The Managing Director, Dr Rijkele Betten, and the Consulting Editor, Prof Dr Ian Blackshaw of ‘Global Sports Law and Taxation Reports’ (GSLTR) would like to wish all our readers the Compliments of the Season and all the best for the … Continue reading →

By Prof Dr Ian Blackshaw 31-year old Arsenal midfielder, Mesut Ozil, has offended the Chinese with a ‘tweet’ in which he criticised them about their treatment of Uighur Muslims. Ozil, who is himself a Muslim, described them as “warriors who … Continue reading →

The CIES Football Observatory has developed a property algorithm to assess the performance of footballers from the exclusive data produced by the leading sports company OptaPro. Issue number 278 of the Weekly Post presents the MVP per big-5 league club, as well as the top … Continue reading →

By Athena Constantinou, Managing Director, APC Sports Consulting, Nicosia, Cyprus  The place of women in sport – especially elite sport – has long been a controversial matter inviting attention. However, times seem to be changing for the better and not … Continue reading →

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 →