Significant Changes to the Premier League's Owners and Directors Test
On 30 March 2023 the Premier League announced various changes to its Owners and Directors Test (“OADT”) which signifi...
In-Game Advertising: Opportunities & Key Issues For Video Games & Esports
As the video game industry, and the associated esports industry, continues to expand, publishers are seeking new ways...
Can retired footballers appear in gambling ads?
On 1 October 2022, the UK advertising codes, the UK Code of Non-Broadcast Advertising and Direct & Promotional Ma...
Visibility Of Women’s Sport: What Athletes And Influencers Need To Know Before Launching A Podcast
131 percent in 2022. This was the year-on-year increase in UK average viewing time per person for women’s sport on TV...
What Sponsors Can Learn From The 2022 World Cup Beer Fiasco
Cast your mind back to mid-November 2022 in the days leading up to start of the Qatar World Cup – before the rapturou...
Why FIFA Banned The All India Football Federation & What It Means
The All India Football Federation (AIFF) found itself at the center of a storm in 2022 when FIFA imposed a ban on it ...
ASA's First Ruling Under New Gambling Ad Rules: Analysis And Implications For Sports Organizations
The Advertising Standards Authority (“ASA”) has issued its first ruling under the new rules that prohibit ...
Swiss Federal Tribunal confirms the validity of CAS Anti-Doping Division proceedings as first instance tribunal
This article discusses a recent important decision1 by the Swiss Federal Supreme Court (“SFT”) which confirmed the va...
A Summary Of 2022’s Key Sports Law Cases & Regulatory Reforms From The CAS & SFT
This article summarises the key cases from the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) and the Swiss Federal Tribun...
A Summary of Key Sports Law Cases In Australia in 2022
This is a summary of some of the leading sports law cases that arose in Australia in 2022. It is based on the author’...
Protecting trademarks in keyword advertising in India - A guide for sports organisations
The Honourable Delhi High Court (Court) in India, in the recent case of Head Digital Works Private Limited v. TicTok ...
Betting In Football: Lessons From Non-League Player’s 11 Year Suspension (The FA v Kynan Isaac)
The recent decision of the FA Independent Regulatory Commission (“Commission”) in The FA v Kynan Isaac attracted wide...
Who is a ‘publisher’ in the context of defamatory material posted on a social media website? (Fairfax v Voller)
Who is a ‘publisher’ in the context of defamatory material posted on a social media website on the internet? The High...
What does the Genius v Sportradar settlement mean for sports data rights holders?
It was recently announced that the long-standing dispute between Genius Sport and Sportradar has come to an end becau...
The Standard of Proof and the Threshold for Appeal in Sports Disciplinary Cases (The FA v Imran Louza)
The decision of an Appeal Board dismissing the FA’s appeal in the case of FA v Imran Louza1 is significant for t...
What are the key changes to WADA’s Prohibited List 2023?
The World Anti-Doping Agency’s (WADA) Executive Committee approved the 2023 List of Prohibited Substances and Methods...
Why BrewDog’s ‘Anti-Sponsoring’ World Cup Campaign May Land Them In Trouble
With the 2022 FIFA World Cup now less than a week away, the minds of the football-watching public are turning to Qata...
World Cup Qatar 2022 - Why The UK Government’s Advice To LGBT+ Fans Could Put Them At Risk
In under a week, Qatar will host the 2022 FIFA World Cup. As English and Welsh football fans prepare to travel to Qat...
ECB Racism Disciplinary Proceedings To Be Held In Public: Open Justice In Sports Disputes
On 3 November 2022, the BBC announced that in an “unprecedented” move the England and Wales Cricket Board’s (‘ECB’) d...
When Is A Football 'Sell On Clause' Triggered? CAS Decides in Malaga v Brighton
Those involved with football transfers will be familiar with sell-on clauses given that they are widely used in the w...
5th Sports Law Arbitration Moot (SLAM)