Written by Richard Wee, Wong Zi Ying and Brenda Tan Sports Development Act 1997 (“SDA 1997”) is an act that promotes and facilitates the development, administration and registration of sports in Malaysia. Under Section 15(1) of SDA 1997,…
Written by Richard Wee, Wong Zi Ying & Jacob Wong I will continue to fight for the human rights of female athletes, both on and off the track, until we can all run free the way we…
Written by Richard Wee & Wong Zi Ying “It was a mistake to de-regulate agents in 2015” — Emilio García Silvero (Chief Legal Officer, FIFA) Football agent, who is known as a football intermediary, is a representative and intermediary…
By Richard Wee, Lesley Lim & Marcus Leong (FIRST PUBLISHED ON MAHWENGKWAI & ASSOCIATES’ WEBSITE HERE) In the words of Diego Maradona, the former Argentine professional footballer described Video Assistant Referee (VAR) as a “technology that brings transparency and quality…
By Richard Wee and Saphna Ravichandran (First published on MahWengKwai & Associates’ website here) The Sports Development Act was passed by Parliament and gazetted on 25 September 1997. It promotes and facilitates the development, administration and registration of sports in…
Reported by Ashley Yip On the 4th of September, the Asian International Arbitration Centre (AIAC) held a workshop at their auditorium. The topic of the seminar was about the Introduction to Sports Dispute Resolution. It is part…
Written by Richard Wee & Daniel Tan Introduction “I also regret all the harm I did to soccer, which is the sport that I love…” said Alfredo Hawit, the former president of the Confederation of North, Central…
Written by Richard Wee. Assisted by Lesley Lim and 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…
Written by Ahmad Rizduan and originally appearing on Vocket FC in the Malay Language. https://www.vocketfc.com/daripada-satu-sudut-pemain-mungkin-bimbang-kelab-mencari-alasan-untuk-tidak-membayar-gaji-penuh/ Here is the English Translation :- THERE is no perfect solution from the legal point of view over a possible reduction or…
RWC is pleased to be part of ISN’s Corporate Project team. After many months of work, the project to add value to National Sports Institute’s (ISN) products & brand reached another milestone when we made a successful…