CYBERSPORT: PROBLEMS OF LEGAL REGULATION

Abstract

The article is devoted to the issue of legal regulation of cybersport competitions, relations between cyber athletes and sports organizations (clubs), as well as the conditions of existence and development of cybersport in the Russian Federation. The author studied some legal statements which regulate this sphere of public life, and the work of the Federation of Cybersport in the Russian Federation, the rights and duties of a cyber athlete and th e legal status of cyber sports organizations (clubs). The author has studied the history of the appearance and development of cybersport and the first cyber sports competitions. The conclusions present the level of development of cybersport in the Russian Federation, as well as the prospects for its further existence and development.

Keywords

• сybersport, cybersport organization, cyber athlete, legal statement.