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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…

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Welcome to the EU and Competition Law chapter of the LawInSport Annual Review 24/25.  In 2024, competition law con…
Welcome to the Anti-Doping chapter of the LawInSport Annual Review 2024/25. Tennis dominated the anti-doping landscape…
Welcome to the Sports Integrity chapter of the LawInSport Annual Review 2024/25.  One quarter of the way through…
Welcome to the Employment Law chapter of LawInSport’s Annual Review 2024/25. This chapter covers the following issues…
Welcome to the Media Rights chapter of the LawInSport Annual Review 2024/25. The past year has been a busy one in the…
Welcome to the Commercial Law chapter of LawInSport’s Annual Review 2024/25. We were spoiled for choice in our field o…
Welcome to the Governance chapter of the LawInSport Annual Review 2024/25. 2024 was, of course, an Olympic and Paralym…
Here are the top sports law issues to watch out for in 2025 in Central & South America from the LawInSport Editoria…
Here are the top sports law issues to watch out for in 2025 in Africa, Asia & Oceania from the LawInSport Editorial…
Here are the top sports law issues to watch out for in 2025 in North America from the LawInSport Editorial & Adviso…
Here are the top sports law issues to watch out for in 2025 in Europe from the LawInSport Editorial and Advisory Board…
Here are the top sports law issues to watch out for in 2025 in the UK and Ireland from the LawInSport Editorial & A…
At the end of each year, we publish our festive compilation articles to identify the most important legal cases an…
At the end of each year, we publish our festive compilation articles to identify the most important legal cases an…
At the end of each year, we publish our festive compilation articles to identify the most important legal cases an…
At the end of each year, we publish our festive compilation articles to identify the most important legal cases an…
At the end of each year, we publish our festive compilation articles to identify the most important legal cases an…
2024 in Indian sports law was a year dominated by India’s Olympic performance and its future aspirations. On the back o…
sports disputes and disciplinary procedures
Welcome to the disputes and disciplinary proceedings section of the LawInSport Annual Review 2023/24. If last year…
sports media
In the last year, we’ve seen several tier one media rights tenders conclude. As the focus on technological innovation a…
Annual Review Betting
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
Welcome to the anti-doping law chapter of the LawInSport Annual Review 2023/24. This year’s chapter reviews the high-pr…
Sport Safety
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…
The Year in Review 2023/24
Welcome to the commercial law chapter of the LawInSport Annual Review 2023/24. This chapter examines the trends we’ve s…
Annual Review 23/24
Welcome to the governance chapter of the LawInSport Annual Review 2023/24. This review features the following matters…
India Wrestlers
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…
UK and Ireland
At the end of each year, we publish compilation articles to identify the most important legal cases and developments fr…
Key Sports Europe
At the end of each year, we publish compilation articles to identify the most important legal cases and developments fr…
Key Sports Africa
At the end of each year, we publish compilation articles to identify the most important legal cases and developments fr…
Key sports North America
At the end of each year, we publish compilation articles to identify the most important legal cases and developments fr…
South America
At the end of each year, we publish compilation articles to identify the most important legal cases and developments fr…
Title image: 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…
Title image: 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…
Title image: 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…
Title image: 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…
Title image - 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 Asia, Africa & Oceania from the LawInSport Editorial…
Title image - Players behind flag overlay 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…
Title image - Athletes with flag overlay - 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…
Title image of European athletes - 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…
Title image of football player - 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…
Title image and background of athletes - 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…
What to watch 2022 - 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…
What to watch 2022 - Europe
Here are the top sports law issues to watch out for in 2022 in Europe from the LawInSport Editorial Board.  Contr…
What to watch 2022 - 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…
What to watch 2022 - 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…
Festive Compilation - Europe
As we come to the end of a turbulent and challenging year, we wanted to take the opportunity to highlight the…
Festive Compilation - North America
As we come to the end of a turbulent and challenging year, we wanted to take the opportunity to highlight the…
Laptop Screen Showing Players Playing Football
2020/2021 has been a year like no other for everyone, and the commercial sports world is no exception. The COVID-19 pan…
Picture of the Japan Olympic Museum
From a major international IP piracy dispute over sports broadcasts with a geopolitical undercurrent to trade mark spat…
Image of a cyborg basketball player slam dunking on a futuristic court
In a year where our transformed working patterns have been made possible by modern technology, it seems apt for the the…
Image of empty stadium with blue seats
Even before the announcement of a breakaway league, it had been an important year for competition law with significant…
Image of football players arguing with referee
It is difficult to look back on 2020 without considering the impact that the Covid-19 pandemic has had, in any context…
Image of female footballer's celebrating a goal
Welcome to the employment section of LawInSport’s Yearbook – year in review series 2020/21. This section will in part b…
Picture of lady holding ipad at old football stadium
The French-Algerian philosopher Albert Camus once wrote, “Everything I know most surely about morality and duty; I owe…
Welcome to the Sports Integrity (Betting and Financial Corruption) chapter of the Sports Law Yearbook 2020/2021. …
In a year that all aspects of life, including sport, have been dominated by the impact of the coronavirus pandemic, it…
Title image of basketball player - 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. …
Title image of swimmer - 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…
Title image of football player - 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…
Title image of tennis player - 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…
Title image of rugby player - 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…
As we come to the end of a turbulent and challenging year, we wanted to take the opportunity to reflect on what we thin…
As we come to the end of a turbulent and challenging year, we wanted to take the opportunity to reflect on what we thin…
As we come to the end of a turbulent and challenging year, we wanted to take the opportunity to reflect on what we thin…
As we come to the end of a turbulent and challenging year, we wanted to take the opportunity to reflect on what we thin…
As we come to the end of a turbulent and challenging year, we wanted to take the opportunity to reflect on what we thin…
Womens Soccer
Welcome to the employment section of LawInSport’s year in review series 2019/20. This section reflects on: the lates…
Athlete Track
Since the last edition[1] of the LawInSport year in review, two key topics remain at the forefront of discussions: race…
Reviewing the competition law issues of the last year, one is struck by the realisation that many of the issues at stak…
Intellectual property rights are at the heart of all sports business deals and as a result legal disputes and developme…
Doping
This article surveys some of the most high-profile anti-doping stories of the last twelve months, including the eight-y…
Sports betting
Welcome to the Sports Integrity (Betting and Financial Corruption) section of the LawInSport Year in Review series 2019…
Sports Investment
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…
Footballers
Given how COVID-19 has completely dominated everything in life over the past few months, it is somewhat surreal looking…
Sports Governance
As with any review of 2019/2020, the unprecedented public health and economic crisis and trauma associated with the Cov…
Team huddle
The past year has once again seen some important clarifications in the law of negligence and nuisance and the ways that…
Title image 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…
Title image 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…
Title image 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…
Title image with map of 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…
Map of Africa & Middle East with title text
As we come to the end of another hectic year, we wanted to take the opportunity to identify and provide some insights i…
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…
Title image of flags in countries of Central and 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…
2019
As we come to the end of another hectic year, we wanted to take the opportunity to identify and provide some insights i…
2019
As we come to the end of another hectic year, we wanted to take the opportunity to identify and provide some insights i…