Deadlines: CAS 2025/A/11192 FC des Girondins de Bordeaux v. Real Sporting de Gijón SAD

To determine whether deadlines are met, an examination must be conducted to establish the point at which a party could be considered to have received valid notification. It is important to highlight that two key requirements must be satisfied for the concept of "receipt" to be applicable: first, the declaration must have entered the "sphere of influence" of the addressee; and second, it should be reasonable to expect that the addressee would take notice of it under the circumstances presented.

Effective Judicial Protection: An Analysis of AG Spielmann’s Opinion in Case ZD & MI v. FIGC, CONI et al.

On 18 December 2025, Advocate General Spielmann delivered his Opinion in ZD and MI (C-424/24 and C-425/24), arising from disciplinary sanctions imposed after the plusvalenze affair involving Juventus FC. Placed in the line of Diarra and RFC Seraing, the Opinion reaffirms that sporting disciplinary sanctions remain acceptable under EU Law, but only within a system ensuring effective judicial protection, where State courts - or genuinely independent sports bodies - can annul unlawful measures and grant interim relief.

Rethinking FIFA’s Framework for Protecting Minors

FIFA’s current protection of minors is built on strict pre-transfer controls but offers little assurance of a child’s welfare once the move is authorised. Drawing on international children’s rights standards, EU Law and sports autonomy, this article argues that the system should shift from one-off authorisation to continuous oversight. It proposes a new club-based certification mechanism - the FIFA Minors License - to ensure real, long-term protection of transferred minors. The article is authored by Enric Ripoll Gonzalez, a sports lawyer practising in the United States at Cases & Lacambra, and Carlos Marroquín Romera, PhD at Rey Juan Carlos University.

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Special Report: The Diarra Judgment – One Year Later
Focus: The Seraing Judgment and EU Law

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One year after the CJEU delivered its ruling in FIFA v. Diarra, this Special Report reviews its first concrete effects on the transfer system. It provides a concise assessment of what has changed in practice - and what has not - following the adoption of FIFA’s Interim Regulatory Framework and the early adjustments made by clubs, players, agents and dispute-resolution bodies.

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