His Majesty King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa, the king of the country, may God protect and preserve him, issued a decree of Law No. (40) of 2025 to amend some provisions of Law No. (8) of 2021 regarding sports professionalism, based on the offer of the Prime Minister, and after the approval of the Council of Ministers, it stated:
Article 1
It is replaced by the definition of the “Minister” and “Ministry” mentioned in Article (1) of Law No. (8) of 2021 regarding sports professionalism, and the text of Article (4) of the same law is replaced by the following texts:
Article (1) Definition of the “Commission” and “President”:
The Authority: The Public Authority for Sports established by Decree No. (61) for the year 2021 or any other party issued by its name.
The President: Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Public Authority for Sports or any person who is issued by a decree.
Article (4):
A- The President issues a general organizational framework for the regulations for the sports professional system and professional athletes’ contracts, provided that the general rules organized for sports professionalism and contractual relations arising from them include, ensuring that these contracts are compatible with the provisions of relevant laws, in accordance with the regulations and regulations of international sports federations.
B- The Sports Game Federation shall issue regulations for the sports professionalism system and professional athletes’ contracts, which include all technical issues related to sports professionalism, including the terms and conditions of sports professionalism, sports that are covered by the sports professional system and the type of professionalism that is applied, whether completely or partially, as well as the conditions and rules of professional athletes and the periods after which they are entitled to transfer, and the financial rights resulting from that, All in line with the organizational framework referred to in paragraph (a) of this article and in a manner that does not contradict the regulations and regulations of international sports federations.
Article Two
The word “body” is replaced by the word “ministry” mentioned in the definition of “the contracted authority” contained in Article (1) of Law No. (8) of 2021 regarding sports professionalism.
Article Three
The Prime Minister and Ministers must – each with regard to it – must implement the provisions of this law, and it is working on it from the day following the date of its publication in the Official Gazette.
