Category: Sports Law

 Icelandic law on amateur boxing

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A clear distinction must be made between Olympic boxing, in other words amateur boxing, and professional boxing, which is practiced on all continents. The rules and security requirements of the industries are very different. Thus, it is mandatory to use headgear in Olympic boxing and each game lasts for three rounds instead of up to twelve rounds in professional boxing. Serious accidents are known in professional boxing, but such accidents have not occurred in amateur boxing due to the different rules that apply to them.

The Laws of the Game-Football Association (1877)

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The maximum length of the ground shall be 200 yards, minimum length 100 yards; maximum breadth 100 yards, minimum breadth 50 yards. The length and breadth shall be marked off with flags; and the goals shall be upright posts, eight yards apart, with a tape or bar across them, eight feet from the ground.

International Convention against Doping in Sport-2005

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Recalling the recommendations on doping adopted by the second, third and fourth International Conferences of Ministers and Senior Officials Responsible for Physical Education and Sport organized by UNESCO at Moscow (1988), Punta del Este (1999) and Athens (2004) and 32 C/Resolution 9 adopted by the General Conference of UNESCO at its 32nd session (2003)

Haryana Sports Council Act 2016

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An Act to provide for the promotion of sports, games, yoga and physical fitness, to augment the athletic efficiency, to promote the concept of `sports for all', to constitute sports councils at State level, district level and local level in the State of Haryana and for matter ancillary or incidental thereto.

Athletes from 20 new sports including desi games are now eligible for Govt jobs

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The Department of Personnel and Training (DoPT), Government of India, has accepted the proposal of the Department of Sports to grant benefit of the sports quota to athletes of 20 new disciplines on Tuesday, the 1st September, 2020. The list of sports which qualify for appointment of meritorious sportspersons in Central Government offices has now thus been revised from 43 to 63, and includes indigenous and traditional sports like Mallakhamb, Tug-of-War, Roll Ball.

SPORTS SPONSORED BY THE INTERNATIONAL OLYMPIC COMMITTEE

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SUMMER SPORTS ARCHERY ARTISTIC SWIMMING ATHLETICS BADMINTON BASKETBALL BEACH VOLLEYBALL BOXING CANOE SLALOM CANOE SPRINT CYCLING BMX CYCLING MOUNTAIN BIKE CYCLING ROAD CYCLING TRACK DIVING EQUESTRIAN/DRESSAGE EQUESTRIAN/EVENTING EQUESTRIAN/JUMPING FENCING FOOTBALL GOLF GYMNASTICS ARTISTIC GYMNASTICS RHYTHMIC HANDBALL HOCKEY JUDO MARATHON SWIMMING…

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All the office bearers of BCCI and of its affiliated State Associations who fail to meet the norms recommended by the Committee and accepted by this Court, shall forthwith demit and cease to hold office

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02-01-2017 Board of Control for Cricket in India Vs. Cricket Association of Bihar & Ors [Civil Appeal No. 4235 of 2014] [Civil Appeal No. 4236 of 2014] [Civil Appeal No. 1155 of 2015]  Corum : [T.S. THAKUR] [A. M. KHANWILKAR]  [Dr D…

Read More All the office bearers of BCCI and of its affiliated State Associations who fail to meet the norms recommended by the Committee and accepted by this Court, shall forthwith demit and cease to hold office