Weekly Combine Newsletter: focus on Beijing Games myriad issues

The focus of the sporting world has shifted to the Beijing Winter Olympics, commencing with Friday's Opening Ceremony. However, in addition to the usual slate of issues that plague Olympic Games organisers, legal considerations about human rights, security, boycotts, COVID-19 and doping have overshadowed the prospect of sporting action that is about to take place.

You can read more about the Beijing Games by clicking the links to this week's articles below.

We will also have more about Beijing at its intersection with sports and human rights in our Friday feature article, and we will be back next week reporting on legal issues from the Winter Olympics and the broader world of sports law.

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Interpol Bi-weekly review: Possible Arsenal spot-fixing shock, African Cup troubles and Belgium football crisis

In our latest article reviewing Interpol’s Match-Fixing Taskforce bi-weekly Bulletin detailing integrity issues in global sports, we examine football integrity observations from England, Belgium and the ongoing African Cup of Nations tournament. FA monitoring unusual betting on Arsenal yellow card

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CAS responds to WADA Tokyo criticism in war of words

The Court of Arbitration for Sport Anti-Doping Division (‘CAS ADD’) has hit back at a ‘lack of knowledge’ criticism levelled by WADA to anti-doping arbitrators at the Tokyo Olympics. In a media release response, the CAS ADD said WADA’s criticisms were unnecessary, not raised with them directly and m…

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ICC bans Brendan Taylor for anti-corruption, doping breaches

Brendan Taylor, the former Zimbabwean men’s cricket captain, has been banned for three and a half years for breaching corruption rules centred on failing to report approaches from possible spot-fixers and also for a doping offence, according to a statement and corruption and doping decisions rendere…

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Viktoria Azarenka said a tennis vaccine mandate would face legal hurdles: Is she correct?

In the wake of the Australian Open and fallout from Novak Djokovic’s vaccine hold-out, sports lawyers say Viktoria Azarenka’s comments that a COVID-19 vaccine mandate for the Women’s Tennis Association (‘WTA’) tour would pose a legal ‘challenge’ are legally wide of the mark. Ms Azarenka, who is a s…

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CAS Registers first tranche of Olympic selection cases in Beijing

The first five cases for arbitration have been registered to the Court of Arbitration for Sport Ad-Hoc Division (‘CAS AHD’) in Beijing in the days leading up to Friday’s Opening Ceremony. The Court held the fate of several athletes chances of competing in their hands in a series of selection

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IOC talks-up anti-doping integirty measures in Beijing

The IOC has said rigorous doping testing has taken place in Beijing ensuring protection of the integirty of the Winter Olympics, the Olympic body said in a press release reporting from the 139th Session of the International Olympic Committee in Beijing. IOC’s confidence was based on reports and upd…

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