International Sports Law

❗️The Algerian football federation and Union Sportive Medina d’Alger filed an appeal at the CAS regarding the shirts of RS Berkane Find our more: https://www.france24.com/en/sport/20240429-morocco-algeria-shirt-dispute-leads-to-second-caf-cup-match-cancellation CAS Media Release: https://www.tas-cas.org/fileadmin/user_upload/CAS_Media_Release_10528.pdf

⚖️AG Szpunar: Some FIFA rules on transfer of players may prove to be contrary to EU law https://curia.europa.eu/jcms/upload/docs/application/pdf/2024-04/cp240078en.pdf

🥊CAS Dismisses the appeal filed by the International Boxing Association (IBA) against the decision of the IOC Session withdrawing the recognition of the IBA as the international federation for the sport of boxing https://www.tas-cas.org/fileadmin/user_upload/CAS_Media_Release_IBA_IOC.pdf

❗️Individual Neutral Athletes at the Olympic Games Paris 2024 📌 Individual Neutral Athletes (AINs) with a Russian or Belarusian passport will not participate in the parade of delegations (teams) during the Opening Ceremony of the Olympic Games Paris2024, since they are individual athletes. But an opportunity will be provided for them to experience the event. 🔹 Flag (see picture below) and anthem are approved by the IOC EB. The anthem has no lyrics and has been produced solely for this purpose. 🔹 Medals won by AINs will not be displayed in the NOC medal table. 🔹 Individual Neutral Athlete Eligibility Review Panel (AINERP) set up to evaluate the eligibility of each athlete with a Russian or Belarusian passport who obtains, or who could obtain, a qualification place for the Olympic Games hashtag Paris2024, and that of their support personnel. https://olympics.com/ioc/news/ain-eligibility-review-panel-established-by-ioc-eb-paris-games-time-protocol-elements-agreed-on

🩸FIFA Anti-Doping Report 2023 published https://www.fifa.com/legal/anti-doping/news/fifa-anti-doping-report-2023-published

❗️Paul Pogba banned for 4 years for doping https://www.goal.com/en-gb/lists/paul-pogba-banned-four-years-juventus-midfielder-punished-doping-scandal/blt729c25135d5cdecf#cs17461ea83770898b

⚽️Global Transfer Report 2023 - USD 9.63 billion spent on international transfer fees, an increase of 48.1% compared to 2022. - 2023 also saw a new all-time high number of transfers with a transfer fee (3,279), 14.7% more than in 2022 - Women’s football continues to grow, with international transfers increasing by more than 20% compared to 2022. https://digitalhub.fifa.com/m/114622e4e17cf6a8/original/FIFA-Global-Transfer-Report-2023.pdf

❗️⛸️Kamila Valieva is found to have committed an anti-doping rule violation and sanctioned with a four-year period of ineligibility commencing on 25 December 2021 / Камила Валиева дисквалифицирована на 4 года за нарушение антидопинговых правил CAS Media Release / Пресс-релиз CAS: https://www.tas-cas.org/fileadmin/user_upload/CAS_Media_Release_9451_9455_9456_Decision.pdf

⚽️FIFA publishes second CAS & Football Annual Report 2023 https://digitalhub.fifa.com/m/4a1ece5b2652ca9e/original/CAS-FOOTBALL-ANNUAL-REPORT-2023_.pdf

⚽️The 2024 Deloitte’s Football Money League is out now! 🏆 Real Madrid take the top spot as the highest revenue generating club in world football with record revenues of €831m https://www2.deloitte.com/uk/en/pages/sports-business-group/articles/deloitte-football-money-league.html?id=gb:2sm:3li:4dfml2024:5:6tmt:20240125::dfmladvlinkedin