Tag: Court of Arbitration for Sport
Sharapova to Find Out First Week of October Whether Two-Year Doping Ban Reduced
Maria Sharapova will find out in the first week of October whether her two-year ban imposed by the International Tennis Federation (ITF) after failing...
Russian Officials Outraged by Court’s Decision to Uphold Paralympics Ban
Russian President Vladimir Putin preferred to keep quiet – but Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev as well as Sports Minister Vitaly Mutko loudly expressed their...
Sheikh Ahmad Al-Fahad Acquitted of Insulting Judiciary
Sheikh Ahmad Al-Fahad Al-Sabah has been fully acquitted by Kuwait’s Supreme Court on charges of insulting the judiciary. The ANOC President had been sentenced to six...
IOC Executive Board to Assess Russian Disciplinary Report in December
The worst day’s publicity in IOC history – ‘failing’ to impose outright ban on Russia’s entire Olympic team for Rio – might have been diluted...
Nyet for Russian Track and Field Team at Rio
Should Russia be tossed from the Rio Olympics because of a sophisticated drug doping scheme? Would that be the end of a sports sanctioned...
Park’s Dream Set To Be Realized as CAS Rules He Is Eligible To Compete...
South Korean swimmer Park Tae-hwan looks set to compete at the Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro after the Court of Arbitration for Sport...
CAS To Hear Blatter’s Appeal Against Six-Year Ban on August 25
Former FIFA President Sepp Blatter’s appeal against a six-year ban from all footballing activity will be heard at the Court of Arbitration for Sport...
Zhukov Downplays Talk of Russian Olympic Boycott after Putin’s Press Secretary Suggests it Could...
Russian Olympic Committee (ROC) President Alexander Zhukov has insisted the country will not boycott Rio 2016 after Presidential press secretary Dmitry Peskov appeared to...
IOC and IAAF Heading for Clash Over Whether Russian Athletics Team Members can Compete...
Divisions remain over whether Russian track and field athletes approved to compete at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games will be able to do so...
Kuwait Ponders Dissolution of Sports Federations and Olympic Committee
Kuwait’s government is reportedly planning to dissolve every one of its national sports federations, including its National Olympic Committee, after the Court of Arbitration for Sport...
