US Olympic Committee Explores a Bid for the 2024 Games
On February 19, 2013, the United States Olympic Committee sent letters to mayors of thirty-five United States cities to notify them of USOC consideration of a bid for the 2024 Summer Olympic Games. The...
View ArticleGambling Commission publishes paper looking at role of Joint Assessment Unit...
The Gambling Commission has published a paper looking at the role of the Joint Assessment Unit (the “JAU”) at the London Olympic Games. The task of the JAU was to provide a mechanism for the...
View ArticleUK Tax Exemptions Continue the Legacy of London 2012
By Paul Rutherford and Carmelo Lam Sport is a vital part of the UK’s culture and in recognition of this, the UK Government has in recent years enacted exemptions designed to ensure that foreign...
View ArticleThere’s no business, like snow business! Sochi learns lessons from Vancouver
By Scott Antel and Tanya Zayats Subtropical Sochi, historically known as the “Caucasian Riviera”, is preparing for any unseasonably warm weather which may hamper its hosting of the 2014 Winter Olympics...
View ArticleSPAIN: New Spanish Anti-doping Act
The Spanish Parliament has just approved the so-called Fundamental Act (LO) 3/2013 for the protection of the athletes health and fighting doping in sport. This new piece of legislation intends to...
View ArticleOutlawing Ambush Marketing
By Dylan Kennett and Catherine Beloff – as first published in Touchline Magazine With the 2011 Rugby World Cup (‘RWC’) in New Zealand living up to its billing as the ‘Stadium of Four Million’, the...
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