Geneva (AFP) – The Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) on Friday dismissed an appeal by Cardiff against having to pay the first instalment of the transfer fee for Argentine footballer Emiliano Sala, who died in a plane accident en route to his new club. CAS threw out the appeal filed by the former English […]

Lausanne (AFP) – Bayer Leverkusen's Turkish international Hakan Calhanoglu was given a four month ban by sports' highest court on Thursday for breach of contract. The Court of Arbitration for Sport was upholding a previous ruling delivered by FIFA in January 2016. Football's governing body had found the German-born forward guilty of breaking his contract […]

Paris (AFP) – Former UEFA president Michel Platini has demanded that the Court for Arbitration of Sport (CAS) explain the reasoning behind their decision to ban him for four years from all activities relating to football. Originally banned for eight years, reduced to six on appeal, Platini took further court action in May and had […]

Paris (AFP) – FIFA's disgraced former president Sepp Blatter's appeal against his six-year ban from football will be heard at the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) on August 25, it was announced Friday. The CAS made no official statement on Friday but released a list of hearings with Blatter pencilled among a number of […]

Paris (AFP) – Michel Platini appears before the Court of Arbitration for Sport to appeal his six-year FIFA ban for ethics violations, with his future in football hanging on the outcome. The stakes could not be higher for the suspended head of European football. A favourable verdict and the 60-year-old will take his place in […]

According to the Spanish publication AS, an announcement from the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) on Barcelona's appeal of their FIFA-imposed transfer ban has been delayed after the court requested further documentation from the Catalan club. It was believed the CAS were prepared to hand down a decision on Barcelona's appeal before Christmas, but that […]

Italian Serie A & B players will be coming to work a bit late this weekend.  This time their bosses will not mind, in fact they will support it.  In a statement released by the Italian Players' Association (AIC – Associazione Italiana Calciatori), players from the Top 2 flights of Italian football will come 15 minutes late to […]