Doping, ethics & governance at CAS

CAS 2025/A/11381"Mekelle 70 Enderta"2026 Mekelle 70 Enderta FC v. Ethiopian Football Federation (EFF) & Ethiopian Premier League Share Company (EPLSC) CAS dismissed Ethiopian club's appeal against salary-cap sanctions, holding the club failed its duty to cooperate and rebut excess-payment findings. Read the digest →

CAS 2025/A/11787"Pisarskii"2025 Vladimir Pisarskii v. Russian Football Union CAS upheld a one-year ban on a Russian footballer who transferred RUB 4,000,000 to a friend who then bet on the player's own match. Read the digest →

CAS 2025/A/11562"FC Gostivar"2025 FC Gostivar v. Football Federation of Macedonia (FFM) CAS upheld FFM's EUR 5,000 fine and ten-match home ban on FC Gostivar for poor organisation and unauthorised persons in restricted stadium areas. Read the digest →

CAS 2025/A/11715"Mbenza Kamboleke"2026 Guy Carel Mbenza Kamboleke v. FIFA CAS dismissed a player's appeal against FIFA's compliance decision enforcing a USD 600,000 CAS award for unpaid intermediary commissions. Read the digest →

CAS 2025/A/11904"Asaria"2025 Asaria SC v Libyan Football Federation (LFF) & Wefaq Ejdabya & Al-Dhara SC & Al-Khoms FC CAS dismissed as inadmissible Asaria's appeal seeking reinstatement in the Libyan Premier League after the 2025/2026 season had already commenced. Read the digest →

CAS 2025/A/11542"Matei Cosmin Gabriel"2026 World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) v. Romanian National Anti-Doping Agency (RNADA) & Matei Cosmin Gabriel CAS partially upheld WADA's appeal, imposing a 9-month ban on Romanian footballer Matei Cosmin Gabriel for a contaminated supplement ADRV. Read the digest →

CAS 2025/A/11640"AVS"2026 AVS – FUTEBOL, SAD v. FIFA and Welinton Junior Ferreira dos Santos CAS confirmed AVS – Futebol, SAD is the sporting successor of CD Aves 1930 and must pay EUR 260,000 plus interest to a former player. 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 →

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/11665"Da Silva"2025 Romário Ricardo Da Silva v. Saudi Arabian Anti-Doping Committee CAS upheld a 12-month ban on a Brazilian footballer for Clomiphene presence, rejecting No Fault and sample-numbering challenges. 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/11678"Zamalek v. CAF"2025 Al Zamalek Club v. Confederation of African Football CAS reduced Zamalek's USD 300,000 CAF fine to USD 75,000 for bringing football into disrepute during a Super Cup penalty incident. Read the digest →

CAS 2025/A/11510"Zamalek"2025 Zamalek SC v. Confederation of African Football (CAF) CAS halved Zamalek's USD 200,000 fine to USD 100,000 for security failures at the 2023/2024 CAF Confederation Cup final. Read the digest →

CAS 2025/A/11815"Cespedes"2025 Boris Cespedes v. Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA) CAS reduced a Bolivian footballer's two-year doping ban to 15 months after finding he established the source of acetazolamide through altitude sickness… Read the digest →

CAS 2025/A/11587"Al-Ittihad v. LFF & Al Ahli Tripoli"2025 Al-Ittihad Sports Club v. Libya Football Federation (LFF) & Al Ahli Tripoli CAS declared Al-Ittihad's appeal inadmissible for lack of legal interest after the competition concluded and sporting consequences became moot. Read the digest →

CAS 2025/A/11723"Real Madrid v UEFA"2026 Real Madrid C.F. v Union Européenne de Football Association (UEFA) CAS upheld UEFA's minimum sanction on Real Madrid for a supporter's Nazi salute during a 2025 Champions League match. Read the digest →

