By MahWengKwai & Associates Sports Law Practice Group Photo Credit: “Curling” by Benson Kua is licensed under CC BY-SA 2.0 The Pyeongchang 2018 Olympic Winter Games saw Russian curler Alexander Krushelnitzky being stripped of his bronze medal following him being tested positive for the banned substance meldonium. Although Alexander initially maintained his innocence claiming that his…
By MahWengKwai & Associates Sports Law Practice Group SPORTS LAW : Mini Comment on the Winter Olympic Games 2018 Suspension of Slovenian Ice Hockey Player Ziga Jeglic. A new case was registered on 20 February 2018 by the Anti-Doping Division of the Court of Arbitration for Sport at the Pyeongchang 2018 Olympic Winter Games. The…
By Richard Wee, Lesley Lim, Bryan Boo & Vincent Lim In the previous article, we introduced edoping and looked at a few examples of it. For ease of reference, edoping can essentially be summed up as the manipulation of programs or softwares to give a player an advantage over the opponent. It is without doubt…
By Richard Wee, Lesley Lim, Bryan Boo and Vincent Lim With esports tournaments having massive prize pools, it is no wonder that some players employ unsavory means to have a share of that money. One such method is edoping. Generally, the mere mention of the word “doping” in sports will invoke memories of drug cheats…
By Lesley Lim and Vincent Lim *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 2017 SEA Games, was plunged into anguish. Her gold medal in the women’s 3m springboard individual event was taken away,…
By Richard Wee, Lesley Lim, Bryan Boo & Vincent Lim 15 Nov 2017 Photo Credit: “League of Legends North American LCS” by Gabriel.gagne is licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0 The evolution of esports from its inception to a world-wide phenomenon is truly fascinating. What began as just a few friends playing…
Wednesday, October 25, 2017 12:30pm – 2:30pm Sports Contracts, Sports Events and Sports Intellectual Property (Download pdf brochure ) Overview The recent euphoria of the SEA Games 2017 have brought to the forefront several interesting issues in Sports. General discussions pertaining to image rights, contracts and events related to sports were raised prior and…
By Richard Wee, Lesley Lim, Justine Tong Photo Credit: “RAFL4114” by Choy950721 is licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0 Every two years, South East Asia hosts a regional sports carnival better known as the Southeast Asian Games (SEA Games). The Southeast Asian Games originated from the South East Asian Peninsula Games (SEAP Games). The SEAP Games was…
By Richard Wee, Lesley Lim and Vincent Lim Alongside the growth of the sports industry in recent times, there has been a trend for corporations and individuals of means to invest in sport stadiums through naming rights, a form of collaboration between two parties resulting in a company name being synonymous with a sporting team…
by Richard Wee and Samuella Kong Sports has evolved from an extra co-curricular activity to a booming industry over the last 50 years. The sports industry generates large funding and financial turnovers which creates a financial market on its own. In the middle of this entire gigantic industry remains the soul of sports, which is…
by Richard Wee and Samuella Kong 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, has been illustrated repeatedly at the Rio Olympics. In the midst of all this competition, a constant reference to fair play…
