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Sports, Football, Dispute Resolution , Articles, Regulation & Governance

UEFA’s Multi-Club Ownership Rule Before CAS: Decisive Influence in the FC DAC 1904 and Crystal Palace Cases (Part 2)

This is Part 2 of a two-part article examining the Court of Arbitration for Sport's (CAS) strict application of UEFA's Multi-Club Ownership Rule (MCO Rule) in three landmark 2025…
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Sports, Football, Dispute Resolution , Articles, Regulation & Governance

UEFA’s Multi-Club Ownership Rule Before CAS: The 1 March Deadline and the Drogheda United Decision (Part 1)

The end of the 2024/25 football season brought challenges for several football clubs forming part of what are known as…
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Sports, Football, Dispute Resolution , Articles, Regulation & Governance

FIFA's Two-Year Limitation Period Under Scrutiny: Lessons from Recent CAS Jurisprudence

This article discusses a recent award published by the Court of Arbitration for Sport in the case CAS 2024/A/11060 X. v…
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Sports, Football, Dispute Resolution , Articles, Regulation & Governance

Indefinite provisional suspensions and competence under the FFAR: CAS Panel reinstates suspended agent licence in Tullio Tinti v FIFA

The latest case involving the FIFA Football Agent Regulations (FFAR)[1] raises the question of how far can FIFA enforce…
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Basketball, Sports, Athlete Welfare, Dispute Resolution , Articles, Regulation & Governance, Safeguarding

Safeguarding Complaints and Procedural Fairness: What Sports Bodies Can Learn from Tounkara v FIBA

In a previous article published by LawInSport in 2022[1], our colleague Richard Bush examined the serious allegations o…
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Baseball, Basketball, Anti-Corruption, Sports, Criminal, Dispute Resolution , Gambling, Articles, Regulation & Governance

Over/Under: The Prop Betting Risk to the Integrity of U.S. Sports

The major professional sports leagues in the United States have weathered emerging challenges over many generations.&nb…
Sports, Football, Articles, Regulation & Governance

From ‘Sweat’ To ‘Stats’: Governance Of Sports Wearables In India

“In God we trust, all others must bring data” The quote often attributed to American statistician W. Edwards Deming, s…
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Sports, Football, Dispute Resolution , Articles, Regulation & Governance, Table Tennis

Different Roads, Different Destinations: Why the Table Tennis Russia Ban Failed Where FIFA and UEFA Succeeded

The Russian invasion of Ukraine in February 2022 triggered an unprecedented wave of sporting sanctions against Russian…
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Basketball, Sports, Dispute Resolution , Articles, Regulation & Governance

FIBA’s Approach to Club Succession And BAT Award Enforcement

This article discusses the International Basketball Federation’s (FIBA) regulatory framework in relation to club succes…
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Sports, Football, Articles, Regulation & Governance, Tax Law

Taxing End-of-Contract Compensation in Spain: Courts vs Tax Authorities

In 2019, the Spanish Supreme Court recognised professional athletes' right to end-of-contract compensation under Articl…
Cricket, Sports, Football, Commercial, Articles, Regulation & Governance

Data Protection Revolution in India: Key Provisions of the 2025 Digital Data Protection Rules

India's rapidly expanding digital gaming and sports sector faces significant compliance challenges following the public…
Cricket, Sports, Blogs, Football, Commercial, Articles, Indian Sports Law, Regulation & Governance

How India’s new data protection laws will impact the sports and gaming industry

The gaming and sports industry in India encompasses a broad spectrum of activities, including online gaming platforms…

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