Work Area: Sport

Lawyers have condemned the decision of a Belarusian court to sentence local arbitration practitioner Aliaksandr Danilevich to 10 years in prison after he was convicted of criminal offences relating to his criticism of Russia’s war against Ukraine.

13 April 2023

An arbitral tribunal has reportedly found that the European golf tour was entitled to suspend and fine rebel golfers for joining a Saudi-backed breakaway competition without permission.

05 April 2023

Two panels at the Court of Arbitration for Sport have begun hearing claims brought by Russian and Ukrainian football clubs over FIFA’s decision to allow their foreign players to leave due to the ongoing war between the countries.

05 December 2022

A panel at the Court of Arbitration for Sport has cleared Ecuador to play in the World Cup after confirming the eligibility of its player Byron Castillo – despite finding the country liable for using false information about his place and date of birth.

09 November 2022

A JAMS arbitrator has ruled that Fox will have to pay over US$3.7 billion if it wants to acquire a stake in a fast-growing US sports betting brand – nearly twice as much as the Rupert Murdoch-owned entertainment group had argued for.

07 November 2022

British luxury carmaker Aston Martin has been hit with an ICC claim reportedly worth £150 million over a terminated deal to underwrite its Valkyrie hypercar.

23 September 2022

Football clubs in Russia and Ukraine are united in anger at FIFA’s decision to allow their foreign players to suspend their contracts and leave in light of the war between the two countries, with teams from each filing claims at the Court of Arbitration for Sport.

21 July 2022

Russian football’s governing body and four clubs have lost appeals at the Court of Arbitration for Sport over their exclusion from international competitions including the forthcoming World Cup as a result of the war in Ukraine.

19 July 2022

German speed skater Claudia Pechstein has won a constitutional appeal over the validity of an arbitration agreement requiring her to submit a dispute over a doping ban to the Court of Arbitration for Sport in Lausanne.

13 July 2022

Russian sports organisations are preparing appeals to the Court of Arbitration for Sport over bans of their athletes and teams from international competitions due to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, including the upcoming World Cup in Qatar.

04 March 2022