INFORM: Sports Law – March 2025

This newsletter highlights key developments in sports, esports, and gaming laws in India and internationally. The sports sector continues to experience a growing emphasis on enhancing its regulatory framework through legislative reforms and judicial decisions.

The highlights of the current issue are:

Updates:

• Jannik Sinner Settles Doping Row with Three-Month Suspension
• ECJ Advocate General’s Opinion Calls for Full Judicial Review of CAS Awards
• Trump’s Ban on Trans Athletes in Women’s Sports Faces Legal Challenges
• CAS Backs FIFA Ban, Spanish Court Convicts Rubiales
• FIFA Suspends Congolese Football Association and Pakistan Football Federation
• World Athletics Consultations Underway to Amend Female Eligibility Guidelines
• UEFA Sanctions on RFF Upheld
• French Government Introduces Wheelchair Reimbursement Policy
• Katir Suspended Again for Anti-Doping Violation
• IGF Objects to IOA’s Interference in Elections
• Tamil Nadu’s 2025 Online Gaming Regulations: KYC, Monetary Limits & Minor Ban
• IOA Forms Ad-Hoc Panel for BFI; Federation to Contest

Case Laws: 

• SC Hands Reins of Kabaddi Federation to Elected Body
• Respite for Lakshya Sen as SC Puts the Brakes on Age Fraud Probe