The recent alleged incident and controversy arising from the claims and counter claims of racism in football has again brought into sharp focus the issues with regard to racism in sport generally. The FA is investigating two claims of racist abuse which have occurred during recent Premier League fixtures between Liverpool v Manchester United and […]

The Belgian choreographer Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker has claimed that certain dance moves in the music video for Beyoncé’s new single ‘Countdown’ are “pure plagiarism”. Beyoncé has acknowledged that sequences in the ‘Countdown’ video were inspired by De Keersmaeker’s ballet company Rosas Danst Rosas, amongst other influences such as Andy Warhol and the Audrey Hepburn film […]

Many pundits before the Rugby World Cup had predicted that the route to the final would have matched England (winners in 2003 and finalists in 2007) and New Zealand (tournament hosts and pre competition favourites) against one another in the final to be played at Eden Park in Auckland on Sunday 23 of October. Such a […]

Following an e-petition containing more than 138,000 signatures requesting the full disclosure of all government documents relating to the 1989 Hillsborough disaster, the Government (having promised to put forward for debate any petition that reached more than 100,000 signatures) was prompted to issue a statement that the subject of the petition would be debated in […]

On 12 September 2011 the EU Council adopted a Directive which modifies Directive 2006/116/EC ‘on the term of protection of copyright and certain related rights’ and extends copyright protection for performers and phonogram producers on music recordings from 50 to 70 years. This new Directive, dubbed ‘Cliff’s Law’ (after Sir Cliff Richard, who has been […]

Amidst the chaos and confusion of Manchester City’s 2-0 defeat by Bayern Munich on Wednesday, the claims and counterclaims as to what happened “on the bench” still reverberate around the incident. As a consequence, City have suspended Carlos Tevez after it was alleged he refused to appear as a substitute. Tevez, 27, who said the […]

Despite receiving severe and repeated criticism in the past it has recently been reported that the CSA have collected or arranged a total of £1,159.6 million from June 2010 to June 2011. The Courts have imposed  suspended prison sentences on more than 1,000 parents who refused to pay child maintenance during 2010 to 2011. A […]

Few professional sports are as successful across both the men’s and women’s game as tennis. Regular combined events in some of the world’s most famous sporting arenas provide a unique package for spectators, sponsors and broadcasters. The complex issues that a global, multi-stakeholder sport such as tennis faces, coupled with the lessons learned from other […]

Following the massive and, some may say, obscene “splash of cash” during the Transfer Window by Premier League clubs led by the two Manchester clubs and Liverpool, money is a popular subject in the world of football. Whilst we see the huge sums of money players attract in transfer fees, perhaps the biggest sums however […]

From the beginning of June this year, new rules came into force that radically alters how football now operates. A tough-talking initiative, Financial Fair Play (FFP), is designed to crack down on debt-laden clubs or controversial practices. The effects of this are already being felt. Manchester City’s new sponsorship deal with Abu Dhabi’s flag-carrier airline […]

In light of the recent spate of riots that have swept across London and other major cities, many home and business owners will be looking to be compensated for the damage that has been caused to their properties and businesses. Whilst many will expect their insurance to cover the cost of repairing the damage, most […]

The recent rise in the popularity of video games has had a somewhat surprising impact upon marriages. ‘Divorce Online’ recently conducted a survey of 200 cases in which women had cited unreasonable behaviour as the reason for the breakdown of their marriage. Out of those cases, a staggering 15% stated that their husband spent an […]