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Indian Premier League chief Lalit Modi has insisted the tournament will not be moved, despite concerns raised by a report into security at the event. Source: bbc.co.uk ...

Lungi Macebo, COO, Birmingham City FC Amanda Jacks, Case Worker, Football Supporters’ Association Darren Whitehouse, Head of Strategy and Partnerships, Sports Grounds Safety Authority ...

“All forms of misconduct are intolerable and in direct conflict with the Olympic Ideals” - United States Olympic Committee, SafeSport Policies.1 The United States Olympic Committee (USOC) implemented ...

CHINA EMBRACES NATURALIZED FOOTBALL PLAYERS On 23 February 2019, John Hou Sæter (now under his Chinese name “侯永永Hou Yongyong”), the first naturalized player in Chinese football history, made his debut ...

The UK's motorsport industry may lose its current pole position because ministers are not giving it enough support, a Commons committee warns. The industry was hailed by the House of Commons Business, ...

In November 2018, we published an article1 summarising the key points from the Report of the Review of Australia’s Sports Integrity Arrangements (Wood Review),2 which was produced at the request of ...

The group of wealthy Manchester United fans looking to wrest the club from the Glazers today moved to play down speculation that they would pay up to £1.5bn, believing it to be worth little more than ...

It is not uncommon nowadays to spot Chinese companies' profiles at international sports events such as the 2018 FIFA World Cup and Pyeongchang Winter Olympics. Alibaba Cloud tied the knot with the ...

Derry Coughlan Derry is a Trainee Solicitor, undertaking his final seat in the Sports Group at Harbottle & Lewis LLP. He has worked on a range of commercial agreements for clients within the sport ...

In our last blog (Cricket disciplinary appeal is an Arbitration) we we discussed in detail the Commercial Court ruling that Pakistani international bowler, Danish Kaneria’s appeal proceedings against ...

This article explains the Basketball Arbitration Tribunal’s (BAT) key principles on drafting agency agreements and avoiding player-agent disputes. As a regular legal counsel before BAT, the author is ...