In this blog, Adam Lovatt highlights the ongoing issue affecting football clubs of ineligible players appearing in breach of club competition rules. Back in September 2011, Celtic benefitted from ...

Act 2025 (better known as Martyn’s Law) received Royal Assent on 3 April 2025, the broad shape of the regime was already ...

The judgment of the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) in Tondela has already generated considerable commentary – ...

This article summarises a panel session that took place on 30 March 2021 as part of LawInSport’s inaugural Motorsport Law Conference 2021. The panel discussed the regulatory structure of motorsport ...

The recent Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) award in Paul Pogba v. NADO Italia [1] offers a compelling case study of how the strict liability regime under the World Anti-Doping Code (WADC) and its ...

Spending on transfers continues to surge, with reports of previous records being broken appearing to be a bi-annual event, as stats from the Premier League clubs demonstrate1: Summer 2018 will be yet ...

This article deals with a recent decision of the Swiss Federal Tribunal (“SFT”) relating to a dispute between a footballer and his club. The case centers on the interpretation of a jurisdiction clause ...

This article discusses a recent award published by the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) concerning persistent late payment of salaries by Portuguese club Boavista Futebol Clube (Boavista) to ...

Following Sandro Tonali’s club transfer record-breaking move from AC Milan to Newcastle in July 2023, it was announced in October of the same year that the midfielder had been suspended from ...

Neeraj Thomas is a Partner at CMS working across the Sports and Regulatory and IP Disputes teams. Neeraj has significant expertise is in the sports and disciplinary area and has provided lead advice ...

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An independent tribunal (“Tribunal”) convened by Sports Resolutions has considered that the men’s world number one tennis player, Jannik Sinner, bears ‘No Fault or Negligence’ for two Anti-Rule Doping ...