EspañolInternational trade: WTO’s dispute resolution body rules on appeal in favour of Boeing in the large civil aircraft case against Airbus15/5/2018
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International trade: WTO’s dispute resolution body rules on appeal in favour of Boeing in the large civil aircraft case against Airbus
Appeals before the CAS and the Swiss Federal Tribunal against the doping sanction imposed on Paolo Guerrero14/5/2018
With his sanction increased, Paolo Guerrero was prevented from playing at the FIFA World Cup in Russia. However, the action to set aside the award before the Swiss Federal Tribunal (SFT), and CAS’ and FIFA´s support, made the precautionary suspension of the sanction possible. Read CAS press release (in Spanish) Read FIFPro press release (in [...]
LaLiga announces that the promotion ‘playoffs’ to the Second division will be retransmitted via Mediapro and BeIn LaLiga12/5/2018
On Saturday, May 12th, the president of LaLiga, Javier Tebas, announced that LaLiga and the RFEF had reached an agreement so that the promotion playoffs could be retransmitted directly via LaLiga 123 TV and BeIn LaLiga. Read the news (in Spanish)
The RFEF surprises in the IV Amateur Football Congress (‘IV Congreso de Fútbol Aficonado’) with a proposal to restructure the ‘Segunda División’ into two Series: Series 1 formed by the five best teams in each group, and Series 2 including three groups of 20 teams11/5/2018
The IV Amateur Football Congress ('IV Congreso de Fútbol Aficonado'), organised in San Sebastian by the Royal Spanish Football Federation, approved on May 11th to present to the RFEF's Assembly a proposal to restructure the groups in the 'Segunda División' and 'Tercera División'. Read the news (in Spanish)
PSG fears to be sanctioned by UEFA in application of the Financial Fair Play Rules 10/5/2018
PSG awaits to receive UEFA’s sanction after breaching the Financial Fair Play Rules and suspects the fine to be similar to 2014’s, imposing a maximun deficit in the balance between purchases and sales leaving them with less room to manoeuvre in the transfer market. Read the news (in Spanish)
In Spain “It shall exist only one Spanish Federation for each sport disciple” (Article 1.5 of Royal Decree on Sports Federations) but in accordance with European Law it won´t be possible to monopolize the athlete’s activities10/5/2018
On Thursday, May 10th, the Administrative Court of Sport (TAD) upheld the appeal lodged by the Taekwondo Club La Costera - Xátiva and his president against the resolution of the Sports Discipline Committee of the Royal Spanish Taekwondo Federation (RFET) by means of which they appellants had been penalized for their recurring participations in events [...]
A new FIFA’s circular informs member federations of a change in procedures regarding noncompliance of resolutions after a Disciplinary Commission’s decision (Article 64, FIFA Disciplinary Code) 9/5/2018
With the objective of ensuring greater respect towards the decisions made by its judicial bodies, the FIFA has issued a notice that informs of improvements in the current procedures, which include changes that enable debtor football clubs to obey their financial obligations in a rapid manner. Read the news
The General Directorate for Gambling (GDG) closes the public consultation preceding the planned widening of the legal framework of gambling regulations. Objective: adapt the ministerial orders to the current context; in particular, with a focus on the prevention and fight against fraud in betting on sports competitions or other events such as eSports 9/5/2018
On Wednesday May 9, the General Directorate for Gambling (DGOJ) closed a public consultation through its web portal related to the expansion of the regulatory framework regarding the Law on Gambling Regulation. The objective of this consultation is to prevent fraud in betting on sports competitions or other events. Read the news (in Spanish)
After Sky’s appeal a court in Milan cancels Mediapro’s tender for Serie A9/5/2018
On Wednesday, May 9th, following Sky's appeal, the Milan court cancelled Mediapro's tender for Serie A in Italy, considering that the tender rules violated antitrust principles. Read the news