We were spoiled for choice in our field o…

Sport & Governance – Annual Review 2024/25
Welcome to the Governance chapter of the LawInSport Annual Review 2024/25.
2024 was, of course, an Olympic and Paralym…

Sports law in 2025 – Key issues to watch in Central & South America
Here are the top sports law issues to watch out for in 2025 in Central & South America from the LawInSport Editoria…

Sports law in 2025 – Key issues to watch in Africa, Asia & Oceania
Here are the top sports law issues to watch out for in 2025 in Africa, Asia & Oceania from the LawInSport Editorial…

Sports law in 2025 – Key issues to watch in North America
Here are the top sports law issues to watch out for in 2025 in North America from the LawInSport Editorial & Adviso…

Sports law in 2025 – Key issues to watch in Europe
Here are the top sports law issues to watch out for in 2025 in Europe from the LawInSport Editorial and Advisory Board…

Sports law in 2025 – Key issues to watch in UK & Ireland
Here are the top sports law issues to watch out for in 2025 in the UK and Ireland from the LawInSport Editorial & A…

Key sports law cases & developments 2024 – Central & South America
At the end of each year, we publish our festive compilation articles to identify the most important legal cases an…

Key sports law cases and developments 2024 – Africa, Asia & Oceania
At the end of each year, we publish our festive compilation articles to identify the most important legal cases an…

Key sports law cases & developments 2024 – North America
At the end of each year, we publish our festive compilation articles to identify the most important legal cases an…

Key sports law cases & developments 2024 – Europe
At the end of each year, we publish our festive compilation articles to identify the most important legal cases an…

Key sports law cases & developments 2024 – U.K. & Ireland
At the end of each year, we publish our festive compilation articles to identify the most important legal cases an…

Olympic ambitions and legal transitions: India's sporting landscape in 2024
2024 in Indian sports law was a year dominated by India’s Olympic performance and its future aspirations. On the back o…

Sport Disputes And Disciplinary Proceedings – Annual Review 2023/24
Welcome to the disputes and disciplinary proceedings section of the LawInSport Annual Review 2023/24. If last year…

An update of trends in the sports media rights market
In the last year, we’ve seen several tier one media rights tenders conclude. As the focus on technological innovation a…

Sports Integrity: Betting And Financial Corruption – Annual Review 2023/24
Welcome to the sports integrity section of the LawInSport Annual Review 2023/24. As in previous years, the aim of this…

Sport And Anti-Doping – Annual Review 2023/24
Welcome to the anti-doping law chapter of the LawInSport Annual Review 2023/24. This year’s chapter reviews the high-pr…

Sport, Safety and Participation – Annual Review 2023/24
The 2023/24 LawInSport Annual Review will examine the key UK case law and potential developments affecting sports safet…

Sport And Employment Law – Annual Review 2023/24
Welcome to the employment law chapter of the LawInSport Annual Review 2023/24. This year’s chapter will consider the fo…

Sport, Equality And Discrimination – Annual Review 2023/24
Welcome to the equality and discrimination chapter of the LawInSport Annual Review 2023/24. This chapter will consider…

Sport And Commercial Law – Annual Review 2023/24
Welcome to the commercial law chapter of the LawInSport Annual Review 2023/24. This chapter examines the trends we’ve s…

Sport And Governance - Annual Review 2023/24
Welcome to the governance chapter of the LawInSport Annual Review 2023/24. This review features the following matters…

A guide to India’s key sports law issues in 2023/24
2023 was a year of variety for sports law in India. Safeguarding issues in wrestling were, undoubtedly, the headline is…

Sports Law In 2024 – Key Issues To Watch In UK & Ireland
Here are the top sports law issues to watch out for in 2024 in the UK and Ireland from the LawInSport Editorial & A…

Sports Law In 2024 – Key Issues To Watch In North America
Here are the top sports law issues to watch out for in 2024 in North America from the LawInSport Editorial & Adviso…

Sports Law In 2024 – Key Issues to Watch in Central & South America
Here are the top sports law issues to watch out for in 2024 in Central & South America from the LawInSport Editoria…

Sports Law In 2024 – Key Issues to Watch in Europe
Here are the top sports law issues to watch out for in 2024 in Europe from the LawInSport Editorial and Advisory Board…

Sports Law in 2024 – Key Issues to Watch in Africa, Asia & Oceania
Here are the top sports law issues to watch out for in 2024 in Africa, Asia & Oceania from the LawInSport Editorial…

Key Sports Law Cases & Developments 2023 - UK & Ireland
At the end of each year, we publish compilation articles to identify the most important legal cases and developments fr…

Key Sports Law Cases & Developments 2023 - Europe
At the end of each year, we publish compilation articles to identify the most important legal cases and developments fr…

Key Sports Law Cases & Developments 2023 - Africa, Asia & Oceania
At the end of each year, we publish compilation articles to identify the most important legal cases and developments fr…

