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REGULATION OF SPORT IN ISRAEL

  In Israel, sport is regulated by government bodies and sports federations. The focus is on promoting participation in sport; ensuring fair play; and addressing issues such as violence, discrimination and inclusion. The Ministry of Culture and Sport plays a key role in developing national sports policy, including

SALARY CAPS AND EUROPEAN UNION COMPETITION LAW

Salary caps have long been a familiar feature of professional sport in the United States, especially in the National Football League (NFL), where they are part of a comprehensive regulatory framework designed to ensure competitive balance, financial sustainability, and collective fairness. In Europe, however, the application

SPORTS IMAGE RIGHTS IN TURKIYE

Whilst legally recognised in Türkiye, sports image rights are not as extensively developed and exploited as in many other European countries and elsewhere, for example, the United States. But this is likely to change in the foreseeable future. Primarily protected under unfair competition principles and the

FIFA MEETING ON PLAYER WELFARE IN NEW YORK

Our Managing Partner, Dr Lucien Valloni, participated in a FIFA meeting of representatives of several players’ unions from around the world in New York City, in which players welfare was discussed. The meeting was chaired by the FIFA President, Gianni Infantino. It was held on the eve

PAUL POGBA DOPING CASE UPDATE

In the Paul Pogba Doping Case, on which we briefly reported previously on the website, the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) has now published its reasoned Award (CAS 2024/A/10443 Paul Pogba v. NADO Italia) for reducing the period of ineligibility and quashing the financial

COLLUSIVE TENDERING OF SPORTS BROADCASTING RIGHTS AND EU COMPETITION LAW

  In the competitive arena of sports broadcasting, where billion-euro sums change hands regularly, fairness is supposed to be the cornerstone of the deals. Rights to air major sporting events are awarded through public or private tenders, where broadcasters and production companies compete to offer the

FOOTBALL MULTI-CLUB OWNERSHIP: CAS APPEAL CASE

On 14 July 2025, the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) dismissed the appeal lodged by Slovakian club FK DAC 1904 A.S. against UEFA, as reported in the official CAS media release of the same date. The appeal concerned the DAC exclusion from the UEFA

ATHLETICS: CASTER SEMENYA CASE

The South African Olympic champion runner, Caster Semenya, has won a partial victory at the European Court of Human Rights, in a judgement handed down on10 July 2025, in her long legal fight against the World Athletics sex eligibility rules. In a majority ruling of 15-2,