By Prof Dr Ian Blackshaw On 6 August 2020, the English Football Association (FA) published new Rules on Discrimination and Racism, under which stadiums of football clubs could be closed and players and fans could face fines for acts of … Continue reading
By Jonathan Copping, Lawyer, Stone King LLP, London, UK On 2 July 2020, a House of Lords Select Committee produced a Report that recommended that English Premier League clubs should not be allowed to have betting firms on their football … Continue reading
By Emre Bilginoglu, Attorney-at-Law, Istanbul, Turkey Zynga, the American social game developer, which was founded in 2007 and is based in San Francisco, recently announced that it is ready to acquire an 80% stake in Turkish mobile game maker Rollic … Continue reading
The Managing Editor, Dr Rijkele Betten, and the Consulting Editor, Prof Dr Ian Blackshaw, of ‘Sports Law and Taxation’ would like to congratulate Athena Constantinou, the Managing Director of APC Sports Consulting, Nicosia, Cyprus, one of our regular contributors to … Continue reading
By Pof Dr Ian Blackshaw The sale of Newcastle United Football Club for £300 million to a Saudi Arabian backed consortium is off, apparently because the bidders had lost patience in view of the time it was taking for the … Continue reading
by Dr Joachim Reichenberger LLM EMBA Washington DC USA 5 years after the last UEFA Champions’ League final and even 10 years after the last UEFA Europa League final on German soil, Cologne will host this years’ final tournament due … Continue reading
By Prof Dr Ian Blackshaw The sale of Newcastle United Football Club for £300 million to a Saudi Arabian backed consortium, agreed several months ago, has been delayed pending the English Premier League’s requirements for more clarity on who will … Continue reading
By Prof Dr Ian Blackshaw The Washington Redskins American Football Team has announced that it will change its name and logo, because they are considered to be racist. The NFL Team was founded in 1937 by George Preston Marshall, who … Continue reading
AMENDMENTS TO THE RULES OF THE COURT OF ARBITRATION FOR SPORT (CAS): SPANISH BECOMES THE 3RD OFFICIAL LANGUAGE FOR CAS ARBITRATIONS Lausanne, 30 June 2020 – The International Council of Arbitration for Sport (ICAS), governing body of the Court of … Continue reading
By Prof Dr Ian Blackshaw The England pace bowler, Jofra Archer, aged 25, has been dropped from the team for the Second Test against the West Indies being played, without spectators, at Old Trafford, Manchester, for breaching the bio-security protocols … Continue reading