Jul 24, 2023 Celebrity Ownership of Football Clubs – Why fans should revel in football being Hollywood’s ‘flavour of the month' By Cameron Turner Zoë Stainton In 2020, Hollywood duo Ryan Reynolds and Rob McElhenney were announced as the owners of National League side Wrexham and they’re not the...
Jun 26, 2023 Representation of women's sport in the French media: The gold medal for invisibility By Emilie Faucheux From 20 July to 20 August 2023, the ninth Women's World Cup will take place in Australia and New Zealand. The Women's World Cup is a...
Jun 12, 2023 New English football governance proposals – how will this change the future of football? By Cameron Turner Benjamin McGlinchey Zoë Stainton The Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport has recently presented a new White Paper on reforming club football governance in...
Mar 28, 2023 Sponsorship of Women’s Sport – what lessons can be learned from the 2023 World Cup? By Catriona Melton When it was announced that Visit Saudi was bidding to be a major sponsor of the forthcoming Women’s World Cup to be held in Australia and...
Mar 20, 2023 “It will be like rocket fuel”: an insight on equal pay in international women’s football By Benjamin McGlinchey “It will be like rocket fuel”[1] were the stirring words used by Football Association (FA) chairperson Debbie Hewitt following England’s...
Feb 23, 2023 Football club sponsorship agreements – How to avoid scoring an own-goal By Cameron Turner Benjamin McGlinchey Sponsorship marketing in football continues to be an incredibly profitable industry. As football clubs continue to see the value of their...
Feb 07, 2023 FIFA announce new Football Agent Regulations – who will be the winners and losers? By Cameron Turner Benjamin McGlinchey Football fans have often looked distastefully on the business conducted by football agents primarily due to the headline sums of money...
Aug 17, 2020 Tensions involved in potential return of fans to stadiums for college sports By Ben Gipson There is a saying that there is no place like Nebraska, and the current issues surrounding college football in the fall illustrates this...
Jul 21, 2020 NWSL brings Angel City to the City of Angels, as women's professional soccer returns to Los Angeles By Ben Gipson We all remember the iconic moment when Brandi Chastain scored the World Cup winner for the United States at the Rose Bowl in 1999, but...
Jun 05, 2020 Chelsea's move for Timo Werner shows that the transfer market still alive for some clubs By Ben Gipson There has been much discussion on how COVID-19 would impact the international transfer market, and it certainly seemed to lead Liverpool...
May 12, 2020 Singapore: Resuming sports (in the digital realm) By Yue Lin Lee During this circuit breaker period in Singapore, many live sports events and arts and culture events have been cancelled or postponed,...
Apr 28, 2020 COVID-19: Funding considerations for stakeholders in the sports sector By Joe Riches Our team recently presented a webinar based on a recent article we published on the key funding considerations for stakeholders in the...
Jan 22, 2020 DLA Piper advise on Fnatic/UNICEF esports charity stream feat. Marcus Rashford By Michael Stead DLA Piper have advised UNICEF on its first ever streaming partnership with leading esports organisation Fnatic as part of the...
Dec 20, 2019 VARing the VAR By Diego Ramos After an exciting football match in Barcelona on Wednesday on 18 December 2019 between FC Barcelona and Real Madrid that ended 0-0, Real...
May 24, 2019 WillHill Football Ad Falls Foul of UK Advertising Rules By John Wilks In a recent ruling, the UK's Advertising Standards Authority has taken a tough stance against gambling promotions featuring young people....
May 06, 2019 Is Messi's first step to get new Italian tax incentives? By Antonio Longo Messi is currently tax resident in Spain. However, he enrolled in the register of Italian citizens residing abroad (hereinafter, “AIRE”)...