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SEALED – SPORTS LAW PLUS ASSISTS EMMANUEL OCRAN IN LINCOLN RED TRANSFER DEAL .
Before signing putting pen to paper for his professional contract with Lincoln Red Imps FC, Sports Law Plus is delighted to have advised Emmanuel Ocran on the transfer deal to Gibraltar. Everyone at SLP congratulates Ocran and wishes him the best for the season.
DONE! - SPORTS LAW PLUS PROVIDED JOHN ANTWI LEGAL ADVISE ON PYRAMIDS / EL GAISH TRANSFER DEAL.
Sports Law Plus is delighted to have assisted Egyptian Premier League record goal scorer John Antwi legal guidance on his transfer from Pyramids FC to Tala’el El Gaish. Antwi signed a one year deal with the reigning Egypt Super Cup champions until the end of the 2021/22 football season. We wish him the best for the season and beyond.
Terminating a contract between a football club and a football player
Where a football club is to sign a professional contract with a player, it is often obliged by its national football association to use a standard contract issued by the football association.
Fifa publishes report on ten years of international transfers.
FIFA has published a report on international transfers in the men’s game during the 2011-2020 period, the most comprehensive review of transfers across the globe ever produced. The report confirms that transfer market activity increased steadily over the past decade.
CAF member associations at Global Integrity Programme.
Following the integrity workshops that brought together member associations from the AFC, CONMEBOL and Concacaf regions, FIFA is due to start the fourth edition of its Global Integrity Programme, as the CAF member associations come together for five one-day sessions starting on 30 September.
GHANA FA v THE FIXERS: Legal reasoning under social pressure in match-fixing scandal.
It seemed a mirage until we lived the moments of the 2020/21 Ghana Premier League. For the first time in four (4) years, the West African football nation organized a competitive football season and saw it through to the end. Though largely successful, I would deny myself the task of being the sole judge on this matter (of success) and rather state my opinion without twists.
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Europe’s illegal “decree” on player release for international window; A nightmare for AFCON 2022.
The African Cup of Nations (AFCON) is a biannual continental football tournament organized by the Confederation of African Football (CAF), one of the six confederations of the world football governing body, FIFA. As expected, talks ahead of major football events are often associated with players expected to shine, breakout talents, teams hoping to exert dominance, and the regular heavyweights who stand a chance of earning the prized silverware. However, the 2022 edition of the AFCON seems to have taken a different turn.
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What to know about the mandatory obligation of National Team Call Ups.
In football, players remain key and have often earned more protection under the rules of the game. However, one subject remains a bit biased against the players in the matter of call ups for national team assignments. This conversation has become pretty popular as European clubs have found the scheduling of Africa’s prestigious Cup of Nations tournament disturbing, starting on January 9, 2022 in Cameroon.