By Prof Dr Ian Blackshaw The Governing Body of European Football, UEFA, has imposed financial sanctions on nine of the twelve Football Clubs involved in the proposed European Super League (ESL), including the six leading English Premier League Clubs. The … Continue reading →

Following the collapse of the proposed European Super League, the English Premier League has issued, on 3 May 2021, the following Statement: The events of the last two weeks have challenged the foundations and resolve of English football. The Premier … Continue reading →

By Prof Dr Ian Blackshaw Due to the dire and worsening Covid-19 situation in India, the India Premier League (IPL) Twenty20 Cricket Tournament has been suspended indefinitely. In a second wave of the Pandemic, infections in India have surpassed 20 … Continue reading →

By Prof Dr Ian Blackshaw As a follow on to the European Super League (ESL) opposition, fans demonstrated inside and outside the Old Trafford stadium at the tie between Manchester United and Liverpool on 2 May 2021. They were protesting … Continue reading →

CIES Football Obsevatory Report 3 May 2021 InStat Index rankings: the top 10s across Europe Issue number 336 of the CIES Football Observatory Weekly Post presents the index developed by the sports data company InStat to assess the performance of … Continue reading →

By Jonathan Copping, Lawyer, Stone King, London, UK At approximately 23:00 GMT on Sunday 18 April 2021 a press statement was released on the website www.thesuperleague.com. The start of the press statement read as follows: “Twelve of Europe’s leading football … Continue reading →

By Prof Dr Ian Blackshaw As a protest against lack of action of racial abuse online, particularly against footballers and managers, sports persons, sports bodies and organisations, broadcasters, sponsors and others are uniting in a boycott of social media, including … Continue reading →

By Theodosia Neofytou, APC Sports Consulting, Nicosia Cyprus Usually, when one hears the word “environment”, the first thing that comes to mind is our ecosystem. However, there is also the artificial environment that we create within our societies that encompasses … Continue reading →

Dr. Jason Haynes Lecturer in Sports Law & Deputy Dean (Graduate Studies & Research), University of the West Indies, Cave Hill Campus, Barbados. The Anglophone Caribbean, affectionately known as the ‘West Indies’ in the cricketing realm, is no stranger to … Continue reading →