By Dolf Segaar Sports Lawyer at CMS Amsterdam WADA (the World Anti-Doping Agency) has decided to impose a four-year ban on Russia to compete in international sporting competitions as a sanction for a large doping cover-up. Russia was found to … Continue reading
The leading sports data company InStat has developed an exclusive Index to assess the performance of football players on an objective basis. Issue number 277 of the CIES Football Observatory Weekly Post presents the top 10 rankings for 35 European competitions. The … Continue reading
By Prof Dr Ian Blackshaw The UK is currently in the middle of a General Election fever prior to going to the Polls on 12 December 2019 to elect a new Parliament and a new Government. The three main political … Continue reading
No outfield footballer played a higher percentage of domestic league minutes of a big-5 league team in the 2010s as Lionel Messi. The Argentinean was fielded for 83.4% of total minutes played by Barcelona in the Liga. This is the … Continue reading
By Prof Dr Ian Blackshaw It has been announced that a 10% stake in Manchester City FC, the current English Premier League Champions, has been sold by the Abu Dhabi Royal Family to the American Investment Group, Silver Lake Partners, … Continue reading
Issue number 275 of the CIES Football Observatory Weekly Post maps the origin of expatriate players in 31 European top divisions. With 466 representatives, Brazilians are the most numerous (10.3% of the total number of expatriates), followed by the French (350 players). … Continue reading
By Jonathan Copping, Lawyer, Stone King, London, UK The legal dispute between Cardiff City and French club, Nantes, was heard before a FIFA tribunal in September in relation to the payment of the transfer fee by Cardiff to Nantes. Back … Continue reading
Dominating opponents does not always lead to success. However, the InStat data analysed in the 274th CIES Football Observatory Weekly Post shows that most of the best performing teams are able to maximise their passes in the opponent’s third of the pitch, … Continue reading
By Dr Jason Haynes, Sports Lawyer, Barbados In the lead up to the 2019 World Championships held in Doha, Qatar, on 27 September – 7 October 2019, Jamaica’s hopes of achieving international acclaim in the sprints were dealt a blow … Continue reading
By Professor Dr Ian Blackshaw It was reported, on 15 November 2019, that twenty high profile British athletes, led by sprinter Adam Gemili, have started a legal action against the BOA to compel it to relax its “unjust and unlawful” … Continue reading