By Athena Constantinou, Managing Director, APC Sports Consulting, Nicosia, Cyprus As a follow up to my GSLTR website post of 5 October 2018, it has been announced that the Portuguese super football star, Cristiano Ronaldo, who plays for Juventus, will … Continue reading
By Laura Donnellan, Lecturer in Law, School of Law, University of Limerick, Ireland. On 12 July 2019, Sandy Dudgeon succeeded Roger Weatherby as the Senior Steward of the Jockey Club at a time of increased regulation of betting. The decision … Continue reading
By Prof Dr Ian Blackshaw Major sporting events, such as the FIFA World Cup, are supposed to leave behind them a legacy in the host country concerned. But what has happened in the case of South Africa following the World … Continue reading
By Prof Dr Ian Blackshaw Street culture comes to the Summer Olympic Games, to be held in Tokyo next year from 24 July to 9 August, when skateboarding features for the first time as part of the Programme. This is … Continue reading
By Emre Bilginoglu, Attorney-at-Law, Istanbul, Turkey US$8 billion: this is not the GDP of a developing country, but the total wagers in online e-sports betting. The e-sports betting industry recorded a revenue of US$560 million this year and is expected to … Continue reading
By Dr. Jason Haynes, Lecturer in Sports Law, University of the West Indies, Cave Hill Campus, Barbados The selection of athletes to participate in sporting events, especially where these events are of an international nature, is arguably one of the … Continue reading
By Athena Constantinou, managing director, AP Sports Consulting, Nicosia, Cyprus We are in the midst of the 2019 Summer Transfer Window, which, in the case of transfers of players from and to English Clubs, will end on 8 August 2019 … Continue reading
By Dr Justin Koo, The University of the West Indies, St Augustine, Trinidad and Tobago The state of football in Trinidad and Tobago has been under intense scrutiny in recent months with a number of ongoing disputes. Issues have arisen … Continue reading
By Dr Justin Koo, The University of the West Indies, St Augustine, Trinidad and Tobago The state of football in Trinidad and Tobago has been under intense scrutiny in recent months with a number of ongoing disputes. Issues have arisen … Continue reading
By Prof Dr Ian Blackshaw Cheating in any sport is against the basic idea of sport, namely, fair play. A chess grandmaster has been accused of cheating at the Strasbourg Open, having been photographed in a toilet cubicle using his … Continue reading