Key Sports Law Cases & Developments 2025 - Africa, Asia & Oceania

At the end of each year, we publish 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
  • Nigeria on the Verge of Enacting the Central Gaming Bill 2025
• Steve Bainbridge, Head of Sports & Entertainment (Middle East), Greenberg Traurig LLP
  • GCC Sports Landscape 2025: A Year of Momentum
  • Saudi Football’s New Era: Privatization and Progress
  • Game On: VARA Brings Tokens to the Real World
  • Strengthening Legal and Strategic Sports Frameworks
• Michael Savva, Partner, Watson Farley & Williams (Middle East) LLP
  • The Middle Eastern Gold Rush
  • PIF Acquisitions
• Aahna Mehrotra, Founder, AM Sports Law and Management Co, India
  • National Sports Policy
  • The National Sports Governance Act, 2025
  • The Promotion and Regulation of Online Gaming Act, 2025
  • All India Football Federation Supreme Court Judgment
  • Draft National Code Against Age Fraud in Sports (NCAAFS) 2025
  • India’s Data Protection Shift
  • Sporting Goods
• Shun Takahashi, Attorney-at-Law, Field-R Law, Japan
  • Amendment of the Basic Act on Sport
  • Occurrence of Bullying and Harassment Cases in Sports Settings
  • The Online Casino Issues
• Mickey Ingles, Lawyer & Professor, Ingles Laurel Calderon & Ateneo de Manila University, Philippines
  • Supreme Court decision in Guiao: Key Case for Philippine Sports Funding
• Jack Anderson, Professor of Law, University of Melbourne, Australia
  • Gambling Integrity Issues
• Sam Fellows, Solicitor, Holland Becket, New Zealand
  • CAS Appeal on Cannabis Clarifies Sanction Consistency (Turagalailai)
  • Sport Integrity Commission Activity
  • Athlete Welfare: Continuing Ramifications of the Olivia Podmore Coronial Inquest
  • Netball Coaching and Governance: Silver Ferns Leadership Stand Down and Institutional Oversight
  • Cricket Governance: Proposals for a Privately Owned NZ T20 League (NZ20) And Sector Tensions
  • System Governance – Sport NZ/HPSNZ Structural Changes
  • Corporate Compliance: Incorporated Societies Act 2022 Reregistration Deadline (5 April 2026)
• Nandan Kamath, Senior Partner, LawNK Partners, India
  • Policy Drivers
  • Heralding a New Era of Sports Governance
  • Putting the Brakes on Online Gaming
  • Indian Football Governance
  • Tackling Age Fraud
  • Playing Host

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.