Swimming Jun 23, 2021
Chinese swimmer Sun Yang to miss Olympics after four-year doping ban
The reigning 200-meter freestyle Olympic champion, as well as an 11-time world champion, will see his ban lifted just before the 2024 Paris Games.
Swimming May 23, 2021
Swimming star Sun Yang fights to save career at new doping hearing
Sun Yang's high-profile retrial at the Court of Arbitration for Sport takes place this week with the Chinese swimming star's Tokyo Olympics and his whole career hanging in the balance. It is the latest — and perhaps decisive — twist in the triple Olympic champion's ...
Sports Mar 16, 2021
Court blocks Russia's plan to replace anthem with patriotic song
Sport's top court on Monday said that Russia would not be able to play the patriotic folk song "Katyusha" at major international competitions while its national anthem is banned over doping violations. Russia in December was excluded from the international stage for two years over ...
Judo Mar 2, 2021
Top sports court cancels Iranian judo federation's suspension
The Court of Arbitration for Sport on Monday canceled the suspension of the Iranian judo federation, imposed after it ordered judoka Saeid Mollaei not to fight against an Israeli. The CAS said it was referring the case back to the International Judo Federation which imposed ...
Olympics Feb 3, 2021
Russia's ban from the Tokyo Olympic and Paralympic Games was finalized Tuesday after neither the World Anti-Doping Agency nor Russian authorities appealed a decision by the Court of Arbitration for Sport that bars the country from international competition until December 2022. WADA handed Russia a ...
Olympics Dec 18, 2020
Russia's Olympic doping ban halved, but flag barred from Tokyo Olympics
The ruling by the Court of Arbitration for Sport drew criticism for anti-doping officials who claimed that Russia was not sufficiently punished for its state-sponsored doping activities.
Olympics Dec 27, 2019
Russia has confirmed that it will appeal against its four-year Olympic ban for manipulating doping data. The Russian anti-doping agency, known as RUSADA, sent a formal letter Friday disagreeing with the sanctions imposed earlier this month by the World Anti-Doping Agency. The case is now ...
Olympics Dec 19, 2019
Russia's anti-doping agency RUSADA will appeal the four-year ban from major sporting events, including the 2020 Tokyo Olympics handed to the country over allegations of state-sponsored doping and repeated cover-up attempts, Tass news agency reported Thursday. RUSADA's supervisory committee decided Thursday to file an appeal ...
More Sports / Swimming Jun 25, 2019
The Court of Arbitration for Sport is set to hand swimmer Junya Koga a less severe ban after he filed an appeal over his four-year suspension for failed drug tests last year, sources said Monday. According to sources, the CAS is set to shorten the ...
More Sports / Swimming Nov 2, 2018
Junya Koga has lodged an appeal with the Court of Arbitration for Sport over his four-year ban for failed drug tests, his lawyer said Friday. An appeal was filed with the CAS on behalf of the 31-year-old on Wednesday, his lawyer said. Koga, a Rio Olympic ...
Olympics / Winter Olympics Feb 22, 2018
CAS announces Russian curler Alexander Krushelnitsky found guilty of doping
The Court of Arbitration for Sport said on Thursday that Russian curler Alexander Krushelnitsky has been found guilty of an anti-doping violation after testing positive for the banned substance meldonium. CAS said that the Olympic Athletes from Russia mixed doubles curling team, which won bronze ...
Olympics / Winter Olympics / Ice hockey Feb 20, 2018
Slovenia's Ziga Jeglic tests positive for fenoterol, suspended for rest of 2018 Winter Games
Slovenia men's ice hockey player Ziga Jeglic has tested positive for a banned substance and has been suspended for the remainder of the Pyeongchang Winter Olympics, the Court of Arbitration for Sport said on Tuesday. It added that Jeglic, who tested positive for fenoterol, had ...