Our firm has published it's January/February 2021 edition of her monthly newsletter, which provides regulatory and procedural updates in the sports industry. This edition contains regulatory and procedural updates in Football, Basketball, Formula 1 and Anti-Doping. Please click this link to download. For enquiries or legal consultation,…
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What is Doping? The word ‘Doping’ is more often than not, found in the world of sports. Articles 1 & 2 of the World Anti-Doping Code defines doping as the presence of a prohibited substance or its metabolites, or markers…
Our firm was proud to receive a final decision from the Dispute Resolution Chamber (DRC) of FIFA today, in favour of our client (a foreign player) against a first division club in Nigeria. The matter, being a dispute of "international…
Imagine that you signed a football contract with a club, then you failed the medical examination or were refused a work permit in the country. Consequently, the club decides to terminate the contract. Would that be right or wrong in…
It was in the news today that the contract of Papy Djilobodji was terminated by Sunderland FC after the player was absent from the club for one month without authorization, and thereafter failed a fitness test. In our opinion, Sunderland…