Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS)

Skiing
Governance

The national skiing associations of Austria, Croatia, Germany and Switzerland have united to protest the controversial re-election of Johan Eliasch as president of the International Ski Federation (FIS)…
Weightlifting
Governance

The Court of Arbitration for Sport has issued life bans to former International Weightlifting Federation (IWF) president Tamás Aján and vice-president, Nicu Vlad, for covering up positive drug tests w…
Football
Governance

The Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) has rejected a request from the Russian Football Union (RFU) to temporarily lift a ban imposed by Fifa, the sport’s global governing body, that prevents Russian t…
Football
Events

The Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) has confirmed that it has registered an appeal from the Russian Football Union (RFU) over its ban from Uefa and Fifa competitions, while Fifa has confirmed that…
Figure Skating
Governance

The Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) will hold an urgent hearing to determine whether Russian figure skater Kamila Valieva can compete in next week’s individual event at the Beijing Olympics after i…
Football
Governance

Ahmad Ahmad has been restored as president of the Confederation of African Football (CAF) by the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS), as the Madagascan official continues to battle sanctions imposed on…
Multi-sport
Finance & Law

The Court for the Arbitration of Sport has announced that it has concluded the four-day hearing between Russia and the World Anti-Doping Agency, and expects to deliver a verdict before the end of 2020
Surfing
Governance

The Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) has cleared the way for both the International Surfing Association (ISA) and International Canoe Federation (ICF) to host Standup Paddle events, although the former…
Football
Finance & Law

Uefa has said it remains committed to its Financial Fair Play (FFP) system after the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) today (Monday) overturned Manchester City’s ban from the Champions League and r…
Football
Governance

For many years now, the issue of introducing promotion and relegation into the structure of US soccer has been one of contention. Bob Williams explores what is happening at the moment.
Athletics
Governance

The World Anti-Doping Agency (Wada) has requested that the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) hearing concerning the non-compliance case against the Russian Anti-Doping Agency (Rusada) be held in public…
Governance

The Russian Anti-Doping Agency (Rusada) has today (Thursday) recommended that an appeal be filed at the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) against sanctions imposed by the World Anti-Doping Agency (Wada),…
Governance

The Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) has detailed a host of International Federations (IFs) that have elected to delegate their anti-doping operations to a new division of the organisation
Football
Governance

Fifa’s reform roadmap for the Confederation of African Football is set to be challenged after the latter body’s executive committee member, Musa Bility, said he will take his opposition to the plan to …
Governance

The Court of Arbitration for Sport has upheld an appeal from Russian Deputy Prime Minister Vitaly Mutko against a lifetime ban imposed by the International Olympic Committee from participating in the Olympic…
Football
Finance & Law

Italian Serie A football club AC Milan has been banned from competing in the Uefa Europa League next season after breaching Uefa’s Financial Fair Play regulations.
Football
Governance

The Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) has confirmed the receipt of appeals from Manchester City and Chelsea over the English Premier League football clubs battles with Uefa and Fifa, respectively
Events

The International Canoe Federation (ICF) has cancelled its inaugural Stand-Up Paddling World Championships in Portugal