Law

Brazil's Senate is still against adopting a special law regarding the World Cup. In particular, the FIFA requirements for beer sales at World Cup stadiums, which go against previous FIFA guidelines, are encountering resistance.[more]

A new study for the European Commission maps for the first time the criminal law provisions against match-fixing in the European Union’s 27 countries. There is a need for closer cooperation and harmonisation, the report concludes.[more]

At the Soccerex conference in Manchester, UK, Lawyer Andrew Trollope urged football clubs to draw up anti-bribery and corruption policies. Steve Menary reports from the conference.[more]

Sportsmen and women in the UK seem to be more and more eager to protect what they deem to be private information. A recent example is English footballer John Terry’s attempt to get an injunction order (Terry v Persons Unknown...[more]

Special criminal courts set up by the South African government, at the recommendation of FIFA, to deal with crime during the World Cup are quick, efficient and poised to set an example for the currently sluggish judicial system.[more]

Sepp Blatter remains on a collision course with the European Union over its attempts to restrict overseas players after an influential UK parliamentary committee threw its weight behind the FIFA supremo’s controversial 6+5 rule.[more]

A formal cooperation between WADA and Interpol was announced at the WADA Executive Committee meeting in Montreal this weekend. The French government has appointed an officer to work as a liaison between the two organisations.[more]

In 2004 North Americans a bizarre story began to unfold when police arrested NHL player Mike Danton after a play-off game on conspiracy to murder charges. What we heard became nearly theatre of the absurd in a tale that...[more]

The Court of Appeal recently handed down their decision in the case of Andrew Gravel who sued Richard Carroll and Redruth RFC ("the Club") for a punch inflicted upon him during a first team game.[more]

Wouldn't it be in everyone's interests if a single international body were recognised as the final arbiter in sporting disputes? According to Matthieu Reeb, Secretary General of the Lausanne-based Court of Arbitration for Sport,...[more]