In sport, where children from diverse backgrounds come together, the need for inclusive, responsive safeguarding is essential. Whether in grassroots clubs, elite academies or national governing bodies ...

Tondela deals with an alleged no-poach agreement between Portuguese clubs which prevented the clubs from signing players who ...

In recent years, China's anti-doping legislation has made significant developments and has formed an anti-doping legal system based on the Sports Law of the People's Republic of China [1] (the Sports ...

In December 2023, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) published very specific new guidelines [1] (and accompanying FAQs [2]) on the use of social media around the Olympic Games Paris 2024. The ...

Here are the top sports law issues to watch out for in 2024 in North America from the LawInSport Editorial & Advisory Board. We hope this proves useful not only in identifying specific cases and ...

With the United States Center for SafeSport (“ USCSS ”) completing 8 years in March 2025, this article examines the recent changes to the SafeSport Code and discusses some deficiencies in the process ...

The owners' and directors' test (also known as the " fit and proper person test ") is a test that is applied to directors and prospective directors of English football clubs to ensure those appointed ...

Surprisingly, however, not much (academic) attention has been given to the legal and ethical challenges arising from the use of AI-systems in sports. Against this background, this article examines ...

It might be thought that the job of an athlete is difficult but simple: try to win and don’t cheat. If only things were that straightforward. In recent years, governing bodies have enforced the full ...

On 18 September 2020, at its 70 th Congress, FIFA approved changes to their eligibility regulations [1] (the Regulations), which govern the eligibility of players to play for representative ...

This article examines how UK football club, Scunthorpe Utd, used a novel legal structure – a community interest company (CIC) – to help save it from insolvency by facilitating the alignment of public ...