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It's certainly a novel and inventive approach, but authoritarianism fails for not being state of the art.

(3) And I say/ask this in part because UEFA, to my knowledge, has never tweeted anything in relation to the football of Palestine/Palestinian football - players or association - before. What did they think they were inviting with this accordingly?

(1) Mo Salah is absolutely right.
(2) From a comms perspective you wonder what UEFA's social/communications team was thinking in making the post in the first place. He's not a player from the confederation, and put simply, they could just not have acknowledged his passing. Who approved it, and why?

My favourite doctor and companion.
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Indeed. And if we review the history of the media, we find that such examples are sadly few.

Fraser Nelson does not deserve praise simply because he's written a couple of pieces that are entirely at odds with his corpus.
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FIFA has applied to register the trade mark "Extra time" in the US, in NICE Class 43 (bars, hotels, cafes, catering, etc). One of the 2026 World Cup hospitality services presumably.

The telephone number on that building saying "Apts for rent" is a Chicago area code (I think it says 312). Curious if this means there's a bit of Ironheart and Mephisto overlap, or they didn't think anyone would notice if it wasn't a New York code.

There's genuine affection for Darwin inside and outside #lfc. There was no doubting his effort except on a couple of notable occasions. His overall contribution deserves more recognition than to be considered a cult figure, and cult figures also shouldn't cost £65m plus add-ons. I hope he does well.

There's no problem in principle with amending salary requirements for skilled migrants, but it's utterly incomprehensible that amended rules would be applied retrospectively to people who previously satisfied earlier criteria. It's government-mandated cruelty.
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(彼女は)冷たい人だ - ((Kanojo wa) tsumetai hitoda), or "(She) is a cold fish", the idiom meaning cold-hearted person. It's also possible in Japanese to say "彼女は冷たくじろりとこちら をにらんだ." (Kanojo wa tsumetaku jirorito kochira o niranda) or "she gave me the fish eye" (a cold-hearted stare).

He's looking for the kid mowing the lawn.

Precisely. The media has naturally been irresponsible in Its reporting, but it's also both an absence of critical thinking on the part of the public, combined with the media helping to reinforce their own prejudice.

And a very, very funny penalty miss.

Nice. Like you say - it's a massive swing!

Budzinski and Wathelet were two of the authors of this paper discussing what comes next for the transfer system after the Diarra case:
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Directors:
Lucia Melcherts (A specialist advisor on class actions in the Netherlands)
Franco Baldini
Dolf Segaar (Sports lawyer/CAS arbitrator)

Commissioners:
Catharina Harmsen (I think a professor at the Uni of Amsterdam)
Melchior Wathelet (Former ECJ Advocate-General)
Oliver Budzinski (Econ Prof)

That very much resembled an "I'm leaving" clap from Harvey. #lfc

Not getting ahead of myself or anything, but Rio Ngumoha is the best player in the world. #lfc

Oh England.

The second greatest Asian player of all time, after Paulino Alcántara.
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How the CJEU Should Supervise the Court of Arbitration for Sport

(11) One of those reforms could include re-instituting itself in an EU member state, rather than remaining in Switzerland. See here for an explanation why:
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Sports governance remains CAS's official remit, and especially when not related to EU public policy.

(10) Combined with Semenya (European Court of Human Rights), the case serves as a reminder of CAS's institutional weaknesses (including the Swiss Federal Tribunal) and needed reform.

(7) I'm not aware of other industries in which a particular international arbitrator is unilaterally imposed, but presumably the same applies as a consequence if so?

(8) The risks for sports governing bodies are now greater - e.g. potentially more decisions blocked, more damages paid.

(5) A national court can also impose interim measures (e.g. this could include blocking enforcement of any CAS decision while subject to national court review).

(6) It recognises forced arbitration (sports governing bodies imposing CAS on athletes) has utility, but judicial review must be allowed.

(3) Important - national courts can't decline to review the CAS decision where EU public policy is concerned, and that review itself must be substantive.

(4) If a national court judges that CAS decided wrongly in this area, CAS's decision must be annulled, enforcement blocked, damages awarded.

Quick thread on yesterday's Seraing CJEU decision. Any critique welcome especially from lawyers.

(1) When asked, national courts must scrutinise CAS decisions on the basis of EU public policy.

(2) EU public policy isn't solely defined as competition law, but it also includes free movement.

I'm reading this as "Piss poor" in a Yorkshire accent. Fabulous.

The Court of Justice continues to decide that CAS is an arbitration body that shouldn't be making decisions which aren't sporting in nature.
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Logistics for filming would also have been an issue. You see a low 360 degree pan, and then images of the Main Stand (no logos/print), Centenary (Standard Chartered) and Kop (LFC). You don't see the Anfield Road, because at the time this video was created there would have been a Nike swoosh in situ.