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World Sports Law Report 
Discussion of sports news and legal issues, focusing on Great Britain and Europe.
Post Frequency: 0.5/day Last Entry: May 25, 2010 at 14:46:20 Recent Entries: 121
By "Andy Brown"
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WSLR Event Attracts International Media Coverage
Posted on September 29, 2009Normal 0 0 1 329 1876 15 3 2303 11.1282 0 0 0 Peter Limacher, UEFA's Head of Disciplinary Services, revealed that UEFA is currently investigating...
Weekly Twitter Update: September 14-18
Posted on September 19, 2009Athletics South Africa has launched an inquiry into the Caster Semenya affair. Press release @ http://bit.ly/qw7vu Nigeria rejects FIFA-approved MRI bone scans to verify player ages for U17 World Cup. BBC report @ http://bit...
DCMS & Professional Players Federation To Speak At WSLR Event
Posted on September 17, 2009 Normal 0 0 1 204 1063 17 2 1430 11.1282 0 0 0 The UK Government's Department for Culture, Media and Sport and the Professional Players Federation...
Weekly Twitter Update: September 7-11
Posted on September 12, 2009The Sydney Morning Herald reports that runner Caster Semenya is a hermaphrodite. http://bit.ly/1i8AC6. The IAAF will release test results. Ars ne Wenger: sensible comments on why FIFA/UEFA's plan to ban under-18 transfers...
FIFA considers dropping agent licence requirement
Posted on September 09, 2009Normal 0 0 1 113 649 5 1 797 11.1282 0 0 0 FIFA is considering abandoning its requirement that football clubs should only conduct player transfers...
Premier Rugby: opposition doctor to be allowed to inspect blood injuries
Posted on September 09, 2009Normal 0 0 1 58 334 2 1 410 11.1282 0 0 0 Premier Rugby, the body which administers rugby union's Guinness Premiership competition, is to vote...
UEFA, BHA & Betfair to speak at WSLR briefing
Posted on September 09, 2009Normal 0 0 1 52 297 2 1 364 11.1282 0 0 0 UEFA, the British Horseracing Association (BHA), Betfair and the Central Council for Physical Recreation...
Player Contracts: Mutu: contract breaches for misconduct & compensation
Posted on September 09, 2009Normal 0 0 1 73 419 3 1 514 11.1282 0 0 0 The Court of Arbitration for Sport recently dismissed an appeal from Adrian Mutu against a FIFA decision...
Television: UK review of listed events reserved for free-to-air TV
Posted on September 09, 2009Normal 0 0 1 92 526 4 1 645 11.1282 0 0 0 The UK government is considering changing legislation that preserves certain sporting events for free-to-air...
Fan Behaviour: Sporting organisations' liability for spectator behaviour
Posted on September 09, 2009Normal 0 0 1 106 607 5 1 745 11.1282 0 0 0 There have recently been a number of incidents where the safety of athletes have been compromised...
South Africa: Ambush marketing: national preventative legislation
Posted on September 09, 2009Normal 0 0 1 85 486 4 1 596 11.1282 0 0 0 Corporations pay millions to exclusively sponsor events such as the FIFA 2010 World Cup South Africa,...
US: Amateur sport: image rights litigation and potential impact
Posted on September 09, 2009Normal 0 0 1 65 373 3 1 458 11.1282 0 0 0 A number of cases regarding the use of the use of amateur athletes' images in computer games are currently...
Weekly Twitter Update
Posted on September 06, 2009Normal 0 0 1 328 1871 15 3 2297 11.1282 0 0 0 UK Sport welcomes the Home Office's addition of 24 anabolic steroids and 2 growth hormones to the...
Weekly Twitter Update
Posted on September 01, 2009Normal 0 0 1 333 1900 15 3 2333 11.1282 0 0 0 FIFA uses the 4th report from the PFPO - which reports fewer club-trained players - to support its...
CAS Publishes Beijing 2008 Decisions
Posted on August 26, 2009The Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS), based in Lausanne, Switzerland, has just published (July, 2009) a Digest of the Awards made by its Ad Hoc Division (AHD) - a kind of circuit tribunal of the CAS - during the Beijing Olympic Games...
