Work Area: Sport

A panel of retired UK judges has begun hearing an arbitration filed by football club Manchester City against the Premier League over allegations the competition’s sponsorship rules are discriminatory. 

11 June 2024

The Algerian former owner of a Brussels football club has launched an ICSID claim against Belgium, claiming nearly €50 million over the actions of a local council and the country’s competition authority that allegedly led to the club’s liquidation. 

28 May 2024

Practitioners have been reacting to a decision by the Court of Justice of the European Union that mandatory CAS arbitration provisions in the rules of an international sports federation may clash with EU competition law.

05 January 2024

A Spanish infrastructure company has asked a US court to enforce a €12.5 million ICC award against Gabon over a failed project to upgrade a football stadium for the Africa Cup of Nations.

13 October 2023

The European Court of Human Rights has found that the Court of Arbitration for Sport and the Swiss courts failed to provide an effective remedy to South African runner Caster Semenya when they upheld rules that prevented her from competing in certain events.

11 July 2023

Lawyers have condemned the decision of a Belarusian court to sentence local arbitration practitioner Aliaksandr Danilevich to 10 years in prison after he was convicted of criminal offences relating to his criticism of Russia’s war against Ukraine.

13 April 2023

An arbitral tribunal has reportedly found that the European golf tour was entitled to suspend and fine rebel golfers for joining a Saudi-backed breakaway competition without permission.

05 April 2023

Two panels at the Court of Arbitration for Sport have begun hearing claims brought by Russian and Ukrainian football clubs over FIFA’s decision to allow their foreign players to leave due to the ongoing war between the countries.

05 December 2022

A panel at the Court of Arbitration for Sport has cleared Ecuador to play in the World Cup after confirming the eligibility of its player Byron Castillo – despite finding the country liable for using false information about his place and date of birth.

09 November 2022

A JAMS arbitrator has ruled that Fox will have to pay over US$3.7 billion if it wants to acquire a stake in a fast-growing US sports betting brand – nearly twice as much as the Rupert Murdoch-owned entertainment group had argued for.

07 November 2022