There will likely be a settlement between Victoria and the games organisers for breaching the contract. But the Commonwealth Games may be the ones to suffer long-term reputational damage.
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A sports law expert explains why Cristiano Ronaldo’s controversial Piers Morgan interview didn’t get him fired from Manchester United.
The rule has been chopped and changed countless times since football’s official beginnings. Should it be done away with altogether?
A fan’s sign caused a massive pile up at the Tour de France. But should the event’s organisers take legal action?
There needs to be significant change in the administration of athletics programs. The global pause in sporting competitions is a unique opportunity to begin the urgent work of making it safe for women
Can running shoes make the difference that breaks a record? Nike’s new trainers are neither the first nor last examples of technology causing a stir in competitive sport.
Anti-doping laboratories have historically worked well, but the anti-doping organisations themselves lack oversight.
Most big bureaucratic organisations are subject to oversight from civil society, but not FIFA.
If the Australian cricketers involved in a ball-tampering scandal manage to return to the game, and do so triumphantly, it is likely they will be forgiven – and some may even forget their role in it.
Altering the condition of the match ball is against the rules of the sport, contrary to ‘the spirit of cricket’, and deemed to be ‘unfair’. It is a form of cheating.
Michael Close’s lawsuit raises questions about the legal liabilities of sporting clubs, venues and organisations.
The decision to exclude transgender woman Hannah Mouncey from the AFLW may breach anti-discrimination law, and contradicts the AFL’s public position of embracing diversity and inclusivity.
Cricket has experienced its fair share of industrial drama over the years – and the 2017 dispute looks like a re-run of a brawl that enveloped the sport in Australia 20 years ago.
Making it into the world championships can depend more on your sport’s rules than how good you are.
Betting on sports has been illegal in most states since 1992. Is it time that changed?
Proving negligence in sports injury legal cases comes down to establishing what goes beyond the “norm” in playing culture.
After saying he was ‘deeply suspicious’, a judge cleared a man of child pornography offences. We need to understand the standard of proof to make sense of verdicts, including AFL rulings on doping.
The death of a 23-year-old boxer and the lifting of cage-fighting bans in every state but Western Australia raise the question of why we allow violence that would be criminal outside a ring or cage.
The multi-million dollar settlement of damages from one of the National Hockey League’s most famous punches is a reminder that violent incidences rarely come to the attention of the courts, though they…
The British Horse Racing Authority has revealed a total of seven racehorses have now tested positive for morphine in post-race samples. Unremarkable perhaps to a public jaded by reports of human athletes…
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Associate Professor in Sport Psychology and Safe Sport, Bournemouth University
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Emeritus Professor of Law and Criminal Justice, University of South Australia
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Head Of Department in Department of Sport & Event Management, Bournemouth University
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Professor of Sports Law, Melbourne Law School, The University of Melbourne
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