The system of dispute resolution in Italian sport, and particularly in association football, represents an area of considerable complexity, where principles of autonomy of the sporting order intersect with the limits arising from its necessary submission to state judicial review. The analysis of recent cases,
Gurur Gaye Günal, the Head of our Turkish Law Practice and an expert in Space Law, will be one of the speakers at the International Online Seminar, via Zoom, on Space Law, Policy & Governance, which will be hosted by ŞiraSpace on 1 November 2025. The
The Israel Football Association (IFA) uses several national and international bodies for settling football disputes in Israel. For national disputes, the IFA has its own disciplinary committees and tribunals that handle disputes within its member clubs and their players, as well as disputes with other stakeholders.
Legislative Decree No. 36 of 2021 has introduced apprenticeship contracts into the sports sector and represents one of the most significant innovations of the Sports Reform in Italy. Its primary purpose is to remedy a long-standing structural weakness of the Italian system: the lack of adequate
In Switzerland, football disputes may be settled by both national and international sports bodies. The Swiss Football Association (SFV) has its own internal dispute resolution bodies, and they handle disputes within the Swiss football system that are not in the competence of the Swiss Football League;
In its Decision 25-DCC-172 of 25 July 2025, the French Competition Authority (Autorité de la concurrence) (the Authority) announced in an official Press Release that it had unconditionally cleared the acquisition of exclusive control of Sofisport by the FN Browning Group (FNBG). FNBG, a Belgian group, specialises in the manufacture and
Football disputes in the UK are settled through arbitration, specialist tribunals, such as the FIFA Dispute Resolution Chamber (DRC), based in Zurich, Switzerland, and the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS), based in Lausanne, Switzerland, and, in certain limited cases, by the UK Courts (see
Our International Sports Law Consultant, Prof Dr Ian Blackshaw, has given an interview on the Sports Image Rights of English Premier League Footballers to the leading Swedish Newspaper ‘Expressen’ which was published on 16 August 2025. To read the interview, log onto https://www.expressen.se/sport/fotboll/premier-league/premier-league-stjarnornas-separata-bolag-inget-skattebrott-/. As he states in
In France, football-related disputes benefit from a comprehensive range of resolution mechanisms designed to ensure fairness, efficiency, and respect for the specificities of the sport. Depending upon the nature of the dispute, it may be handled through internal disciplinary proceedings, resolved amicably via conciliation, settled through
Lausanne, 11 August 2025 – The Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) has dismissed an appeal by Crystal Palace FC (CPFC) against UEFA, Nottingham Forest FC and Olympique Lyonnais (OL) concerning a decision by UEFA to remove CPFC from the UEFA Europa League 2025/2026 due