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
The recent award by the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) in the dispute between AC Bellinzona 1904 SA and the Swiss Football League (SFL) (2024/A/10916) offers an interesting opportunity to reflect on the rigid application of federal rules regarding "locally trained" football players and
Sports image rights are very valuable and widely defined. See the judicial definition in the English case of Proactive Sports Management v Rooney of 2011. They include a person’s name, including nick name, initials, image and likeness and other personal and distinctive characteristics, including lifestyle. They also
It has been announced on 21 March 2025 that the Swiss Sports Tribunal (TSS) has suspended for one year a Swiss floorball player for possession of the prohibited substance RAD140 (SARM). The offence came to light during a postal inspection, in which a package containing 180
In this Post, we focus on some key judicial developments and their application in France. Sport is not exempt from free market rules in the European Union (EU). Whilst Article 165 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (TFEU) recognises the specific nature of
The long-running case brought by the German Olympic speed skater, Claudia Pechstein, against the International Skating Union (ISU) in relation to an anti-doping violation dispute, which occurred in the special medical situation of Pechstein, who claimed to have an inherited blood disease causing the alleged
Throughout the world, there is a continuing need to bridge the gender gap between men and women in the sporting arena and the same is true in the United Kingdom. We report the findings to date of the UK Women in Sport Charity (www.womeninsport.org), whose aim
© IOC/Greg Martin The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has broken with tradition and elected a woman as its new President. She is Kirtsy Coventry, the Zimbabwe Sports Minister, and, at 41 years old, the youngest ever to hold this prestigious position in the 130-year history of the
Wir freuen uns, den deutschen Rechtsanwalt Oliver Fischer in unserer Kanzlei willkommen zu heissen. Oliver Fischer ist ein hoch angesehener und renommierter Sportrechtsanwalt in Deutschland. Zu seinen Mandanten zählen Spitzensportler sowie Trainer, Vereine, Agenturen und Sponsoren, insbesondere in den Sportarten Fussball, Tennis und Handball. Dank seiner umfangreichen
Der Erwerb einer Immobilie in der Schweiz durch einen italienischen Staatsbürger oder einen ausländischen Staatsbürger im Allgemeinen ist nicht völlig frei, sondern unterliegt bestimmten Beschränkungen, die aus einer besonderen schweizerischen Gesetzgebung hervorgehen: der sogenannten Lex-Koller. Seit 1961 gibt es in der Schweiz Gesetze, die den Erwerb