Work Area: Sport

A tribunal has upheld Manchester City’s claim that the entirety of the Premier League’s original sponsorship rules are void – while the football club continues to challenge amendments made to the rules based on the panel’s earlier findings.

17 February 2025

Football club Manchester City has brought a second claim against the Premier League over changes to its sponsorship rules that were made based on an earlier award. 

07 February 2025

A panel of retired UK judges has partially upheld Manchester City’s challenge to the Premier League’s sponsorship rules – as the club’s rivals now wait to see how the ruling will impact their own financing. 

08 October 2024

US gymnast Jordan Chiles is seeking to overturn a controversial Court of Arbitration for Sport award that effectively stripped her of her Olympic bronze medal, alleging that CAS should have reopened the case to review new video footage and that tribunal chair Hamid Gharavi was conflicted.

20 September 2024

A panel in London has begun hearing a proceeding over Manchester City’s 115 alleged breaches of the Premier League’s financial regulations – a case with potentially seismic consequences for the football club and the competition. 

16 September 2024

The Court of Arbitration for Sport has published a controversial award that saw US gymnast Jordan Chiles stripped of her Olympics bronze medal and caused a fierce media backlash against the institution and issuing tribunal – as the US team alleges that CAS did not provide it with conflict-of-interest disclosures made by chair Hamid Gharavi.

15 August 2024

Hamid Gharavi is at the centre of an ugly media storm after the French-Iranian arbitrator, who has represented Romania in international arbitrations, presided over a case at the Paris Olympics that resulted in a US gymnast being stripped of her bronze medal in favour of a Romanian competitor. 

14 August 2024

The Court of Arbitration for Sport has refused to overturn a six-point deduction imposed on the Canadian women’s football team at the Paris Olympics after it was found spying on a rival team’s training session.

01 August 2024

A Swiss tribunal has ruled on a Russian fertiliser producer’s claim against US Formula 1 racing team Haas over a sponsorship agreement that was terminated in the wake of Russia’s war on Ukraine. 

26 June 2024

The Court of Arbitration for Sport has announced the arbitrators who will hear disputes and doping cases arising during the Paris Olympics. 

12 June 2024