As noted elsewhere on this website, association football is not only the world’s favourite sport, but also the most lucrative one, as reflected in the eye-watering fees being paid for transfers of players nationally and internationally. In the 2025 winter football transfer window, almost £1.9 billion
The issue of whether transgender women can participate in women's sport is a continuing and controversial one and has not been resolved, to date, in all sports at either the elite or the grassroots’ levels. Perhaps, the ruling, on 16 April 2025, by the UK Supreme
Few aspects of life combine physical performance, emotional intensity, and social meaning as powerfully as sport. It inspires, unites, and sometimes divides, yet it always reflects something essential about who we are. It is a deeply human and cultural phenomenon: an integral part of our
Of the many appeals against awards of the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) submitted last year to the Swiss Federal Supreme Court (TFS), one appeal, in particular, is worthy of mention. Because it concerned the treatment of a minor athlete, namely, the Russian figure
The European governing body of association football, UEFA, introduced their Financial Fair Play (FFP) Regulations in 2009 and they came into effect in the 2011-2012 season, with the aim that football clubs would not spend more than they earn, thereby endangering their long-term survival. At
It has been announced that the Ice Lions of Kenya has become the fifth African team to be admitted to membership of the International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF), which has 84 members and is based in Zurich. Kenya has now joined teams from Algeria, Morocco, Tunisia
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