Tribunal Arbitral du Sport Court of Arbitration for Sport Arbitration CAS 2017/A/5341 CJSC Football Club Lokomotiv v. Slaven Bilic, award of 6 June 2018 Panel: Prof. Martin Schimke (Germany), President; Mr Frans de Weger (The Netherlands); Mr Jeffrey Benz (USA) Football Termination agreement to an employment contract Determination of the law applicable to the dispute Admissibility of the filing of publicly available documents outside the conditions of art. R56 of the CAS Code Method of interpretation of contractual terms based…

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Tribunal Arbitral du Sport Court of Arbitration for Sport Arbitration CAS 2017/A/5339 Club Sportiv “Gaz Metan” Medias v. Eric de Oliveira Pereira, FC Karpaty Lviv & Clube Atletico Metropolitano, award of 24 April 2018 Panel: Prof. Petros Mavroidis (Greece), President; Mr Fabio Iudica (Italy); Mr Mark Hovell (United Kingdom) Football Transfer and loan agreements Specificity of requests for relief and principle of res judicata Extent of authority of foreign judgments Contract interpretation and good faith Prohibition of entering into two…

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Tribunal Arbitral du Sport Court of Arbitration for Sport Arbitration CAS 2017/A/5338 Olegs Penkovskis v. Latvian Football Federation (LFF), award of 7 June 2018 Panel: Mr Lars Hilliger (Denmark), Sole Arbitrator Football Match-fixing Burden and standard of proof in match-fixing cases Evidence required in match-fixing cases Requirements of claim for compensation for non-material damage 1. In match-fixing cases the burden of proof regarding alleged involvement in match manipulation and/or any other breach of the principles of fair play lies with…

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Tribunal Arbitral du Sport Court of Arbitration for Sport Arbitration CAS 2017/A/5336 Al Nassr Saudi Club v. FC Twente 65, award of 25 May 2018 Panel: Mr Fabio Iudica (Italy), Sole Arbitrator Football Transfer Conditions for the production of documents Common and specific rules of third party’s intervention/joinder Burden of proof 1. According to art. R44.3 of the CAS Code, “[a] party may request the Panel to order the other party to produce documents in its custody or under its…

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Tribunal Arbitral du Sport Court of Arbitration for Sport Arbitration CAS 2017/A/5333 Jurgen Borg v. Malta Football Association (MFA), award of 16 April 2018 (operative part of 17 January 2018) Panel: Prof. Ulrich Haas (Germany), Sole Arbitrator Football Termination of the registration of a player with a club Forum non-conveniens doctrine Definition of a decision Scope of one panel’s mandate to review 1. The forum non-conveniens doctrine, according to which one court may refuse to exercise its jurisdiction over a…

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Tribunal Arbitral du Sport Court of Arbitration for Sport Arbitration CAS 2017/A/5322 FK Olimpik Sarajevo v. Football Association of Bosnia and Herzegovina & MSK Zilina & Slovakian Football Association & Admir Vladavic, award of 2 March 2018 Panel: Mr Ivaylo Dermendjiev (Bulgaria), Sole Arbitrator Football Disciplinary sanction for failure to comply with a FIFA decision Standing to be sued with respect to disciplinary sanctions Under Swiss law, one defending party has standing to be sued (legitimation passive) if it is…

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Tribunal Arbitral du Sport Court of Arbitration for Sport Arbitrations CAS 2017/A/5315 World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) v. Federación Colombiana de Fútbol (FCF) and Yobani Jose Ricardo Garcia & CAS 2017/A/5316 World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) v. Federación Colombiana de Fútbol (FCF) and Daniel Londono Castaneda, award of 16 May 2018 Panel: Mr Romano Subiotto QC (United Kingdom), President; Prof. Massimo Coccia (Italy); Mr Michele Bernasconi (Switzerland) Football Doping (boldenone) WADA’s direct right of appeal Departures from the ISL regarding laboratory staff…

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Tribunal Arbitral du Sport Court of Arbitration for Sport Arbitration CAS 2017/A/5312 José Carlos Ferreira Alves v. Al Ahli Saudi Club, award of 23 April 2018 Panel: Mr Manfred Nan (The Netherlands), Sole Arbitrator Football Contract of employment between a club and a coach Validity of a clause of the contract of employment providing the terms of the extended contract Failure of the club to prove the lack of extension of the employment contract Just cause to terminate the contract…

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Tribunal Arbitral du Sport Court of Arbitration for Sport Arbitration CAS 2017/A/5311 Club Real Atlético Garcilaso de Cusco v. Federación Peruana de Fútbol (FPF) & Club Sport Alianza Atlético de Sullana & Club Juan Aurich, award of 2 March 2018 (operative part of 29 November 2017) Panel: Mr José Juan Pintó (Spain), Sole Arbitrator Football Sanctions against a club for fielding an ineligible player in two games of a tournament Consequences of the lack of infringement of the regulations regarding…

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Tribunal Arbitral du Sport Court of Arbitration for Sport Arbitration CAS 2017/A/5306 Guangzhou Evergrande Taobao FC v. Asian Football Confederation (AFC), award of 5 March 2018 (operative part of 15 January 2018) Panel: Mr Anthony Lo Surdo (Australia), President; Mr Efraim Barak (Israel); Mr Marco Balmelli (Switzerland) Football Disciplinary sanctions for improper conduct of spectators Discriminatory conduct under the AFC Code Liability for spectators conduct under the AFC Code Distinction between the lex specialis and the lex generalis Determination of…

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