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Anti-doping

Paralympic champion Shevchuk gets four year ban

The International Paralympic Committee (IPC) has sanctioned the Tokyo 2020 gold medallist following an adverse analytical finding in a urine sample taken at the Para Powerlifting World Cup in Tbilisi on 22 June 2024. After appealing the provisional ban, the athlete has received the final decision.

16 Feb 2025

Disputes

Ex-players sue Netflix over false portrayal

The streaming giant finds itself at the centre of a legal storm, accused of exploiting talents for entertainment while leaving their careers in jeopardy. Six former American football players, featured in the acclaimed documentary series 'Last Chance U', filed a blunt $30 million (€28m) lawsuit.

15 Feb 2025

Anti-doping

WADA agrees to a case resolution agreement in the case of Jannik Sinner  

The World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) confirms that it has entered into a case resolution agreement in the case of Italian tennis player Jannik Sinner, with the player accepting a three-month period of ineligibility for an anti-doping rule violation that led to him testing positive for clostebol, a prohibited substance, in March 2024. 

15 Feb 2025

Regulation & Governance

Premier League sponsorship rules declared void in win for Manchester City

Premier League sponsorship rules declared void in win for Manchester City

14 Feb 2025

Anti-doping

Donald Trump Jr invests in ‘steroid Olympics’

US president’s son backs Enhanced Games for athletes using performance drugs.

13 Feb 2025

Disputes

Fans Sue NFL for Not Letting Teams Use Bluesky

Two fans say the league is engaging in anticompetitive behavior by not letting teams create Bluesky accounts and forcing them to use its partner, X/Twitter.

12 Feb 2025

Criminal

Interpreter who stole $17m from MLB star Shohei Ohtani jailed for nearly five years

Ippei Mizuhara, 39, pleaded guilty to fraud after using millions of dollars to cover substantial gambling losses

7 Feb 2025

Regulation & Governance

Man City launch new legal claim against Premier League rules

Manchester City have launched a fresh legal challenge against the Premier League over new rules governing sponsorship deals which the club claims are "unlawful".

7 Feb 2025

Regulation & Governance

FIFA suspends Congo Republic and Pakistan

FIFA has suspended the Congo Republic's football association (FECOFOOT) and the Pakistan Football Federation (PFF), barring both from international competitions, world soccer's governing body said on Thursday.

7 Feb 2025

Eligibility

Female swimmers sue to strip trans athlete Lia Thomas of medals

It comes after Donald Trump signed an executive order banning transgender athletes from competing in women’s sports.

6 Feb 2025

Corporate

DLA Piper advises EQT Ventures on investment into Baller League

DLA Piper has advised EQT Ventures, the venture arm of Swedish private equity group EQT, on leading the USD25 million Series A investment round in a new six a side football competition named the ‘Baller League’.

6 Feb 2025

Regulation & Governance

PFA threatens Premier League with legal action over salary cap plan

The Professional Footballers’ Association (PFA) has threatened the Premier League with legal action if it tries to introduce a hard salary cap next season as part of a new financial fair play regime.

6 Feb 2025

Integrity

National Women's Soccer League reaches $5 million settlement over 2021 abuse scandal

Three years after revelations about sexual coercion, racism and other abuse roiled the National Women's Soccer League, prosecutors on Wednesday announced a settlement with the league to establish a $5 million victims' fund and implement other reforms.

5 Feb 2025

Eligibility

Trump signs order banning transgender women from female sports

US President Donald Trump has signed an executive order that prevents transgender women from competing in female categories of sports.

5 Feb 2025

Corporate

Major League Pickleball team valued at US$10m following stake sale

Proton Sports' Charles Darling and Tim Fyke and former NFL quarterback Jack Plummer among buyers of Arizona-based AZ Drive.

24 Jan 2025

Commercial

Len Blavatnik ‘pumps further US$827m’ into DAZN

Sports streaming company expects revenue to surpass US$6bn in 2025 after posting operating loss of US$830m for 2023.

