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Doping, ethics & governance at CAS

From Mutu and Guerrero to Platini and Bin Hammam: how CAS reviews doping sanctions and FIFA ethics proceedings.

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• CAS 2008/A/1644"Mutu"2009 M. v. Chelsea Football Club Ltd. CAS confirmed EUR 17,173,990 compensation against a player who breached his contract without just cause by testing positive for cocaine. Read the digest →
• TAS 2016/A/4474"Platini"2016 Michel Platini c. Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA) CAS reduced Platini's football ban from six to four years after finding the CHF 2,000,000 payment constituted an undue advantage under the FIFA Code of Ethics. Read the digest →
• CAS 2018/A/5546"Guerrero"2018 José Paolo Guerrero v. Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA) & World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) v. FIFA & José Paolo Guerrero CAS imposed a 14-month ban on Peru captain Guerrero for cocaine metabolite found after he inadvertently drank coca tea. Read the digest →
• CAS 2011/A/2625"Bin Hammam"2012 Mohamed Bin Hammam v. Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA) CAS annulled FIFA's life ban on Bin Hammam for vote-buying bribery, finding the circumstantial evidence insufficient to meet the comfortable satisfaction… Read the digest →
• CAS 2009/A/1920"FK Pobeda"2010 FK Pobeda, Aleksandar Zabrcanec, Nikolce Zdraveski v. UEFA CAS upheld UEFA's match-fixing sanctions against FK Pobeda and its president but exonerated the club captain for insufficient evidence. Read the digest →
• CAS 2010/A/2172"O. v. UEFA (Referee Match-Fixing)"2011 O. v. Union des Associations Européennes de Football (UEFA) CAS upheld a life ban on a Ukrainian referee for failing to report match-fixing approaches in a UEFA Europa League game. Read the digest →
• CAS 2014/A/3665"Suárez"2014 Luis Suárez, FC Barcelona & Asociación Uruguaya de Fútbol v. FIFA CAS partially upheld Suárez's appeal, removing the stadium and football-activity bans while confirming the 9-match and 4-month match-ban and CHF 100,000 fine. Read the digest →
• CAS 2005/C/976"FIFA/WADA Anti-Doping Advisory Opinion"2006 Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA) & World Antidoping Agency (WADA) CAS advised that FIFA, as a Swiss association, may lawfully maintain anti-doping sanctions lower than WADC minimums, but remains obligated under the Olympic… Read the digest →
• CAS 2013/A/3256"Fenerbahçe"2014 Fenerbahçe Spor Kulübü v. UEFA CAS upheld UEFA's two-year ban on Fenerbahçe from UEFA club competitions for match-fixing during the 2010/2011 Turkish Süper Lig season. Read the digest →
• CAS 2013/A/3139"Fenerbahçe v. UEFA (Stay Order)"2013 Fenerbahçe SK v. UEFA CAS dismissed Fenerbahçe's request to stay a deferred UEFA exclusion sanction for lack of irreparable harm. Read the digest →
• CAS 2013/A/3360"Cabo Verde v. FIFA"2014 Federaçâo Cabo-verdiana de Futebol v. FIFA CAS dismissed Cabo Verde's appeal, holding that a forfeit of the match where a red card was issued does not extinguish the resulting match suspension. Read the digest →
• CAS 2006/A/1206"Zivadinovic v. IFA"2007 Milan Zivadinovic v. Iraqi Football Association CAS dismissed appeal for lack of jurisdiction because IFA had no standing to be sued in FIFA disciplinary proceedings against Zivadinovic. Read the digest →
• TAS 2023/A/9429"Boca Juniors v. CONMEBOL"2023 Club Atlético Boca Juniors v. Confederación Sudamericana de Fútbol (CONMEBOL) CAS upheld CONMEBOL's USD 100,000 fine on Boca Juniors for racist gestures by fans at the 2022 Copa Libertadores. Read the digest →
