Blog Posts Tagged with: Sports Lawyers
Liverpool Football Club has today confirmed that Liverpool striker Luis Suarez has signed a long term contact with the club. The announcement was made following rumours that Suarez was ready to commit his further to the club. The official Liverpool Football Club tweeted a photo of Suarez signing his contact, the official twitter page tweeted “#LFC are delighted to announce Luis Suarez has signed... Read more
FIFA President Sepp Blatter has today confirmed that referees will use a vanishing spray in the 2014 World Cup. The spray will be used once a free kick has been awarded. The referee will pace 9.15 meters before spraying the ground to determine where the wall should stand, minutes after the spray has been used the spray will vanish leaving no marks on the pitch.
The spray has been trailed at the... Read more
Manchester City boss Manuel Pellegrini has confirmed Sergio Aguero is likely to be out for up to 2 months with a calf injury. City’s leading goal scorer Aguero limped off during the 6.3 win against Arsenal. Following the game Aguero tweeted that he would be missing for at least a month. If Aguero is out for 8 weeks he will miss the mouth watering clash against Liverpool on Boxing Day and... Read more
Tottenham Hotspur has today confirmed that Andre Villas-Boas contact has been terminated. The sacking comes after a 5.0 home defeat to Liverpool on Sunday afternoon. The Tottenham statement says “"The club can announce that agreement has been reached with head coach, Andre Villas-Boas, for the termination of his services. The decision was by mutual consent and in the interests of all parties."... Read more
The draw for the Champions League last 16 has been made!
ARSENAL v BAYERN MUNICH
ZENIT ST PETERSBURG v BORUSSIA DORTMUND
SCHALKE v REAL MADRID
GALATASARAY v CHELSEA
BAYER LEVERKUSEN v PARIS SAINT-GERMAIN
AC MILAN v ATLETICO MADRID
OLYMPIACOS v MANCHESTER UNITED
MANCHESTER CITY v BARCELONA
All the English clubs have been drawn against tough oppositions. The standout game is Manchester City V... Read more
Former West Bromwich Albion manager and Liverpool assistant manager Steve Clarke was relieved of his job on Sunday following his side’s 4th strength defeat. The West Bromwich Albion boss suffered a 1.0 defeat to fellow strugglers Cardiff City. Steve Clarke has had a dismal 2013 only winning 20% of the games in 2013 however, in his first season Clarke had a club record total at the end of the 2012... Read more
The 2014 World Cup group stages have been drawn in the last couple of minutes. England has been drawn in Group D along side Uruguay, Costa Rica, and Italy. England will be reasonably happy with the draw having missed out several of the big nations. Here are the 8 World Cup groups
GROUP A: Brazil, Croatia, Mexico, Cameroon
GROUP B: Spain, Holland, Chile, Australia
GROUP C: Colombia, Greece, Ivory... Read more
This year there are more clubs competing for the premier league title than ever before. But who are the realistic title contenders? Here are our views on who has a realistic chance of competing for the top prize in English football.
Arsenal
Arsenal have been undoubtedly the surprise of the season so far, many football fans did not give Arsenal a realistic chance this season even with their record... Read more
A response to the question that critically considers the self-regulatory sporting rules and the impact of the same on the UK Domestic Laws, The ECJ jurisprudence and the inpact of the EC White Paper on Sport: written by Football Agents and Sports Lawyers:
Conclusion
It is argued that money in football has been centralised on a few top PL clubs,94 with the majority of smaller clubs run by... Read more
A response to the question that critically considers the self-regulatory sporting rules and the impact of the same on the UK Domestic Laws, The ECJ jurisprudence and the inpact of the EC White Paper on Sport: written by Football Agents and Sports Lawyers:
3. Directors Test (formerly "the fit and proper person" test)
The self-regulatory rules of the Domestic Regulators discussed above are... Read more