CAS 2025/A/11271"FRMF v. FIFA (Paris 2024 OFT)"2025 Fédération Royale Marocaine de Football v. FIFA CAS halved FRMF's fine to CHF 50,000 and annulled the stadium ban, finding the original sanctions grossly disproportionate compared to AFA's identical-match… 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 2025/A/11604"Crystal Palace"2025 Crystal Palace Football Club v. Union des Associations Européennes de Football (UEFA), Nottingham Forest Football Club & Olympique Lyonnais CAS upheld UEFA's decision admitting Olympique Lyonnais to the 2025/26 UEFA Europa League and relegating Crystal Palace to the UEFA Conference League due to… Read the digest →

CAS 2022/A/9173"Mehta v. NADA"2025 Ashutosh Mehta v. National Anti-Doping Agency India (NADA) CAS declined jurisdiction over Indian footballer's doping appeal because he was not an International-Level Athlete at the time of the violation. Read the digest →

CAS 2024/A/11091"FEGUIFUT"2025 FEGUIFUT v. FIFA CAS dismissed FEGUIFUT's appeal, upholding CHF 150,000 fine for fielding ineligible player Emilio Nsue López in 42 matches. Read the digest →

CAS 2024/A/10766"Turagalailai"2025 Sport Integrity Commission v. Inoke Turagalailai CAS imposed the mandatory two-year ban on a Fijian footballer for in-competition cannabis use, rejecting proportionality-based reduction. Read the digest →

CAS 2024/A/10975"Bursaspor v. Bruno"2025 Bursaspor Kulübü Derneği v. Massimo Bruno & FIFA CAS confirmed FIFA DC jurisdiction to enforce a DRC award after a settlement agreement became null and void for non-payment. Read the digest →

CAS 2024/A/10550"AZ Alkmaar"2024 AZ Alkmaar v. Union des Associations Européennes de Football (UEFA) CAS set aside UEFA's €40,000 fine on AZ Alkmaar, finding the club was not negligent in organising post-match security. Read the digest →

CAS 2024/A/10783"Shaanxi Union / Ogbu"2024 Shaanxi Union Football Club v. Moses Orwohicho Ogbu CAS confirmed Shaanxi Union Football Club is the sporting successor of dissolved Shaanxi Chang'an Athletic FC, liable for the player's unpaid wages and… Read the digest →

CAS 2023/A/10043"Yeni Mersin"2023 Yeni Mersin Idman Yurdu A.S. v. Ivan Saraiva de Souza & FIFA CAS set aside FIFA's sporting-succession liability ruling against YM2 because the player's complaint was time-barred under Article 10 FDC. Read the digest →

CAS 2023/A/10255"Yeni Mersin"2023 Yeni Mersin Idman Yurdu A.S. v. Danilo Petrolli Bueno & FIFA CAS annulled FIFA's sporting-succession finding against YM2 because the player's complaint was time-barred under Article 10 FDC. Read the digest →

CAS 2024/A/10918"Beckett"2025 Jonathan Dominic Finbar Beckett v. FIFA CAS set aside FIFA General Secretariat's de facto definite licence suspension of an unlicensed agent because Article 21 FFAR was suspended, leaving no… Read the digest →

CAS 2024/A/10438"Fedorovics"2024 Daniels Fedorovics v. Latvian Football Federation CAS upheld a 12-month ban and EUR 1,000 fine on a Latvian defender found to have deliberately manipulated a domestic league match. Read the digest →

CAS 2024/A/10456"Lotcikovs"2024 Arturs Lotcikovs v. Latvian Football Federation CAS set aside a 12-month ban and EUR 1,000 fine for match-fixing because the LFF failed to prove the player's individual involvement to comfortable… Read the digest →

CAS 2024/A/10269"Stancu Ionuț v. Rapid 1923"2025 Cristian Stancu Ionuț v. Fotbal Club Rapid 1923 SA & Romanian Football Federation CAS held that a sporting successor club can be sanctioned under national disciplinary rules for non-compliance with a prior CAS award against its predecessor. Read the digest →

