By Kevin Offer, Partner and Head of Tax, Hardwick & Morris LLP, London, United Kingdom On 6 May 2020, the Upper Tribunal (Tax and Chancery Chamber) (UTT) published a decision in the case of CRC v Professional Game Match Officials … Continue reading
By Prof Dr Ian Blackshaw It has been announced by the President of the IOC, Dr Thomas Bach, that the 2020 Tokyo Summer Olympics, which have been postponed for a year, will be cancelled, if it is not safe for … Continue reading
By Aidan Healy and Sean Cody of DAC Beachcroft LLP Law Firm Dublin, Republic of Ireland Introduction The emergence of the Covid-19 Pandemic has fundamentally changed the way we all live, work and play. The first restrictions came into effect … Continue reading
Issue number 296 of the CIES Football Observatory Weekly Post reveals that Lincoln Red Imps from Gibraltar is the current top division team worldwide having won the highest percentage of domestic league matches played between 2015 and 2020 by three or more … Continue reading
By Prof Dr Ian Blackshaw World Rugby, the Governing Body of Rugby Union Football, has announced that one of its three strategic priorities is the further development of the women’s game, which like other women’s sports, including its counterpart, women’s … Continue reading
By Athena Constantinou, Managing Director, APC-Sports Consulting, Nicosia, Cyprus Athlete welfare entails the creation of a safe environment for athletes in their sporting and personal lives. Leagues and clubs have a huge role to play in the promotion of the … Continue reading
The CIES Football Observatory just published its 55th Monthly Report. The study analyses the contribution of national associations worldwide from the point of view of the production of professional players. The sample includes 55,865 footballers having played during the 2019 calendar … Continue reading
The 295th edition of the CIES Football Observatory Weekly Post ranks 150 top division leagues and clubs worldwide according to the percentage of goalless games during the five-year period between January 2015 and December 2019. At the top 30 places are 23 … Continue reading
By Elly Besterveld, support lawyer, and Dolf Segaar, sports lawyer, CMS, Amsterdam, The Netherlands Since the start of the Coronavirus (Corona) crises in The Netherlands, sports competitions have been terminated, sports clubs have closed, and all sports events have been … Continue reading
By Andreas Themistocleous, APC Sports Consulting, Nicosia, Cyprus I saw a very cool picture, about a week ago, on my social media feed from soccer star Neymar playing beach soccer with his friend on a private location by the sea … Continue reading