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#sports-law

For sports fans, certain moments are etched in memory, like Sid Bream sliding into home to clinch the pennant or Kelee Ringo's interception to seal a national championship. Even celebratory dances, like Ickey Woods' "Ickey Shuffle," become part of the sport's cultural legacy. These are sequences of planned and unplanned movements, which leads us to ask a question concerning intellectual property law: Can a coach's football play be copyrighted?

A high-court claim that had pitted the leading sports agent Jonathan Barnett against his former business partners, Olympic medallists John Regis and Jennifer Stoute, was withdrawn following an extraordinary three-year legal battle. A partnership of which Barnett was a member, the sports agency Stellar Athletics LLP, pursued a claim against Regis and Stoute for 1.2m after they left the partnership in 2021.

French female boxers have been barred from competing at the inaugural World Boxing Championships in Liverpool after failing to meet a deadline for a genetic sex test that the French Boxing Federation (FFBoxe) said was incompatible with French law. World Boxing, which issued a list of competitors for Thursday's opening rounds with no French entrants included, said it would not comment on individual cases but added that it had warned all federations about its policy.

Newcastle United is unable to include Alexander Isak in their training group as he is determined to leave the club for Liverpool, which has presented a significant transfer bid.

The First Amendment's establishment clause forbids the government from establishing an official religion, from giving preference to a specific religion and from favoring or disfavoring religion in general.

We all agree that student athletes deserve to be compensated for their contributions to college athletics, but the current environment is unsustainable and risks exploitation of student athletes.

Johnson claims he successfully recruited four NFL players for Ellison and has not been compensated as per their alleged agreement, suggesting a breach of contract.