Tag: CAS
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FC Barcelona transfer ban appeal dismissed
Lausanne, Dec 30, 2014: The Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) has dismissed the appeal filed by FC Barcelona against the Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA) regarding the decision issued by the FIFA Appeals Committee on 19 August 2014. In such decision, the Spanish football club was sanctioned with a transfer ban for two periods, a fine…
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Fernando Santos disciplinary sanctions suspended until the end of the CAS arbitration
Lausanne, Oct 13, 2014: The coach of the Portuguese national football team, and former coach of the Greek national team, Fernando Santos, filed an appeal at the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) on 3 October 2014. Mr Santos seeks to overturn FIFA’s decision to suspend him for eight Matches and fine him CHF 20,000…
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First ad hoc division of the CAS at the Asian Games
Lausanne, Sept 12, 2014: Further to the agreement signed in 2010 between the Olympic Council of Asia (OCA) and the International Council of Arbitration for Sport (ICAS), the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) is proud to announce the creation of an ad hoc Division at the 17th Asian Games in Incheon, Korea. Some 13,000…
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The CAS hears the Appeal of Luis Suarez
Lausanne, August 8, 2014: The Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) has today heard the appeal of Luis Suarez, FC Barcelona and the Uruguayan FA against FIFA. The hearing took place at the CAS headquarters in Lausanne, Switzerland. The player was present and gave a statement to the Panel of CAS arbitrators: Mr Bernhard Welten,…
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Veronica Campbell-Brown cleared rule violation
Lausanne, 25 February 2014 – The Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) has issued its decision in an urgent arbitration brought by the Jamaican sprinter Veronica Campbell-Brown against the Jamaica Athletics Administrative Association (JAAA) and the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF). The CAS has upheld the appeal filed by Veronica Campbell-Brown and has set…
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No jurisdiction for the CAS Adhoc Division
Sochi, Feb 13, 2014: The third case registered by the ad hoc Division of the Court of Arbitration for Sport in Sochi was decided yesterday. Maria Belen Simari Birkner, an Argentinean skier, filed an application in the afternoon of 11 February 2014 against the Argentinean ski federation (FASA) and the Argentinean NOC (COA). Maria Belen…
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Cape Verdean appeal dismissed
Lausanne, Feb 04, 2014: The Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) has dismissed the appeal filed by the Cape Verdean Football Federation (FCF) against the FIFA Appeal Committee (the FIFA AC) decision of 23 September 2013. In such decision, the FIFA AC entirely confirmed an earlier decision of the FIFA Disciplinary Committee (FIFA DC) in…
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First case for CAS in Sochi Daniela Bauer
Sochi, Feb 2, 2014: A few days after its opening, the ad hoc Division of the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) has registered its first case in Sochi. This morning, the Austrian skier Daniela Bauer (women’s ski halfpipe) filed an application at the CAS ad hoc Division against the Austrian ski federation (ASF) and…
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The CAS ready for the Sochi Olympic Winter Games
Lausanne: The Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) is preparing to open a temporary office in Sochi in order to resolve legal disputes which may arise during the Olympic Games. This special tribunal, called the CAS ad hoc Division, has operated at each edition of the summer and Winter Olympic Games since 1996, as well…
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The CAS partially upholds WADA’s appeal
Nov 22, 2013: The Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) has issued its decision in the appeal arbitration procedure between the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA), the Australian professional motorcycle rider Anthony West and the Fédération Internationale de Motocyclisme (FIM). The appeal filed by WADA has been partially upheld, the FIM decision to suspend the rider…