Key Sports Law Cases & Developments 2023 - North America
At the end of each year, we publish compilation articles to identify the most important legal cases and developments fr…

Key Sports Law Cases & Developments 2023 - Central & South America
At the end of each year, we publish compilation articles to identify the most important legal cases and developments fr…

Sports Law in 2023 – Key Issues to Watch in North America
Here are the top sports law issues to watch out for in 2023 in North America from the LawInSport Editorial & Adviso…

Sports Law In 2023 – Key Issues to Watch in Europe
Here are the top sports law issues to watch out for in 2023 in Europe from the LawInSport Editorial & Advisory Boar…

Sports Law in 2023 – Key Issues to Watch in UK & Ireland
Here are the top sports law issues to watch out for in 2023 in the UK and Ireland from the LawInSport Editorial & A…

Sports Law In 2023 – Key Issues To Watch In Central & South America
Here are the top sports law issues to watch out for in 2023 in Central & South America from the LawInSport Editoria…

Sports Law in 2023 – Key Issues to Watch in Asia, Africa & Oceania
Here are the top sports law issues to watch out for in 2023 in Asia, Africa & Oceania from the LawInSport Editorial…

Key Sports Law Cases and Developments Of 2022 - Africa, Asia & Oceania
At the end of each year, we publish compilation articles to identify and analyse the most important legal cases an…

Key Sports Law Cases & Developments 2022 - North America
At the end of each year, we publish compilation articles to identify and analyse the most important legal cases an…

Key Sports Law Cases & Developments 2022 - Europe
At the end of each year, we publish compilation articles to identify and analyse the most important legal cases an…

Key Sports Law Cases & Developments 2022 – Central & South America
At the end of each year, we publish compilation articles to identify and analyse the most important legal cases an…

Key Sports Law Cases & Developments 2022 - UK & Ireland
At the end of each year, we publish compilation articles to identify and analyse the most important legal cases an…

Sports Law in 2022 – Key issues to watch in Central & South America
Here are the top sports law issues to watch out for in 2022 from Central and South America from the LawInSport Edi…

Sports Law in 2022 – Key issues to watch in North America
Here are the top sports law issues to watch out for in 2022 in North America from the LawInSport Editorial Board. …

Sports Law in 2022 – Key issues to watch in Europe
Here are the top sports law issues to watch out for in 2022 in Europe from the LawInSport Editorial Board.
Contr…

Sports Law in 2022 – Key issues to watch in Asia, Africa & Oceania
Here are the top sports law issues to watch out for in 2022 in Africa, Asia and Oceania from the LawInSport Editorial B…

Sports Law in 2022 – Key issues to watch in UK & Ireland
Here are the top sports law issues to watch out for in 2022 from the UK and Ireland from the LawInSport Editorial Board…

A Summary Of 2021’s Key Sports Law Cases From The CAS & SFT
This delayed Olympic year led to a high number of cases that were decided by the Court of Arbitration for Spo…

Key Sports Law Cases & Developments Of 2021 – Europe
As we come to the end of a turbulent and challenging year, we wanted to take the opportunity to highlight the…

Key Sports Law Cases And Developments Of 2021 – Asia, Africa & Oceania
As we come to the end of a turbulent and challenging year, we wanted to take the opportunity to highlight the…

Key Sports Law Cases And Developments Of 2021 – Central & South America
As we come to the end of a turbulent and challenging year, we wanted to take the opportunity to highlight the…

Key Sports Law Cases And Developments Of 2021 – UK & Ireland
As we come to the end of a turbulent and challenging year, we wanted to take the opportunity to highlight the…

Key Sports Law Cases And Developments Of 2021 – North America
As we come to the end of a turbulent and challenging year, we wanted to take the opportunity to highlight the…

Sports Technology And Media Rights - The Year In Review 2020/2021
2020/2021 has been a year like no other for everyone, and the commercial sports world is no exception. The COVID-19 pan…

Sport and intellectual property – the year in review 2020/21
From a major international IP piracy dispute over sports broadcasts with a geopolitical undercurrent to trade mark spat…

Sport and commercial law – the year in review 2020/21
In a year where our transformed working patterns have been made possible by modern technology, it seems apt for the the…

Sport and competition law – the year in review 2020/21
Even before the announcement of a breakaway league, it had been an important year for competition law with significant…

Sports Disputes and Disciplinary Procedures - the Year in review 2020/21
It is difficult to look back on 2020 without considering the impact that the Covid-19 pandemic has had, in any context…

Sport and employment law – the year in review 2020/21
Welcome to the employment section of LawInSport’s Yearbook – year in review series 2020/21. This section will in part b…

Sports & Governance - The Year In Review 2020/21
The French-Algerian philosopher Albert Camus once wrote, “Everything I know most surely about morality and duty; I owe…

