The need for safeguarding, that is providing a safe environment in which sportspersons, especially young people and vulnerable adults, including women, can practise their sports, has never been greater than at the present time. Many sports have introduced measures to ensure such safeguarding, including training programmes
Technology is an integral part of our daily lives, and, to some degree or another, we have become dependent upon it, and sport is not beyond its outreach. In fact, many sports are now embracing technology, in one form or another, to replace or supplement human-decision
Sadly, more and more cases of abuse of young persons and vulnerable adults participating in a range of sports are being reported. This phenomenon has become of increasing importance, particularly with the rise in women’s participation in sport, not least in football. Many international and national sports
The Olympic Charter The Olympic Charter, in Principle 4 of the Fundamental Principles of Olympism, makes it quite clear that the practice of sport is a human right, and provides that: “Every individual should have the right to practice sport without discrimination and in the spirit of
The 2024 United Nations Climate Change Conference, COP29, is taking place in Baku, Azerbaijan, from 11–22 November 2024. The aim of COP29 is to limit global warming to 1.5 degrees centigrade by 2030, under the Paris Agreement on Climate Change of 12 December 2015, and to
The Internet is an integral part of modern life and, not least, commerce, and the registration of Internet addresses, ‘domain names’, is a common phenomenon in a wide range of activities, including sport. Many sports organisations and well-known sportspersons have registered domain names and the
One of the sports law developments in Switzerland and internationally to watch out for in 2025 is the outcome of the reference, by the Mons Court of Appeal, Belgium, to the European Union Court of Justice (CJEU) for a Preliminary Ruling on whether the new
Dr. iur. Lucien W. Valloni and Thilo Pachmann provide a comprehensive overview of dynamic sports law in their work "Sports Law in a nutshell". The second edition examines current legislation and case law, especially in the context of Switzerland's central role for international sports federations.
Some Key Issues Apart from death, one of the certainties of life is tax and sport is no exception! With so much money, especially prize money, available in elite sports, especially football, taxation is an important dimension and consideration in the practice of sport and the organisation
Sport and broadcasting have been well described as “a marriage made in heaven”, and this is particularly true of the broadcasting of football, the world’s most popular sport. Eye-watering sums are paid for sports broadcasting rights. For example, the English Premier League has sold for a