Sports Law Blog. Sporta tiesību emuārs

  • Client case in Sports Law meeting the Latvian Education Law

    We advised parents of a young athlete in a dispute with a sports school concerning wrong decisions by the coaches. 🇱🇻The complexity of the case hides in the Laws on education being applied together with the regulations of the sports organisation.  🛷The case has been like an ice track with high speed curves. Why such…

  • Jūlija raksts SA arī elektroniski

    Jūlija Sporta Avīzē publicētais raksts ” Azartspēļu biznesam pakļautais sports”. tagad pieejams arī elektroniskā formātā: https://www.diena.lv/raksts/sporta-avize/tuvplana/azartspelu-biznesam-paklautais-sports-14302234

  • Bet ads and sports. Betting company sponsorship and ads in Latvia

    The edition of July 2023 of the leading Latvian sports journal covers this matter of bet ads and sports vs. betting company sponsorship and ads in Latvia. Last time we looked at this matter in 2019, when there was still some relatively fresh case law and court practice. In recent years we could not find…

  • Azartspēles – tēma Sporta Avīzē jūlijs ‘23

    Azartspēles – tēma Sporta Avīzē jūlijs ‘23

    Jūlija Sporta Avīzē kolaborācijā ar līdzautori Beatrisi Briedi tapis raksts par azartspēļu novirzi. Beatrise jau ilgāku laiku pētījusi tieši laimestu un veiksmes nozari saistībā ar maģistra darba izstrādi par tēmu “Azartspēļu reklāmas ierobežojumu analīze Latvijā”.

  • Dīvainie klubu nosaukumi futbola datorspēlēs

    Dīvainie klubu nosaukumi futbola datorspēlēs

    Kurā reģionā atrodas Turīnas pilsēta? FIFA22, FIFA23 un dažās iepriekšējās futbola simulācijas spēlēs Itālijas čempionātā startē komanda ar nosaukumu “Piemonte”. Tas balstīts uz Itālijas Pjemontes reģiona nosaukumu. Pjemontes reģiona galvaspilsēta ir Turīna, kurā bāzēts “Juventus” futbola klubs. Šis vārds spēlītē iztrūkst. EA Sports izstrādātā “FIFA” sērija ir starp populārākajiem futbola simulatoriem. Tāpēc jebkura kluba, līgas…

  • Hockey championship in Riga

    In 2023 Riga is hosting its second IIHF ice hockey world championship in 3 years. The previous one was in 2021, in a semi-pandemic world. How many cities or countries have been able to manage that many world championships in such a short time? What is special with ##IIHFWorlds this time? State aid for the…

  • Sports agents – article of May’23 in Sporta Avīze

    The Latvian profession classification recognizes sports agents as a job. In real life it is very rare to be employed as sports agents. The State Revenue Service – the tax authority, as we call it here – has excluded this profession from average earnings reports due to there being less than 10 representatives. In this…

  • Who owns the sports – article in March’23 Sporta Avīze

    The real owners of sports teams in Latvia is a sensitive topic. We summarize the choice of legal entity form – can you imagine how the sports teams in most popular leagues’ actually organize their affairs? After the raise of “ultimate beneficiary” concept, some organizations have dared to disclosed who in reality is their “boss”,…

  • Gender equality – article of January ’23 in Sporta Avīze

    The gender equality has been on the agendas of sports bodies for some time now. Typically, we look at the prize monies and salaries of men vs. women to detect (in)equality. The article of January’s Sporta Avīze addresses the matter beyond just finances being the only criteria of gender equality. The article is available also…

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