Weekly Twitter Update
Posted on August 25, 2009Normal 0 0 1 273 1560 13 3 1915 11.1282 0 0 0 Premier Rugby is to bring in new injury checks following the discovery that Harlequins faked a blood...
Weekly Twitter Update
Posted on August 15, 2009London 2012 has appointed that London Marathon to work on the 2012 Olympic and Paralympic marathons. http://tinyurl.com/on5lo2The IOC has taken action against five equestrian riders for doping of horses at the Beijing 2008 Olympics. http://tinyurl.com/odrfaaSheikh...
Weekly Twitter Update
Posted on August 07, 2009Bath rugby union players have set up a five-man group designed to self-police against further drug taking. http://tinyurl.com/nj28xpEnglish rugby union players will become the first in the world to be tested for social drugs out of competition. http://tinyurl...
FINA bans bodysuits from 2010 but records to stand
Posted on August 04, 2009The F d ration Internationale de Natation (FINA) has amended its rules to ban all bodysuits from swimming from 2010, after world records were broken using new generation non-permeable swimsuits which critics allege provide an unfair advantage by...
Tennis players seek compensation for ATP's suspension for online gambling
Posted on August 04, 2009Five tennis players are seeking compensation from the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) and online gambling operator Interwetten, alleging that their suspension for online gambling was engineered to satisfy public and media concerns over...
FAPL can claim US damages for live broadcasts
Posted on August 04, 2009The Football Association Premier League (FAPL) has yet to decide whether it will pursue statutory damages, after it won the right to claim them from YouTube for broadcasting its live games. In a 7 July ruling, a US district court said that FAPL...
Opinion: EHFA and IHRSA: promoting health through fitness
Posted on August 04, 2009Traditionally, the health and fitness industry has looked to the United States for its leadership. Based in Boston, USA, the International Health and Racquet Sportsclub Association1 (IHRSA) has led the industry for over 25 years with its programme...
Formula One: The legal status of Formula One's proposed budget cap
Posted on August 04, 2009Formula One has proposed a cap of 40 million on team budgets from 2010, a move initially opposed by its teams. Elizabeth Mehdevy, a Partner with Field Seymour Parkes, examines the economic reasons for the cap, the damage that the threat of a breakaway...
Player Contracts: Greek FA accepts nationality restrictions violate EU law
Posted on August 04, 2009The Hellenic Football Federation has accepted an argument raised before the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) that a rule requiring six players in second division squads to be eligible for the national team contravenes EU law. Dr. Gregory Ioannidis,...
Doping: Drug testing under club employment contracts
Posted on August 04, 2009England's Rugby Football Union (RFU) told four former Bath players to appear before an RFU disciplinary panel, where they will be charged with 'conduct prejudicial to the interests of the game', following allegations that they took prohibited substances...
Poland: Euro 2012: legal preparations for hosting
Posted on August 04, 2009 Poland has introduced a number of legislative changes designed to prepare the country for its joint hosting of Euro 2012 with Ukraine. Piotr Majer, a Senior Associate with Laszczuk and Partners, examines the special legal status of projects,...
Ticketing: WIPO decision: use of sport trademarks to sell tickets
Posted on August 04, 2009A World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) panel rules that Official Tickets' use of club trademarks in connection with 'official tickets' in domains creates a likelihood of confusion that the websites are authorised by the clubs. Rohan Massey,...
Comment: Ofcom pay-TV consultation: regulating pay-TV football
Posted on August 04, 2009Ofcom intends to require BSkyB to wholesale pay-TV content at regulated prices to all. Stephen Hornsby, a Partner with Davenport Lyons, examines the plans, the Premier League's objection that Ofcom's proposal would undermine competition for its...
Sports Law Round Up: Player Contracts
Posted on June 19, 2009The news story that most intrigued me this week was that Manchester United has implemented a policy that the club will not sign players over 26 years of age, in a move apparently designed to generate value for the club at the end of a five or six year...
FIFA, CAS, FIFPro & Premier League To Address WSLR Briefing
Posted on June 10, 2009FIFA, the Court of Arbitration for Sport, the FA Premier League, FIFPro and more will address World Sports Law Report's second Player Issues: Contracts & Regulations full-day briefing, which will be hosted at the London offices of Hammonds...
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