In 2009 UEFA introduced financial fair play (FFP), a concept they designed to curb the influence and excesses of billionaire owners and reckless spending by clubs across Europe. UEFA’s ultimate goal is to force teams to break even over rolling three year periods, and their now CAS confirmed decision to ban Malaga from European competition next season is the first battle of the FFP era – but most certainly not the last.

Protests over the rising costs of public transportation and the expense of hosting the 2014 World Cup have spread, leading as many as 200,000 protesters to march through the streets of Brazil’s biggest cities.

Last season Real Madrid and FC Barcelona earned more from television than the teams with the third, fourth and fifth largest shares combined in Spain's La Liga. This picture could change if Spain adopts a collective television rights deal.

If Zenit St Petersburg chief executive Aleksey Miller has his way, then the big spending Russian champions could be kicking off the 2014-15 season against Shakhtar Donetsk, Dynamo Kiev, Metalist Kharkhiv or another of Ukrainian football’s heavyweights.

With debt continuing to afflict the English game, Premier League clubs are moving closer to introducing a system of financial control. The big question is whether it will require clubs to break even, or if it will simply limit rising player salaries.

This paper by Simona Kustec Lipicer discusses the implementation dilemmas of Slovenian sport policy through time.

This paper is written by Michaël Mrkonjic, Swiss Graduate School of Public Administration, Switzerland, Lausanne, as a part of the AGGIS project. It gives an overview on the Swiss regulatory framework on fiscal and corruption issues, and presents several interesting points in relation to the autonomy of International Sports Organisations residing i Switzerland.