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
By Prof Dr Ian Blackshaw Liverpool, Arsenal, Chelsea and Tottenham fans have won unanimous support from Football Supporters Europe (FSE) for changes to the finals of these major European competitions to make them more accessible to football fans. FSE, which … Continue reading
By Jonathan Copping, Lawyer, Stone King, London, UK The 2019 FIFA Women’s World Cup in France concluded on Sunday 7 July with the United States beating the Netherlands 2-0. The tournament has seen record audiences across the world tuning in … Continue reading
By Athena Constantinou, Managing Director, APC Sports Consulting, Nicosia, Cyprus Some recent shocking financial sporting statistics: 60% of NBA players go broke; and 78% of NFL players face severe financial problems or bankruptcy within two years of retiring. Other sports … Continue reading
By Dr Laura Donnellan, Lecturer in Law, School of Law, University of Limerick, Ireland In 1987, Gay Kelleway became the first female jockey to win at Royal Ascot. It took another thirty-two years for a female jockey, Hayley Turner, riding … Continue reading
By Prof Dr Ian Blackshaw Ahead of the semi-final tie between England and the US on 2 July 2019, some undercover US officials were discovered, by staff, on 30 June 2019, wandering into private rooms at the England team’s hotel … Continue reading
By Athena Constantinou, Managing Director, APC Sports Consulting, Nicosia, Cyprus At first sight, the important decision on 22 March 2019 by the UK First-tier Tax Tribunal in the Geovanni Gomez case – Hull City AFC (Tigers) Limited v HMRC [2019] … Continue reading