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Asian football champs Jeonbuk to appeal AFC ban

Seoul - Arab Today

Disgraced Asian title-holders Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors will appeal to the Court of Arbitration for Sports after being banned from this year's AFC Champions League over a domestic match-fixing scandal, the club said Thursday. "We have decided to appeal the case to the CAS to justify our participation," Jeonbuk said in an emailed statement. The Asian Football Confederation on Wednesday bannedRead more

Blatter blasts Infantino over lack of respect

London - Arab Today

Disgraced former FIFA president Sepp Blatter accused his successor Gianni Infantino of showing a lack of respect for him in an interview with the BBC. The 80-year-old -- who on Monday lost his appeal at the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) over a six year ban from football for a two million Swiss franc ($2 million/1.8 million euro) paymentRead more

CAS's refusal to reverse ban on Russian Paralympic team 'political'

Moscow - Arab Today

Russian Sports Minister Vitaly Mutko said Tuesday that the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) had adopted a "political decision" rejecting Russian appeal on non-admission of the country' s athletes to the Rio Paralympics. "The ruling is not in the legal field. It is more political than legal. There are no reasons for the refusal, but it happened," the TASSRead more

Russian athletes lose Rio ban appeal

Lausanne - Arab Today

The international sports tribunal on Thursday rejected an appeal by Russian athletes against a Rio Olympics ban amid mounting pressure for action over state-run doping in Russia. The Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) ruling on track and field is seen as a key indicator as the International Olympic Committee (IOC) debates whether to order a blanket ban on RussiaRead more

Sports court rejects Russian appeal against Olympic athletics ban

LAUSANNE, Switzerland/Moscow - Arab Today

Sport’s highest tribunal said on Thursday it had rejected Russia’s appeal against the exclusion of its track and field athletes from the Olympic Games starting in Rio in 15 days’ time, drawing swift condemnation from Moscow. The decision increases the possibility that the International Olympic Committee will now ban Russia from all sports in Rio, a grave blow to aRead more

Sharapova appeals to CAS over doping ban

Lausanne, Switzerland - Arab Today

Maria Sharapova's legal team on Tuesday filed an appeal to the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) in Switzerland against her two-year doping ban. CAS has agreed to make a ruling by July 18 and thus ahead of the Olympics in Rio de Janeiro. Five-time Grand Slam champion Sharapova is seeking the annulment of the International Tennis Federation tribunal's banRead more

China to launch first quantum communication satellite

Beijing - XINHUA

China will launch its first experimental quantum communication satellite in July, according to the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) on Friday. This will be the first quantum communication through a satellite in the world, said Pan Jianwei, professor with University of Science and Technology of China. Quantum communication boasts ultra-high security as a quantum photon can neither be separated norRead more

Platini casts shadow over FIFA meeting

Mexico City - Arab Today

FIFA president Gianni Infantino opened a meeting of the football body's new council in Mexico on Monday, as UEFA chief Michel Platini's resignation following a sport ban cast a shadow over the event. Infantino, who was Platini's number two at the European football organization before taking over FIFA in February, lamented his former mentor's downfall. The Court of Arbitration forRead more

Platini to quit as UEFA president after losing appeal

Lausanne - Arab Today

Michel Platini will quit as the head of European football after a sports tribunal on Monday rejected his final appeal against his ban from football over a suspect $2.0 million payment he received from FIFA. The Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS), where Platini appealed against his sanction, reduced his suspension from six years to four, saying the penalty initiallyRead more