2/03/2019
The International Football Association Board (IFAB) has held its 133rd Annual General Meeting, where the focus has been on fine-tuning the Laws for the benefit of the game as well as an assessment of the use of Video Assistant Referees (VARs). Read the IFAB press release
26/02/2019
The Spanish FA claims it is responsible for marketing the rights, while the Association of Women’s Football Clubs (ACFF) is arguing that it is eligible to do so on behalf of the clubs. The two bodies have exchanged strongly-worded statements after it emerged that the ACFF had issued a tender document concerning broadcast rights to [...]
26/02/2019
The Court holds that the Commission has not shown to the requisite legal standard that the measure at issue conferred an advantage on its beneficiaries. Read the ECJ's press release
22/02/2019
Chelsea FC has been found to have breached Article 19 of the Regulations on the Status and Transfer of Players (RSTP) in the case of 29 minor players and to have committed several other infringements relating to registration requirements for players. The club also breached Article 18bis RSTP in connection with two agreements it concluded [...]
21/02/2019
The sports proposed by Paris 2024 will be reviewed by the Olympic Programme Commission. A recommendation by the Commission will then be presented to the IOC Executive Board in March. If accepted, it will then be presented to the IOC Session. Read the news
21/02/2019
The World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) announces that, following a circular vote of its Executive Committee (ExCo), the Agency has today removed the Nigerian National Anti-Doping Committee from the list of Signatories deemed non-compliant with the World Anti-Doping Code. Read WADA's media release
1/02/2019
The draft bill of the new Sports Law addresses practically all the new challenges facing the world of sport and seeks to contribute to the progress in areas such as equality, inclusive sports, and good governance of sports entities, among others. The new Sports Law is meant to update the legislation, which has been in [...]
15/02/2019
We attended the inaugural FIFA Football Law Annual Review at FIFA Headquarters in Zurich. The focus was on the most important regulatory changes and decisions of 2018, which were shared through presentations given by FIFA legal department’s members. FIFA Football Law Annual Review 2018
12/02/2019
In addition to the usual reviews of the developments in sports law matters and sports law jurisprudence of the last month; we discussed about the implementation of compliance programs in football clubs, as well as the financing of sports club.
5/02/2019
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