Inside sports law: Blog

As pre-Olympics momentum builds, World Athletics’ (WA) recent decision to introduce more stringent Out-of-Competition (OOC) testing for athletes from Brazil, Ecuador, Peru and Portugal demonstrates the willingness of global sporting administrators to ensure that the reputation of Paris 2024 remains untainted by doping scandal.

In late 2023, the High Court heard an application for a Group Litigation Order (GLO) involving claims being brought against World Rugby Limited, Welsh Rugby Union Limited and Rugby Football Union (the Application).

It was recently announced that FIFA and UEFA would appear before the Commercial Court of Madrid to discuss how to implement the ruling made on 21 December 2023 by the European Court of Justice (CJEU) in relation to the European Super League (ESL).

The 2026 World Cup's North American hosts should generate benefits across the construction, entertainment and tourism industries.

Between 2021 – 2023, a number of high profile inquiries examined the conduct, and culture of different sports, including football, gymnastics and cricket.

In an amendment to the Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Bill (the Bill), the UK Government is set to introduce a new failure to prevent fraud offence. Like the UK Bribery Act 2010 (the UKBA) more than a decade earlier, this new offence is likely to bring about significant changes to corporate criminal liability in the fraud space and will significantly affect the compliance and regulatory landscape for large sports organisations.

Antitrust and professional football do not often appear in the same lineup, but it is worth considering a formation that includes both.

For World Cup 2026, FIFA is integrating a multi-step human rights due diligence process, which was a prerequisite for cities interested in becoming Host Cities.

History of the Current World Cup and its Current Impact

In 2022, the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile (the FIA) found Oracle Red Bull Racing (Red Bull) to be in breach of the 2021 FIA Formula One Financial Regulations (the Regulations) and in this blog we analyse how the Regulations operate in practice.