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 and developments from the world of sports law in the preceding 12 months. The articles are comprised of the opinions of leading lawyers and executives from the LawInSport Editorial and Advisory Board.

This article contains the responses from our African, Asian and Oceania members:

• Kelvin Omuojine, Partner, SportHouse LP, Nigeria
  • Supreme Court declares Nigeria's National Lottery Act invalid
  • Nigeria replaced Ministry of Sport with National Sports Commission
• Steve Bainbridge, Head of Sports & Entertainment (Middle East), Greenberg Traurig LLP
  • The UAE launches first official national lottery
  • Inaugural Esports World Cup
  • NBA Abu Dhabi Games
  • Abu Dhabi Grand Prix
• Michael Savva, Partner, Watson Farley & Williams (Middle East) LLP
  • The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia’s continuing journey into sport
• Aahna Mehrotra, Partner, AM Sports Law and Management Co, India
  • Governance developments
  • The National Sports Policy, 2024
  • National Sports Governance Bill, 2024
  • Cases from Paris Olympic Games
  • India’s bid for Olympics 2036
  • Competition law developments
  • Securities board issues advisory against unauthorized virtual trading platforms
• Mickey Ingles, Lawyer & Professor, Ingles Laurel Calderon & Ateneo de Manila University, Philippines
  • Carlos Yulo’s Olympic success (and tax considerations!)
• Jack Anderson, Professor of Law, University of Melbourne
  • Themes from cases at the Paris Olympics
• Sam Fellows, Member of the Sports Tribunal of New Zealand and Sports Law and Governance Consultant, New Zealand
  • Athlete welfare and the tragic death of cyclist Olivia Podmore
  • Olympic selection dispute: Sammie Maxwell v Cycling New Zealand
• Shoichi Sugiyama, Attorney-at-Law, Field-R Law, Japan
  • Fair Trade Commission’s warn Nippon Professional Baseball for suspected violation of Japan’s Antimonopoly Act
  • League revises the standard player contract system
• Dev Kumar Parmar, Principal Director, and Swagath Chanila Ramachandra, Associate, Parmars
  • The case of Indian wrestler Vinest Phogat

We would like to thank our Editorial and Advisory Board members for taking the time out of their busy schedules to share their views with us, and also more broadly for their significant input into LawInSport over the course of the year.  Thank you.