By Dr Justin Koo, The University of the West Indies, St Augustine, Trinidad and Tobago The World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO), in cooperation with the Intellectual Property Office of Trinidad and Tobago and the Sports Company of Trinidad and Tobago, … Continue reading
By Prof Dr Ian Blackshaw Discrimination and racism in association football (soccer) is rife despite efforts to eliminate it from the ‘beautiful game’ by the football authorities and other organisations. One such organisation involved in this endeavour is the UK … Continue reading
By Athena Constantinou, Managing Director, APC Sports Consulting, Nicosia, Cyprus In the last 25 years, we have seen a tremendous cross border movement in the world of sport. For example, there have been a number of NBA players moving to … Continue reading
By Dr Laura Donnellan, Lecturer in Law, School of Law, University of Limerick, Ireland In March 2019, the Horseracing Bettors Forum (HBF) published the results of its annual betting survey. The HBF was established in August 2015 with the assistance … Continue reading
Issue number 273 of Weekly Post presents the top 50 transfer values for players currently on loan in big-5 league teams. At the head of the table is Philippe Coutinho. However, the price for the Brazilian as estimated by the CIES Football Observatory … Continue reading
By Prof Dr Ian Blackshaw As a footnote to the GSLTR website post by Jonathan Copping of 28 October 2019, in which he argued for more action by football authorities, in the form of more deterrent penalties, to kick racism … Continue reading
By Niovie Constantinou, Associate, Ioannides Demetriou, Lawyers, Nicosia, Cyprus The sports industry is no longer solely associated with exercising the human body: billions of people around the world are inspired by sport and that inspiration can be used to promote … Continue reading
The 49th Monthly Report of the CIES Football Observatory analyses the demographic characteristics of players from 31 European top division clubs. It notably reveals that the trend towards less stability and a greater international mobility has declined over the past year. While … Continue reading
By Prof Dr Ian Blackshaw South Africa’s Rugby World Cup win – by beating England 32-12 – is being seen by many commentators not only as a sporting triumph in its own right, but also as a possible game changer … Continue reading
By Prof Dr Ian Blackshaw History will be made when East and West Berlin football teams meet on 2 November 2019 in a German Premier Football League (Bundesliga) fixture. This is the first time since the infamous wall, separating East … Continue reading