ICAS PRESIDENT RESIGNS

It has been announced that, after 15 years of service, John Coates, from Australia, the President of ICAS, has resigned on health grounds.

ICAS, the International Council of Arbitration for Sport is the administrative and financial authority that governs the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS), which is based in Lausanne, Switzerland. Its role is to safeguard the independence of CAS, and the rights of Parties involved in CAS proceedings, and was established in 1994. ICAS has 22 members drawn from the Olympic movement, sports federations, athletes, including five former Olympians, and the legal sector.

During his tenure, CAS has trebled the number of procedures registered per year from 304 in 2010 to 917 in 2024.

The ICAS budget has increased by Sw. Frs. 20 million from 4 Sw. Frs. million in 2010.

In accordance with Article S6 of the ICAS Statutes, the ICAS Senior Vice-President, Michael Lenard (US), becomes the Acting President until an election is held. The next one being scheduled for May 2027, unless ICAS decides to hold one sooner.

The current ICAS Board members are Michael Lenard (Acting President), Elisabeth Steiner (Austria), Antonio Arimany (Spain) (ICAS Vice Presidents), Carole Malinvaud (France) (Ordinary Division President) and Corinne Schmidhauser (Switzerland) (Appeal Division President).

It will be interesting to see who is finally appointed as the ICAS President.

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