Selection for the Paralympics and Olympics: Who gets to decide who competes? More than 4,000 athletes from 150 nations are set to compete in 22 different sports when the 2024 Paralympic Games in Paris begin this week. The names selected have been confirmed over the last few months. Selection can cause controversy, as it did at the Olympics where the Netherlands’ beach volleyball squad made international headlines [...]
Sports Law in 2024: The cases that will define the year Lawyers on the ball The courtroom (or more often, arbitration centre) has long been an important field of competition in sport, but the day-to-day news may never before have contained so many high-profile cases in the sector. We take a look at the decisions and disputes that will define 2024 as a year in sports law. Football For those [...]