CAS 2023/A/10114"Poalei Tel Aviv / Hapoel Tel Aviv"2023 Poalei Tel Aviv Holdings Ltd. v. FIFA CAS upheld FIFA's disciplinary sanctions against Poalei Tel Aviv for non-payment of predecessor club Hapoel Tel Aviv FC's debts on grounds of sporting… Read the digest →

CAS 2024/A/10983"Taylor v. GFA"2024 Solomon Safo Taylor v. Ghana Football Association CAS set aside a three-year GFA ban on a player because the alleged document-falsification offence was time-barred under the five-year limitation period in the… Read the digest →

CAS 2024/A/10473"Gabigol"2024 Gabriel Barbosa Almeida v. União Federal do Brasil & Autoridade Brasileira de Controle de Dopagem (ABCD) CAS examined whether Brazilian footballer Gabriel Barbosa's uncooperative conduct during an out-of-competition doping test constituted tampering or attempted… Read the digest →

CAS 2024/A/10878"Ogutu"2024 Lennox Ogutu v. Kenyan Football Association CAS found KFA's 20-month failure to conclude match-fixing proceedings against a Kenyan player constituted a denial of justice, lifting his provisional… Read the digest →

CAS 2024/A/10543"Rajomazandri"2024 Andrianirina Rajomazandri v. Malagasy Football Federation (FMF) CAS annulled a two-year match suspension imposed by FMF's Executive Committee on a Madagascan footballer for incompetence, procedural unfairness, and lack of… Read the digest →

CAS 2024/A/10574"Brann v. UEFA"2024 Sportsklubben Brann v. Union des Associations Européennes de Football (UEFA) CAS majority overturned UEFA's EUR 5,000 fine on Brann for supporters chanting 'UEFA MAFIA', finding no breach of Article 16(2)(e) DR. Read the digest →

CAS 2024/A/10756"FK Zeta v. FAM"2024 FK "ZETA" Golubovci, Bojan Matanovic & Danilo Raicevic v. Football Association of Montenegro CAS declined jurisdiction over FAM disciplinary sanctions because no FAM statute or specific arbitration agreement expressly conferred CAS appellate authority. Read the digest →

CAS 2023/A/10223"NK Olimpija Ljubljana"2025 NK Olimpija Ljubljana v. Union des Associations Européennes de Football (UEFA) CAS partially upheld NK Olimpija's appeal, annulling the €4,500 improper-conduct fine but confirming the €22,625 throwing-of-objects fine. Read the digest →

CAS 2024/A/10316"Zakho"2025 Zakho Sports Club v. Iraqi Football Association CAS dismissed Zakho's appeal for lack of standing because Al Shorta FC — the directly sanctioned party — was not joined as respondent. Read the digest →

CAS 2023/A/10081"Ibrahimi Idrissi"2023 Abdelilah Ibrahimi Idrissi v. Fédération Royale Marocaine de Football CAS reduced a 2-year ban and MAD 100,000 fine to a 12-match suspension and MAD 20,000 fine after finding the FRMF Ethics Committee applied the wrong ruleset. Read the digest →

CAS 2023/A/10510"Mosquera v. Speranis Nisporeni"2023 Dayron Alexander Mosquera Mendoza v. Speranis Nisporeni & FIFA CAS rejected a player's claim that a Moldovan club was the sporting successor of his former employer, upholding the FIFA DC decision. Read the digest →

CAS 2021/A/7789"Falon"2021 Kacper Falon v. Polish Anti-Doping Agency & World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) CAS dismissed a national-level Polish footballer's anti-doping appeal for lack of jurisdiction, confirming athletes cannot appeal second-instance NADO… Read the digest →

CAS 2024/A/10325"Norde"2025 Sony Norde v. FIFA & Melaka FC CAS dismissed a Haitian player's appeal seeking to hold Melaka FC liable as sporting successor of Melaka United FC for USD 165,600 in unpaid wages and… Read the digest →

