In sport, where children from diverse backgrounds come together, the need for inclusive, responsive safeguarding is essential. Whether in grassroots clubs, elite academies or national governing bodies ...

Tondela deals with an alleged no-poach agreement between Portuguese clubs which prevented the clubs from signing players who ...

With the United States Center for SafeSport (“ USCSS ”) completing 8 years in March 2025, this article examines the recent changes to the SafeSport Code and discusses some deficiencies in the process ...

In the last year, the International Tennis Integrity Agency (ITIA) has charged both Jannik Sinner and Iga Świątek (both World No. 1s) with anti-doping rule violations after they tested positive for ...

In recent years, China's anti-doping legislation has made significant developments and has formed an anti-doping legal system based on the Sports Law of the People's Republic of China [1] (the Sports ...

In the UK, large-scale pitch incursions can result in both criminal and regulatory investigations [1]. On the regulatory side, it is primarily the FA’s Regulatory Commission that has the power to ...

It might be thought that the job of an athlete is difficult but simple: try to win and don’t cheat. If only things were that straightforward. In recent years, governing bodies have enforced the full ...

The UK’s Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Act (ECCTA) 2023 contains a new ‘failure to prevent fraud’ offence, which comes into effect on 1 September 2025. The new offence is part of wider ...

In December 2023, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) published very specific new guidelines [1] (and accompanying FAQs [2]) on the use of social media around the Olympic Games Paris 2024. The ...

Deaths from skate-blade lacerations are extremely rare in hockey. [1] Indeed, no National Hockey League (NHL) player has ever died as a result of being cut by a skate blade. [2] In January 2022, Teddy ...

The recent arbitral award delivered by a Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) panel in CAS 2024/A/10918 Jonathan Dominic Finbar Beckett v. FIFA [1] (Award) sheds light on the challenges involved in ...

In football employment-related disputes, FIFA has applied the principle of ‘reciprocity’, which foresees that the parties stipulate mutually fair obligations in their contracts. As we will see, this ...