Reported by Tai Sher Lynn The Asian Sports Arbitration Rules (“the Rules”) were cultivated in tandem with the spirit of the utilisation of Alternative Dispute Resolution (“ADR”) mechanisms to resolve disputes within the realm of…
Written by Richard Wee, Chew Zhen Tao and Wong Zi Ying On 11 October 2022, the International Council of Arbitration for Sport (“ICAS”) issued a media release regarding the amendments to the Code of Sports-related…
Written by Richard Wee. Assisted by Marlysa Razak. (First appeared on Richard Wee & Yip’s Blogspot and AIAC (the known as KLRCA) Newsletter in 2015.) What is Sports Law? Sports has evolved from a hobby…
On 25 – 26 July 2019, the Football Association of Malaysia (FAM) hosted a 2-day workshop introducing the mechanism and history of the National Dispute Resolution Chambers (NDRC) to the arbitrators appointed for the NDRC.…
ESPORTS LAW: Mini comment on the Mobile Legends Southeast Asia Cup 2018 controversy By Richard Wee & Bryan Boo (First published here) Photo Credit: AirAsia Saiyan One of the largest annual mobile gaming tournaments in Southeast Asia,…
Sports Law: What’s Next? – The Recent Case of Badminton Match-Fixing By Richard Wee, Vincent Lim & Bryan Boo (FIRST PUBLISHED HERE) *Picture shown is for illustration purposes only. Photo credit: “Badminton Semifinal Pan 2007” by…
By Richard Wee & Saphna Ravichandran (FIRST PUBLISHED HERE) Photo credit: “New Meadowlands Stadium Mezz Corner“ by babyknight (New Meadowlands Stadium: Mezz Corner) is licensed under CC BY 2.0 The thought of an athlete falling or…
By Vincent Lim (FIRST PUBLISHED HERE) *A short commentary of the recent doping case of Wendy Ng Yan Yee* The blow, when it came, was disastrous. Wendy Ng Yan Yee, national diver at the KL…
By Richard Wee and Samuella Kong (FIRST PUBLISHED HERE) The Rio Olympics 2016 have come and gone. Once again, the spirit of human passion to achieve greatness and to accomplish what was once deemed to be impossible,…