Background Competition law is playing an increasingly active role in the regulation of sport at the national and the European Union levels. An interesting and important case in point is the current litigation in the English High Court between the British Basketball Federation (BBF), Super League Basketball (SLB) and
The 2027 World Anti-Doping Code (Code) and International Standards (Standards) have been approved on 5 December 2025 by the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) Foundation Board and Executive Committee respectively, at the WADA Sixth World Conference on Doping in Sport held in Busan, Republic of Korea. The 2027 Code and Standards
There is a long-standing tradition and general rule in the United Kingdom (UK) for the government and also the courts not to intervene in sport, but to leave the regulation of sport to the sports governing bodies themselves. However, more recently, there has been more involvement
ISU Statement on Swiss Federal Tribunal decision regarding Kamila Valieva appeal 6 November 2025 The International Skating Union (ISU) takes note of the decision rendered by the Swiss Federal Tribunal on 8 October 2025, rejecting Ms. Kamila Valieva’s application for a revision of the award issued by
Russian luge athletes have new hope of competing in next year’s Milano/Cortina Winter Olympics after a ruling by the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) on 24 October 2025. The first case, brought by the Russian Luge Federation (RLF) and six Russian athletes against the International
The French market for sports betting is governed by a robust and sophisticated legal framework, designed to enable regulated competition, protect consumers—particularly minors—and safeguard the integrity of sport. A key illustration of this framework lies in the regulation of online football betting, which remains a major focus for operators, clubs,
The Swiss triathlete, Imogen Simmonds, provided a sample under the International Testing Authority (ITA), the independent Results Management Authority of IRONMAN, a half distance triathlon event in more than 40 countries, during an unannounced out-of-competition doping control carried out on 8 December 2024. This resulted
With so much at stake in sport - in financial and sporting terms – cheating takes many different forms. A recent case in point involved two Norwegian Olympian ski jumpers, who have accepted three-month suspensions for their part in the tampering of their ski jumpsuits during
Generally Artificial intelligence (AI) is now embedded in sport and especially across football — from computer-vision performance tools and injury-risk models to hyper-personalised fan apps. Israeli innovators are at the forefront of this shift, supplying advanced analytics, body-worn sensors that track movement and physiology in real time,
The Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) has rejected two requests for provisional measures filed by the Israel Gymnastics Federation (IGF) in relation to the 53rd Artistic Gymnastics World Championships in Jakarta, being held from 19–25 October 2025). On 10 October 2025, the Indonesian government stated