CAS 2025/A/11270"FRMF v. FIFA (Paris 2024 OFT)"2025 Fédération Royale Marocaine de Football v. FIFA CAS upheld FIFA's CHF 44,500 fine on Morocco's football federation for supporter misconduct across five Paris 2024 Olympic Football Tournament matches. Read the digest →

TAS 2024/A/11189"ACB 1904"2024 ACB 1904 SA v. Swiss Football League CAS replaced a 3-point deduction with a CHF 30,000 fine after finding the mandatory minimum sanction inapplicable to a late-documentation violation. Read the digest →

TAS 2024/A/10916"ACB Bellinzona"2024 ACB 1904 SA v. Swiss Football League CAS upheld a forfeit loss imposed on Bellinzona for listing eight non-locally-trained players on the match card, one over the permitted maximum. Read the digest →

CAS 2023/A/9413"FC Zenit v. RFU"2023 FC Zenit JSC v. Russian Football Union CAS upheld six-match suspensions of three FC Zenit players for participation in a mass fight after a Russian Cup match. Read the digest →

CAS 2023/A/9822"Kumasi King Faisal"2023 Kumasi King Faisal Football Club v. Ghana Football Association CAS dismissed King Faisal's appeal, holding that Isaac Mensah was not an unqualified player under GFA Premier League Regulations. Read the digest →

CAS 2023/A/9517"Eurafrica FC v. Sunyani The Wisers"2023 Eurafrica FC v. Sunyani The Wisers FC & Ghana Football Association CAS dismissed Eurafrica FC's appeal, confirming it owed €62,000 to Sunyani The Wisers FC and €80,000 to the GFA from Felix Afena Gyan's transfer to AS Roma. Read the digest →

CAS 2022/A/9191"Steaua v. FRF & Dinamo"2023 CS AL Armatei Steaua v. Federatia Rômană de Fotbal (FRF) & Dinamo 1948 SA CAS upheld FRF sanctions on Steaua for supporter misconduct, confirming strict liability and proportionate cumulative penalties. Read the digest →

CAS 2022/A/9055"Aso & Lamptey v. GFA"2023 Alex Aso et al. v. Ghana Football Association & Richmond Lamptey v. Ghana Football Association CAS annulled all bans imposed on 22 Ghanaian players for alleged match-fixing in a 7-0 Ghana Premier League match, finding insufficient individual evidence. Read the digest →

CAS 2022/A/9044"Pouga"2023 Christian Pouga v. CS Sporting Juniorul Vaslui & FIFA CAS upheld FIFA's dismissal of disciplinary charges against Sporting Vaslui, finding it was not the sporting successor of bankrupt SC Vaslui. Read the digest →

CAS 2021/A/8331"Piţurcă"2023 Victor Piţurcă v. Romanian Football Federation & U Craiova 1948 SA CAS dismissed a Romanian coach's bid to enforce a 2011 NDRC award against a successor club, finding no sporting-succession rule in the RFF Disciplinary Code. Read the digest →

CAS 2021/A/7866"Durai"2023 Taras Durai v. Ukrainian Association of Football CAS upheld a three-year football ban on a Ukrainian player found guilty of manipulating one match for betting purposes. Read the digest →

CAS 2022/A/8598"HFF v. FIFA"2023 Hungarian Football Federation (HFF) v. Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA) CAS declared HFF's appeal inadmissible because the Statement of Appeal filed on 7 January 2022 was outside the 21-day deadline triggered by email notification… 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 →

TAS 2022/A/9319"Palomino"2022 NADO Italia v. José Luis Palomino CAS upheld the acquittal of Atalanta defender Palomino for a Clostebol positive caused by contact with his treated dog, finding no fault or negligence. Read the digest →

CAS 2020/A/6767"Zobahan"2020 Zobahan Cultural & Sport Club v. Reza Shekari & Football Club Rubin Kazan & FIFA CAS overturned a FIFA DRC res judicata ruling and awarded Zobahan EUR 300,000 for the Player's unjustified contract breach. 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 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 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 →

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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 →

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 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 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 →

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 →