The CAS Award 2025/A/11368, rendered on 12 August 2026, clarifies the relationship between compliance with the FIFA Clearing House system and the CAS full de novo review jurisdiction, whilst also clarifying the requirements applicable to a contractual offer necessary to preserve entitlement to training compensation
Professional football involves substantial cross-border financial flows, including club investments, acquisitions, player transfers, agent payments, sponsorships and image-rights arrangements. These transactions can involve complex ownership and contractual structures, making the sector relevant from an anti-money-laundering perspective. Switzerland is also particularly significant as a centre of international sports
FIFA has issued the following Statement: “The FIFA Integrity Task Force, established to safeguard all FIFA competitions against match manipulation‑related threats, has successfully concluded its FIFA World Cup 2026™ operations after monitoring betting markets and on-field activity in real time across all 104 matches. Based on the
Racism in football continues to be a blemish on the beautiful game. Lawmakers from around the world and football stakeholders recently met at the Home of FIFA in Zürich, Switzerland, for a two-day expert-group meeting, with the aim of strengthening criminal justice responses to racism in
Sports This recent and important ruling by the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) (Award 2025/A/11285) results from an appeal lodged by Ivoire Académie FC (the Club) against a decision of the FIFA Legal & Compliance Division, which had refused to refer to the FIFA Dispute
The recent CAS Award 2025/A/11173, Tullio Tinti v. FIFA, which was handed down on 22 October 2025, is poised to leave a significant mark on the regulation of the football agents’ market. This is not so much because of the personal circumstances of the Italian football
It has been reported that GESPA, the independent Gaming Regulator, which is based in Bern and oversees lotteries, sports betting, and other games of chance in Switzerland, has filed a criminal complaint against FIFA , the world governing body of association football, regarding alleged irregularities
As the European Union (EU) introduces Digital Product Passports (DPPs), luxury Maisons and sports brands face both regulatory obligations and new opportunities to strengthen authenticity, sustainability, consumer engagement — and to benefit from the free movement of compliant goods across the internal market of the
It has been reported that the Dutch foundation ‘Justice for Players’ (JFP), has commenced, on 4 August 2025, a class legal action against FIFA, the World Governing Body of Association Football and the French, German, Dutch, Belgian and Danish football associations. JFP claims that 100,000 footballers,
Sell-on clauses in football transfer agreements, which stipulate a percentage of a future transfer fee for the selling club, are generally permissible under European Union (EU) competition law, but can be subject to scrutiny if they restrict competition or unfairly impact player freedom of movement. Whilst