24 Jan 2025

Regulation & Governance

F1 drivers face bans for criticising ruling body

Formula 1 drivers face race bans if they repeatedly swear or criticise the sport's governing body under new rules introduced this year.

23 Jan 2025

Eligibility

N.Y. court won't block Nassau County's anti-trans sports law

A judge in Nassau County, N.Y., has declined to block enforcement of the county’s anti-transgender sports law while a suit against it continues.

22 Jan 2025

Anti-doping

Wada will not appeal against Swiatek ban decision

The World Anti-Doping Agency will not appeal against the ban given to Poland's Iga Swiatek.

20 Jan 2025

Politics


Biden Administration Challenges Trump on NCAA Settlement and Title IX

As President Trump prepares for his second term, the Biden administration’s last-minute memos challenge key aspects of the House v. NCAA settlement, including revenue-sharing and Title IX compliance, potentially reshaping college athletics.

18 Jan 2025

Corporate

Private investors attempting to form NBA rival league pledge equity to players

As a group of investors seeks to form a new international basketball league, they said that the new organization would “offer players equity,” according to Jessica Golden of CNBC.com.

17 Jan 2025

Disputes

European court’s opinion in soccer case threatens authority of sports court CAS and FIFA

A top European court gave a legal opinion Thursday that risks delivering another defeat to the authority of sports bodies in Switzerland.

16 Jan 2025

Planning

Browns sued by city of Cleveland over plans to move to new stadium in Brook Park

The city of Cleveland filed a lawsuit against the Browns to prevent the team’s planned move to a new domed stadium in Brook Park, Ohio.

15 Jan 2025

Eligibility

NCAA president says legal clarity needed on transgender athlete participation

NCAA president Charlie Baker said Tuesday the association would welcome federal guidance before it considers any possible changes to rules regarding transgender athletes competing in women’s sports.

15 Jan 2025

Constitutional / Public

Bundesliga clubs lose appeal against paying policing costs

Germany's highest court has rejected an appeal by the company that operates Germany's top-flight football league against having to pay for policing costs of "high-risk" football matches.

14 Jan 2025

Corporate

Saudi Public Investment Fund nearing $1bn stake in Dazn

Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund is nearing a $1bn acquisition of a small minority stake in sport streaming platform Dazn.

14 Jan 2025

Corporate

777’s Lender Tries to Block Sale of Italy’s Oldest Football Club

Romanian investor Dan Sucu gained control of Genoa in December.

14 Jan 2025

Corporate

US firm Enfield partners with Saudi’s SURJ, launches $4bn sports fund

The Enfield Investment Partners will have a physical presence in Saudi Arabia at SURJ's offices in the country.

14 Jan 2025

Corporate

Shaun White’s Snowboard League Wins Backers Ahead of Aspen Debut

Funding round led by venture capital firm Left Lane Capital.

14 Jan 2025

Regulation & Governance

Premier League clubs avoid 2023-24 PSR charges

The Premier League has not charged any clubs for breaches of its financial rules after all were deemed financially compliant for the 2023-24 season.

14 Jan 2025

Competition

World Snooker faces £10m antitrust legal claim

Snooker is the latest sport to become embroiled in a legal spat over restriction of competition, following high-profile cases in football and ice skating.

14 Jan 2025

Competition

U.S. Soccer, MLS and NASL Head to Long-Awaited Antitrust Trial

It’s been eight years since the North American Soccer League—which operated between 2011 and 2017—sued the U.S. Soccer Federation, accusing it of violating antitrust law and demanding an injunction that would have forced U.S. Soccer to recognize NASL as a Division II league.

14 Jan 2025

Anti-doping

Russia registers over 100 suspected doping violations

The Russian Anti-Doping Agency (RUSADA) reported 102 suspected violations of anti-doping regulations by Russian athletes in 2024, a spokesperson told TASS last week.