Sports Integrity (Betting And Financial Corruption) – The Year In Review 2020/21
Welcome to the Sports Integrity (Betting and Financial Corruption) chapter of the Sports Law Yearbook 2020/2021. …

Sport, Safety And Participation – The Year In Review 2020/21
In a year that all aspects of life, including sport, have been dominated by the impact of the coronavirus pandemic, it…

Sports law in 2021 – key issues to watch in North America
Here are the top sports law issues to watch out for in 2021 in North America from the LawInSport Editorial Board. …

Sports Law In 2021 – Key Issues to watch in Africa, Asia & Australia
Here are the top sports law issues to watch out for in 2021 in Africa, Asia and Australia from the LawInSport Editorial…

Sports law in 2021 – key issues to watch in South America
Here are the top sports law issues to watch out for in 2021 from South America from the LawInSport Editorial Board…

Sports law in 2021 – key issues to watch in Europe
Here are the top sports law issues to watch out for in 2021 in Europe from the LawInSport Editorial Board.
Des…

Sports law in 2021 – key issues to watch in UK & Ireland
Here are the top sports law issues to watch out for in 2021 from the UK and Ireland from the LawInSport Editorial Board…

Key sports law cases and developments of 2020 – Africa, Asia & Australia
As we come to the end of a turbulent and challenging year, we wanted to take the opportunity to reflect on what we thin…

Key sports law cases and developments of 2020 – South America
As we come to the end of a turbulent and challenging year, we wanted to take the opportunity to reflect on what we thin…

Key sports law cases and developments of 2020 – UK & Ireland
As we come to the end of a turbulent and challenging year, we wanted to take the opportunity to reflect on what we thin…

Key sports law cases and developments of 2020 - Europe
As we come to the end of a turbulent and challenging year, we wanted to take the opportunity to reflect on what we thin…

Key sports law cases and developments of 2020 – North America
As we come to the end of a turbulent and challenging year, we wanted to take the opportunity to reflect on what we thin…

Sport and employment law – the year in review 2019/20
Welcome to the employment section of LawInSport’s year in review series 2019/20. This section reflects on:
the lates…

Sport, equality & discrimination – the year in review 2019/20
Since the last edition[1] of the LawInSport year in review, two key topics remain at the forefront of discussions: race…

Sport and competition law – the year in review 2019/20
Reviewing the competition law issues of the last year, one is struck by the realisation that many of the issues at stak…

Sport and intellectual property – the year in review 2019/20
Intellectual property rights are at the heart of all sports business deals and as a result legal disputes and developme…

Sport and anti-doping – the year in review 2019/20
This article surveys some of the most high-profile anti-doping stories of the last twelve months, including the eight-y…

Sports integrity (betting and financial corruption) – the year in review 2019/20
Welcome to the Sports Integrity (Betting and Financial Corruption) section of the LawInSport Year in Review series 2019…

Sport and commercial law – the year in review 2019/20
At the time of writing, it is hard to reflect on a pre-Covid-19 world in which recent deal history would be a cause for…

Sports disputes and disciplinary procedures – the year in review 2019/20
Given how COVID-19 has completely dominated everything in life over the past few months, it is somewhat surreal looking…

Sports governance - the year in review 2019/20
As with any review of 2019/2020, the unprecedented public health and economic crisis and trauma associated with the Cov…

Sport, safety and participation – the year in review 2019/20
The past year has once again seen some important clarifications in the law of negligence and nuisance and the ways that…

Sports law in 2020 - key issues to watch in North America
As a new year (and a new decade!) begins, we wanted to take the opportunity to identify and provide some insights into…

Sports law in 2020 - key issues to watch in Central & South America
As a new year (and a new decade!) begins, we wanted to take the opportunity to identify and provide some insights into…

Sports law in 2020 - key issues to watch in Asia & Australia
As a new year (and a new decade!) begins, we wanted to take the opportunity to identify and provide some insights into…

Key sports law cases and developments of 2019 – Asia & Australia
As we come to the end of another hectic year, we wanted to take the opportunity to identify and provide some insights i…

Key sports law cases and developments of 2019 – Africa & Middle East
As we come to the end of another hectic year, we wanted to take the opportunity to identify and provide some insights i…

Key sports law cases and developments of 2019 – North America
As we come to the end of another hectic year, we wanted to take the opportunity to identify and provide some insights i…

Key sports law cases and developments of 2019 – Central & South America
As we come to the end of another hectic year, we wanted to take the opportunity to identify and provide some insights i…

Key sports law cases and developments of 2019 – Europe
As we come to the end of another hectic year, we wanted to take the opportunity to identify and provide some insights i…

Key sports law cases and developments of 2019 - UK & Ireland
As we come to the end of another hectic year, we wanted to take the opportunity to identify and provide some insights i…

Sport and equality - the year in review 2018/19
Looking back over 2018 and the first half of 2019 we can see a real momentum in challenging gender equality in sport; s…
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