By Prof Dr Ian Blackshaw The cold-blooded murder of George Floyd in the United States has spawned the ‘Black Lives Matter’ movement, which has led to demonstrations in many parts of the States, as well as many other countries around … Continue reading
By Prof Dr Ian Blackshaw On 8 June 2020, after 75 days of restrictions including 42 days of strict lockdown, New Zealand has declared that it is free of the Coronavirus and has lifted all social and economic restrictions, except … Continue reading
The 299th edition of the Weekly Post presents the 100 big-5 league players with the highest estimated transfer values according to the CIES Football Observatory algorithm. Kylian Mbappé tops the list ahead of four Englishmen: Raheem Sterling, Jadon Sancho, Trent Alexander-Arnold and … Continue reading
By Prof Dr Ian Blackshaw The Coronavirus Pandemic in the US has infected 1,965,708 persons and claimed the lives of 111,390 persons, as well as wreaking havoc on sport and sporting events, resulting in cancellations, postponements and suspensions. However, the … Continue reading
Dr Laura Donnellan, School of Law, University of Limerick, Ireland Horseracing in Britain ceased on 18 March 2020 as all 59 racecourses closed and all meetings were cancelled as part of the UK government’s lockdown in the wake of the … Continue reading
The German Bundesliga was the first major European league to restart after the COVID-19 break. Issue number 298 of the CIES Football Observatory Weekly Post presents the players with the best statistics during current season for eight different indicators according to the … Continue reading
By Prof Dr Ian Blackshaw All is not well in the Scottish Football Premiership League, as it was decided to abandon the current season, with eight games left to play, due to the Coronavirus Pandemic! As a result of this … Continue reading
By Prof Dr Ian Blackshaw The world’s most popular and lucrative football league is set to restart on 17 June, after being suspended since 13 March, subject to final Government guidelines to be issued. Contact training has resumed and the … Continue reading
40 matches to say good-bye: the hard life of coaches During this period, the average number of coaches per club in charge for at least three domestic league matches goes from 9.1 in Bolivia to 2.6 in Sweden. On average, … Continue reading
By Kevin Offer, Partner and Head of Tax, Hardwick & Morris LLP, London, United Kingdom On 6 May 2020, the Upper Tribunal (Tax and Chancery Chamber) (UTT) published a decision in the case of CRC v Professional Game Match Officials … Continue reading