Sports Law in 2024 – Key Issues to Watch in Africa, Asia & Oceania

Here are the top sports law issues to watch out for in 2024 in Africa, Asia & Oceania from the LawInSport Editorial & Advisory Board.  We hope this proves useful not only in identifying specific cases and issues, but also in detecting broader themes when read in conjunction with the contributions from other jurisdictions.

Contributors:

• Kelvin Omuojine, Partner, SportHouse LP, Nigeria
  • Nigeria Premier League Broadcast
• Steve Bainbridge, Head of Sports & Entertainment (Middle East), Greenberg Traurig LLP
  • UAE Gaming
  • Esports World Cup
  • Women’s Sports in the GCC
• Michael Savva, Partner, Watson Farley & Williams (Middle East) LLP
  • Continued growth of the Saudi Pro League
• Aahna Mehrotra, Partner, TMT Law Practice, India
  • India’s bid for the 2036 Olympics
  • Taxation developments
• Mickey Ingles - Lawyer & Professor, Ingles Laurel Calderon & Ateneo de Manila University, Philippines
  • Transfers of student-athletes
• Prof Jack Anderson - Special Counsel, Integrity Regulation, Racing Victoria, Australia
  • Use of AI in sports
  • Restrictions on online gambling advertising
  • Kneale v Footscray Football Club
• Sam Fellows, Solicitor, Holland Becket, New Zealand
  • Constitutional Reviews
• Shoichi Sugiyama, Attorney-at-Law, Field-R Law, Japan
  • Actions towards International Standards in Football
  • Growing Awareness of Gender Diversity
  • Mental Health of Athletes

We would like to thank each member of our Editorial and Advisory Board for taking the time out of their busy schedules to share their views with us, and also more broadly for their significant input into LawInSport over the course of the year. Thank you.