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16 unusual facts about Court of Arbitration for Sport


Andy Webster

On 30 January 2008, Court of Arbitration for Sport ruled that Heart of Midlothian Football Club were to be awarded £150,000 for Webster's breach of contract.

Brian Sarmiento

A complicated transfer situation between both clubs, which involved the Court of Arbitration for Sport's mediation, meant that the 17-year-old spent the entire 2007–08 season without making a single first-team appearance.

Churandy Martina

However, on 24 August, the Netherlands Antilles filed an appeal to the Court of Arbitration for Sport to reinstate Martina's medal, arguing that the American protest came after the 30-minute deadline for protests and appeals set by the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF), and also that they have their own video footage (not the official Olympic video footage) showing that Martina never left his lane.

Court of Arbitration for Sport

In March 2011 the court suspended two Italian cyclists, Franco Pellizotti and Pietro Caucchioli, for two years based on evidence from their blood profiles.

In November 2009 CAS decided its first case on athlete biological passports, when it upheld the two-year suspension of skater Claudia Pechstein.

Gert Thys

Laboratory errors in processing his sample meant the Court of Arbitration for Sport CAS found in his favour.

Gymnastics at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Men's artistic individual all-around

The Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) dismissed the Korean Olympic Committee's appeal on the grounds that the appeal, coming after the end of competition, was made too late, and insufficient evidence of corruption or bad faith on the part of the judges was presented to overturn a strong preference for a "field of play" judgment rather than one made after the fact.

Joe Kendrick, Jr.

This resulted in in Kendrick taking Neftchi Baku to CAS over unpaid wages and winning.

Karl Heinz Klee

He was also Secretary General of the Organizing Committee of the 1976 Winter Olympics in Innsbruck and a member of the International Court of Arbitration for Sport in Lausanne and President of the Tyrolean Bar Association.

Maximiliano Richeze

Despite being initially cleared by the Argentine Cycling Federation he was banned by the Court of Arbitration for Sport for two years.

Nick Woodbridge

The British team challenged his inclusion, taking their case to the Court of Arbitration for Sport and when Parygin was withdrawn his place at the Games went to Woodbridge who was the highest-ranked pentathlete not previously qualified.

Norbert Mészáros

Both players appealed and on 5 May 2011 the Court of Arbitration for Sport announced its decision, with the ban of Poleksić being upheld and Mészáros' ban being rescinded.

Passion Richardson

Marion Jones (who replaced Richardson in the final) later admitted to doping and Richardson and her teammates lodged an appeal with the Court of Arbitration for Sport in order to retain their medals.

Shane Duffy

This decision was a catalyst in the IFA's decision to take a case to the Court of Arbitration for Sport to prevent players switching allegiance from Northern Ireland to the Republic of Ireland.

Tim Krul

The DRC denied the claim and ADO took the case to the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS).

Yuri van Gelder

In 2011 there was an appeal, by LaShawn Merritt, at the CAS against the general rule that after a suspension the athlete is not allowed to participate in the next Olympic Games.


2007 World Aquatics Championships

However, on 11 September 2007, the Court of Arbitration for Sport in Lausanne, Switzerland vacated these results imposing an 18-month competition ban on Mellouli, effective retroactively to 30 October 2006 for doping with amphetamine.