• CAS 2017/A/5401"Atlético Mineiro v. FIFA"2018 Clube Atlético Mineiro v. FIFA CAS upheld FIFA's CHF 30,000 fine and six-point deduction threat against Atlético Mineiro for failing to pay USD 1,500,000 awarded in CAS 2014/A/3646. Read the digest →
• CAS 2011/A/2551"Fenerbahçe"2011 Fenerbahçe SK v. UEFA & Turkish Football Federation (TFF) CAS rejected Fenerbahçe's second request for provisional measures seeking reinstatement to the 2011/12 UEFA Champions League. Read the digest →
• CAS 2018/A/5933"Al-Hilal Club v. FIFA"2019 Al-Hilal Club v. Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA) CAS dismissed Al-Hilal's appeal as inadmissible because the FIFA DC's enforcement letter ordering a points deduction was not an appealable 'decision'. Read the digest →
• CAS 2007/A/1370"Dodô"2007 FIFA & WADA v. Superior Tribunal de Justiça Desportiva do Futebol (STJD) & Confederação Brasileira de Futebol (CBF) & Mr Ricardo Lucas Dodô CAS dismissed FIFA's application to provisionally suspend footballer Dodô pending appeal of his anti-doping acquittal. Read the digest →
• CAS 2011/A/2605"Hess"2012 Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA) v. Confederação Brasileira de Futebol (CBF), Superior Tribunal de Justiça Desportiva do Futebol (STJD) & Mr Vinicius Sarturi Hess CAS imposed a two-year ban on a Brazilian footballer for fenproporex, rejecting plastic-bottle sabotage defence and setting suspension start at 1 October 2011. Read the digest →
• CAS 2024/A/11078"Pacheco v. Vasco da Gama"2024 Alvaro Adriano Teixeira Pacheco, José Miguel Carvalho Teixeira & Pedro Valdemar Vasconcelos Pinto da Cunha Teixeira v. Vasco da Gama Sociedade Anônima Do Futebol CAS partially upheld three Portuguese coaches' appeals, rejecting the 'group contract' finding and awarding the head coach EUR 551,095.80. Read the digest →
• CAS 2013/A/3301"Red Bull Salzburg v. UEFA"2014 FC Red Bull Salzburg v. UEFA, Arsenal London FC & Fenerbahçe Spor Kulübü CAS dismissed Salzburg's protest against its UCL elimination, holding Fenerbahçe was eligible to play while its exclusion decision was stayed. Read the digest →
• CAS 2011/A/2646"Rangers de Talca"2012 Club Rangers de Talca v. Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA) CAS set aside FIFA disciplinary sanctions on a successor club because the player failed to claim his privileged debt in the bankruptcy proceedings. Read the digest →
• CAS 2007/A/1217"Feyenoord"2007 Feyenoord Rotterdam N.V. v. Union of European Football Associations (UEFA) CAS confirmed Feyenoord's disqualification from the UEFA Cup 2006/07 and CHF 100,000 fine under Article 6 strict liability for supporter misconduct. Read the digest →
• CAS 2011/A/2426"Adamu"2012 Amos Adamu v. Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA) CAS upheld FIFA's three-year ban on Executive Committee member Amos Adamu for bribery under the FIFA Code of Ethics. Read the digest →
• CAS 2025/A/11493"Pîrvu"2025 Daniel Pîrvu v. Romanian Football Federation CAS reduced a Romanian coach's two-year ban to six months for falsely identifying a sent-off player in a match report to protect his son. Read the digest →
• CAS 2025/A/11887"Lokeren Temse"2025 KSC Lokeren Temse v. FIFA CAS upheld FIFA's two-registration-period ban on Lokeren Temse for breaching a player-registration ban by relying on an incompetent national court order. Read the digest →
• CAS 2025/A/11975"Arsenal Tivat"2025 Fudbalski klub Arsenal Tivat v. UEFA CAS upheld a seven-year UEFA competition ban and EUR 400,000 fine on FK Arsenal Tivat for match-fixing in the 2023/24 UEFA Conference League qualifying rounds. Read the digest →

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