In a media release from the Court of Arbitration for Sport 18 March 2022, CAS confirmed that the President of CAS’ Appeals Arbitration Division had rejected the request filed by the Football Union of Russia (FUR) to stay, for the duration of the CAS proceedings, the execution of the FIFA Council’s decision to to suspend all Russian teams and clubs from participation in its competitions.

A cheaper, faster and less risky alternative to court proceedings and arbitration is sports mediation. Through sports mediation, it will be possible to achieve good solutions also in cases that involve several parties and have a high level of complexity.

The nature of sport is such that quick resolution of disputes and disciplinary cases is essential, as an award would have little or no effect if not rendered quickly. Sports competitions and tournaments will not be put on hold to await the outcome of disputes or other legal processes, and such cases must be resolved quickly and fair. CAS has established fast track procedures that aims to reduce the time of a procedure in cases where that is essential, to meet these challenges.

In a statement published 19th November this year, FIFA announced that the FIFA Council are set to approve two sets of reforms that aim to strengthen the positions of football coaches and female football players. The proposed regulations were endorsed by the FIFA Football Stakeholders Committee (FSC) at its meeting 18th November this year and is expected to be approved by the FIFA Council in December.

The FIFA and UEFA disciplinary bodies and the Court of Arbitration for Sports (CAS) handle alleged breaches of a wide range of cases, including breaches of competitions regulations, regulations on protection of minors, third-party ownership (TPO), match-fixing, doping and the enforcement of decisions passed by other judicial bodies.

The Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) offers resolution of sports-related disputes through arbitration. This article describes the role of the arbitrator in cases dealt with by CAS, the procedures that the parties will need to be aware of, including the parties’ possibility to choose arbitrators from the CAS list of arbitrators.

The Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) has the competence to settle sport-related disputes. CAS was created by The International Olympic Committee (IOC) in 1983 and is located in Lausanne, Switzerland. CAS also has branch offices in New York and Sydney, and at major sports events, such as the Olympic Games, the football World Cup and the European Football Championships, ad hoc offices are created to deal with violations of regulations in the current sports event.