In the last several years, women’s professional football has continued to grow in popularity and claim fans in many parts of the world, not least in Europe, including Switzerland. It is a far cry from earlier times when women were not allowed to compete in
Sports Bodies, established as Associations in Switzerland, enjoy a unique regulatory framework, with a high degree of autonomy in relation to how they govern themselves and their sports. In fact, Swiss Association Law is based on the general principle of autonomy. This means that Sports Bodies
Further to our earlier Post on the website, it has been announced on 10 January 2025 by the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) that the Appeal by the World Anti-Doping Agency against the doping case acquittal of the Italian tennis player and currently ranked
As noted in a previous NEWS item on the website, safeguarding in sport is of increasing importance with many instances of exposure of sportspersons to a variety of unsafe situations and conditions in their sports that have come to light in recent times. Safeguarding may be
By Dr Lucien Valloni, Managing Partner, Valloni Attorneys at Law, Zurich, Switzerland Of the several sports cases dealt with by the Swiss Federal Supreme Court (TFS), on appeal from the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS), during last year, perhaps the most important one concerned the
Match fixing, also known as the manipulation of sports competitions, is contrary to the spirit and nature of sport, which relies on fair competition in all respects. Manipulation of sports competitions has been defined in article 3.1 of the Council of Europe Convention on the subject
In a Decision rendered on 29 June 2023, the French Council of State (Le Conseil d’État) was presented with a case brought by two associations seeking to allow the hijab in the French Football Federation (FFF), alongside the League of Human Rights, which challenged the
Italy is one of those countries in which image rights are legally recognised and protected as such. The image rights of sportspersons are a valuable commodity and include, amongst others: a sportsperson’s name, nick name or initials; their squad number; their image or photograph; their voice;
With sports disputes on the increase and the need to settle them quickly, especially where sporting deadlines are in play, various forms of alternative dispute resolution (ADR) are proving attractive to the international sporting community. One such form of ADR, which is particularly appropriate, is ‘Med-Arb’. This
We are pleased to welcome Felix Mathis as a member of our team. Felix is a very experienced and leading corporate and commercial lawyer and litigator and has been recognised as such by the IFLR 1000 World’s Leading Lawyers Guide. He joins us from a major Swiss