Dominating opponents does not always lead to success. However, the InStat data analysed in the 274th CIES Football Observatory Weekly Post shows that most of the best performing teams are able to maximise their passes in the opponent’s third of the pitch, … Continue reading →

By Dr Jason Haynes, Sports Lawyer, Barbados In the lead up to the 2019 World Championships held in Doha, Qatar, on 27 September – 7 October 2019, Jamaica’s hopes of achieving international acclaim in the sprints were dealt a blow … Continue reading →

By Professor Dr Ian Blackshaw It was reported, on 15 November 2019, that twenty high profile British athletes, led by sprinter Adam Gemili, have started a legal action against the BOA to compel it to relax its “unjust and unlawful” … Continue reading →

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 →