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Beyond the Final Whistle at the FIFA World Cup- The Growing Crisis of Social Media Abuse in Professional Sport

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By Wayne Barnes
| The National Law Review Verified
The 2026 FIFA World Cup may have been the biggest ever staged, with 48 teams taking part – but it has also contributed to a staggering rise in online abuse. The high-profile racist attack on Golden Boot winner Kylian Mbappé by a Paraguayan senator is just the tip of the iceberg. On 1 July 2026, FIFA reported that its Social Media Protection Service had identified 89,000 abusive social media posts during the group stage alone. Around 11% of all detected abuse was racially motivated.
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The Uniform Commercial Code Survey: Introduction

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By Jennifer Martin, Colin Marks, Wayne Barnes
| American Bar Association Verified
Fall 2025 | Volume 80, Issue 4 The survey highlights the most important developments of 2024 dealing with domestic and international sales of goods, personal property leases, payments, letters of credit, documents of title, investment securities, and secured transactions. The survey contains 8 separate pieces detailing developments regarding the Uniform Commercial Code.
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The four refereeing lessons from Lions series

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By Wayne Barnes
| AOL UK Verified
During my international career, I was involved in two British and Irish Lions Series. In 2009, which was the first time that British and Irish referees were asked to referee Lions matches, and again in 2021 when the Lions returned to South Africa but without fans. Each of those tours brought new challenges to the match officials team – and the way in which we dealt with those challenges changed the direction of the game for the years that followed.
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