13 Jan 2025

Anti-doping

U.S. Funding Dispute With World Anti-Doping Agency Boils Over

After the Biden administration withheld funding to the agency, saying it had lost confidence in its ability to police elite athletes, WADA removed the United States from its board.

8 Jan 2025

Eligibility

GOP lawmakers look to ban transgender athletes from women’s sports

House and Senate Republicans on Tuesday refiled legislation to bar transgender women and girls from competing on school sports teams that match their gender identity, jump-starting work on an issue the GOP promised to prioritize in the new year.

7 Jan 2025

Finance

China’s biggest football club kicked out of league as financial woes mount

Guangzhou FC’s struggles relate to collapse of property developer China Evergrande.

7 Jan 2025

Regulation & Governance

Independent Football Regulator hires head of legal from CMA

The incoming football regulator has appointed a head of legal as it steps up plans to begin its work in earnest in 2025.

6 Jan 2025

Planning

Wimbledon residents refuse to back down as legal fight launched over expansion

Court will rule on plans to expand venue for tennis grand slam on to neighbouring golf course with right of public to use land the key issue.

6 Jan 2025

Employment

Fox, Skip Bayless, Others Sued on 14 Counts Including Sexual Battery

The suit alleges Bayless offered the plaintiff $1.5 million to have sex with him, and that an FS1 exec grabbed her buttocks at a party.

5 Jan 2025

Regulation & Governance

Barcelona to file complaint to Spanish government over Dani Olmo, Pau Victor registrations

Barcelona are planning to file a complaint to the Spanish government in their final attempt to register Dani Olmo and Pau Victor.

4 Jan 2025

Commercial

WWE's Netflix deal serves key to global expansion

The WWE will start streaming its flagship "Raw" show exclusively on Netflix starting Monday.

3 Jan 2025

Disputes

Ex-client sues law firm Farella for fees in international swimming case

A Swiss sporting venture is suing its former U.S. law firm for more than $7 million, accusing it of shoddy legal work and overbilling in an ongoing case against the world's governing body for competitive swimming.

2 Jan 2025

Commercial

Adidas could end £900m kit deal if Manchester United relegated

Lucrative sponsorship agreement could be terminated at a season’s notice in the event of the doomsday scenario

1 Jan 2025

Contract

Cleveland invokes “Modell Law” to keep Browns from leaving town

“Modell Law” in an effort to keep the Browns from leaving downtown and building a domed stadium in Brook Park.

30 Dec 2024

Competition

Commission opens in-depth investigation into the proposed acquisition of Dorna Sports by Liberty Media

The European Commission has opened an in-depth investigation to assess, under the EU Merger Regulation, the proposed acquisition of Dorna Sports by Liberty Media.

19 Dec 2024

Regulation & Governance

Sri Lanka’s NOC faces funding cuts during ethics probe

The suspension of funding by the IOC and OCA to Sri Lanka’s National Olympic Committee (NOCSL) marks a critical juncture for the organisation.

15 Dec 2024

Anti-doping

No decision on Sinner doping case before new year - WADA

Tennis star Jannik Sinner's doping case will not have a decision from the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) before the end of the year, the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) told AFP.

13 Dec 2024

Regulation & Governance

FIA boss to oversee ethics complaints after statute changes

Formula 1's governing body approved statute changes on Friday that critics say will limit the powers of audit and ethics committees.

13 Dec 2024

Legislation

Ohio politician proposes bill to make flag planting a felony after fight in Michigan rivalry game

An Ohio politician has seen enough flag planting by visiting sports teams.

12 Dec 2024

Commercial

Nike, NFL extend long-standing partnership through 2038

NIKE, Inc. and the National Football League today announced a landmark 10-year partnership extension, cementing their commitment to shaping the future of football and driving growth, innovation, and progress across the sport.

11 Dec 2024

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