Sports Antitrust Case Tracker 

A preliminary reference from the Bundesgerichtshof concerning German football-agent rules linked to FIFA’s Football Agent Regulations.

The claimants, ROGON GmbH &…

A preliminary reference from the Landgericht Mainz concerning FIFA’s Football Agent Regulations.

The applicants, FT and RRC Sports GmbH, challenge FIFA…

The claimants challenged the FA’s proposed implementation in England of FIFA’s Football Agent Regulations, specifically the cap on agents’ service…

A challenge to FIFA’s Football Agent Regulations before the Court of Arbitration for Sport.

The Professional Football Agents Association argued…

A Sport Resolutions arbitration concerning sanctions imposed on players who participated in LIV Golf events without release from the DP…

An EU antitrust complaint reportedly filed in 2025 by David Johnstone, founder of Bike Trial Federation UK, on behalf of…

A complaint brought by the Professional Tennis Players Association and a group of professional players against the main governing bodies…

A live UK sports competition-law dispute concerning control of the top-level men’s professional basketball league in Great Britain.

The claim…

NST alleges that World Snooker and the WPBSA control the professional snooker tour and use player contracts, authorisation rules and…

A case concerning a German football ownership rule requiring a club’s parent association to retain majority voting control — “50%…

A Belgian competition-law challenge by SRAM to the UCI’s proposed technical rule limiting the maximum gear ratio in professional road…

The case concerned an agreement between Portuguese professional football clubs not to recruit players who had unilaterally terminated their contracts…

Joined Cases C-51/96 and C-191/97, is a CJEU judgment concerning selection rules for international judo competitions.

The case was brought…

Judgment concerning transfer deadlines in professional basketball.

The case arose after a Finnish basketball player, Jyri Lehtonen, was prevented from…

An early CJEU sports-law judgment concerning nationality rules in professional cycling. The case involved pacemakers in motor-paced cycling and whether…

A landmark CJEU judgment on free movement and professional football.

The case was brought by Belgian footballer Jean-Marc Bosman, who…

European Commission competition complaint filed in October 2024 by FIFPRO Europe, European Leagues and LaLiga against FIFA.

The complaint challenges FIFA’s unilateral…

A CJEU judgment concerning the relationship between sports arbitration and EU law.

The dispute arose after RFC Seraing was sanctioned…

Joined Cases C-403/08 and C-429/08, concerned the use of foreign decoder cards to access live Premier League broadcasts in the…

Ofcom’s review of how live Premier League broadcasting rights were sold in the UK. The complaint focused on whether the…

Concerned the sale of pre-race data used by bookmakers and others in the UK betting market.

The OFT had found…

Concerned anti-competitive conduct in the purchase of freelance services used in the production and broadcasting of sports content in the…

Investigation into the governance and commercial structure of Formula One and other four-wheel motor sport. The Commission was concerned that…

Concerned UEFA’s centralised sale of commercial and broadcasting rights for the UEFA Champions League.

The European Commission accepted that joint…

A complaint concerning UEFA’s rule preventing two or more clubs under common ownership or control from participating in the same…

Judgment concerning FIFA’s rules regulating football players’ agents.

The Court held that FIFA’s agent rules fell within EU competition law…

Judgment on the competition-law risks created when a sports body acts both as a regulator and as a commercial operator.

Foundational CJEU judgment on the application of EU competition law to sporting rules. The case concerned anti-doping rules applied to…

Judgment concerning FIFA’s rules on the consequences of a player terminating a contract without “just cause”.

The Court held that…

Judgment concerning UEFA’s “home-grown player” rules, which require clubs to include a minimum number of locally trained players in their…

Landmark CJEU judgment on sporting eligibility rules and access to rival competitions.

The Court upheld the finding that the ISU’s…

Landmark CJEU judgment on sports governance. The Court held that FIFA and UEFA rules requiring prior approval for new interclub…