International governing body emphasises its committment to combating technological fraud

A jury in U.S. District Court ruled Thursday the NFL violated antitrust laws in distributing out-of-market Sunday afternoon games on a premium subscription service and has awarded nearly $4.7 billion in damages.

Earnings gap between Premier League clubs and other ‘big five’ leagues is estimated to be at least US$3 bn.

A Scotland international cricketer has threatened legal action against the sport’s governing body after claiming he was the victim of racial discrimination.

World champion steeplechase runner Norah Jeruto is on course to race at the Paris Olympics after track and field's world governing body failed in an attempt to have her banned in a doping case.

Beswicks Legal team assisted Nordic Football Group in acquiring Burton Albion FC, finalising the deal in May 2024

The Supreme Court on Monday rejected a challenge from Republican-controlled states to a horse racing safety law that has led to national medication and anti-doping rules.

An investigation by Sport Integrity Australia has cleared the AFL of any breaches of the WADA code, yet has recommended an overhaul of its illicit drugs policy after allegations made in federal parliament that clubs were conducting off-the-books drugs tests.

Ryan Garcia has been handed a one-year ban from boxing by the New York State Athletic Commission after failing a drugs test.

Manchester United and Nice – both owned or co-owned by Ineos and Sir Jim Ratcliffe – qualified for the Europa League, while Manchester City and Girona are in Champions League

A judge in Indiana has denied the NCAA’s motion to dismiss Bush’s defamation and false light lawsuit against the association.

Former Barcelona and Manchester United defender Gerard Pique has been placed under official investigation by a court in Spain over his alleged involvement in a deal which saw the Spanish Super Cup moved to Saudi Arabia.

Soft drink giant adds English second division side to portfolio of soccer clubs.

Former Manchester United midfielder Roy Keane has told a court he was left “in shock” after being allegedly “headbutted” through doors during a Premier League football match.

Colombian cyclist Miguel Angel Lopez has been handed a four-year doping ban.

LaLiga side Girona, whose majority owners are the City Football Group [CFG], have announced a new three-year sponsorship deal with Etihad Airways after qualifying for the Champions League for the first time ever this season.

Rio 2016 gold medallist found to have violated anti-doping rules

As the NCAA, major college athletic conferences and plaintiffs in three antitrust lawsuits in federal courts in California close in on a comprehensive settlement proposal that would pay current and former college athletes billions of dollars in damages and dramatically alter how current and future athletes are compensated, lawyers for the plaintiffs in a fourth case signaled on Tuesday evening that they are seeking to keep the association and the conferences embroiled in a similar litigation.

Oaktree Capital Management has taken over Italian champions Inter Milan after Suning defaulted on its debt to the U.S. fund.

National law firm Clarke Willmott in Bristol has advised global sports, music and entertainment agency Wasserman on its acquisition of the UK’s leading women’s football agency.

NFL owners will be asked to approve a framework for allowing private equity funds to buy small stakes in teams at this week’s league meeting in Nashville, but the policy would still be months away from being finalized, sources said.

The majority of English football clubs in the top four leagues are receiving “formal or informal investment enquiries”, a survey by BDO suggests.

Just as it sparred again with the United States Anti-doping Agency (USADA), the global body updated its Foundation Board on the latest developments in the scandal involving the 23 swimmers from China in 2021 and insisted on food contamination as the source of the failed tests.

TV presenter questioned for around 18 hours following allegations a child aged under 10 was raped on more than one occasion

Governing body to seek legal advice after calls for Israel’s ‘immediate’ suspension from international football.

World Triathlon and the Professional Triathletes Organisation (PTO) have announced new anti-doping measures, including a growing, global Registered Testing Pool (RTP) that will see athletes tested in and out of competition for the new T100 Triathlon World Tour.

Florida, New York and Washington, D.C. joined Tennessee and Virginia in an antitrust lawsuit against the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) over its name, image and likeness (NIL) rules.

World governing body Fifa is facing the threat of legal action from world players’ union Fifpro and the World Leagues Association – which includes the Premier League – if it continues with plans to host a 32-team Club World Cup at the end of next season.

Wimbledon girls finalist Nikola Bartunkova was provisionally suspended by the International Tennis Integrity Agency for doping on Thursday.

Groups of private equity investors "may soon be allowed to buy as much as 30%" of NFL franchises, as a "special NFL committee is meeting to examine the league’s ownership rules."

Two Republican Congressmen introduced a bill Wednesday that would provide the NCAA, college conferences and member schools federal protection from legal challenges that stand in the way of their ability to govern college sports.

Forest remain three points clear of Luton Town and the relegation zone with two games of the season remaining

Legislation aims to wrestle financial controls away from the national soccer federation.

While his team was recently swept out of the first round of the NBA playoffs by the Oklahoma City Thunder, New Orleans Pelicans forward Zion Williamson is at least a winner in court.

World Aquatics has appointed a five-person anti-doping audit review committee after it emerged 23 Chinese swimmers were cleared to compete at the Tokyo Games, despite testing positive for a banned substance.

Garcia tested positive for ostarine before and after April fight

The leaders of college sports are involved in "deep discussions" to reach a legal settlement that would likely lay out the framework for sharing revenue with athletes in a future NCAA business model, sources told ESPN.

Some of Fifa's rules on player transfers may breach European Union regulations as they interfere with the contractual relations between players and clubs, an adviser to Europe's top court has said.

Alabama Crimson Tide football player Elijah Pritchett is in trouble with the law again this offseason.

The World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) has published a fact sheet outlining the procedures it undertook to reach the decision that the 23 Chinese swimmers, who had tested positive for trimetazidine (TMZ) in early 2021, would not face suspensions.

Clubs are assessing a proposal to change PSR model to one based on a multiple of the club finishing 20th’s income from shared pot

Forest criticise official on social media after 2-0 loss at Everton

Vitesse Arnhem will not compete in the Netherlands' top football division next season.

It's no coincidence that Terry Pegula is willing to sell 25 percent of the equity in the Bills.

Olympic sports bodies criticized World Athletics on Friday for promising to pay $50,000 for each track and field gold medal won at the Paris Olympics.

Anti-doping agency now requires two experts to assess result

The NBA has put its sneaker-clad foot down on players’ sports betting. The league banned Toronto Raptors forward-center Jontay Porter for life after he shared confidential information with bettors and limited his own play time to fulfill certain bets, it said in a Wednesday announcement.

Schools in Virginia will be able to directly pay athletes via name, image and likeness deals thanks to a state law signed Thursday morning, marking another significant step in the professionalization of college sports.

The evaluation report of the Monitoring Group on the 2023 visit focuses on Albania’s actions to strengthen the fight against doping, assesses the structure and functioning of the national anti-doping organisation, and evaluates the role of public authorities in the upholding of clean sport.

Serie A club Juventus must pay Cristiano Ronaldo $9.7 million euros, worth approximately $10.4 million, after losing a legal battle regarding wages deferred during the COVID-19 pandemic, according to Jordi Archs of Mundo Deportivo and James Cohen of the Daily Mail.