By Kim Gamboni, Attorney, VALLONI Attorneys-at-Law, Zurich, Switzerland Facts of the Case In an award, handed down on 27 November 2025, the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) in the case of World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) v. Finnish Center for Integrity in Sports (FINCIS) & Miro Sihvonen
The Swiss Federal Supreme Court has issued the following important Press Release on 29 January 2026: "The Swiss Federal Supreme Court Judgments of 23 January 2026 (4A_438/2024, 4A_494/2024, 4A_510/2024, 4A_512/2024, 4A_594/2024) Awarding of the bronze medal in the women's artistic gymnastics floor exercise at the Paris
"Lausanne, 23 January 2026 – The Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) will open two temporary offices for the upcoming Olympic Winter Games Milano Cortina 2026. The CAS Ad hoc Division and the CAS Anti-Doping Division will work in Milan to settle sports related disputes
The recent CAS Award 2025/A/11173, Tullio Tinti v. FIFA, which was handed down on 22 October 2025, is poised to leave a significant mark on the regulation of the football agents’ market. This is not so much because of the personal circumstances of the Italian football
ISU Statement on Swiss Federal Tribunal decision regarding Kamila Valieva appeal 6 November 2025 The International Skating Union (ISU) takes note of the decision rendered by the Swiss Federal Tribunal on 8 October 2025, rejecting Ms. Kamila Valieva’s application for a revision of the award issued by
Russian luge athletes have new hope of competing in next year’s Milano/Cortina Winter Olympics after a ruling by the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) on 24 October 2025. The first case, brought by the Russian Luge Federation (RLF) and six Russian athletes against the International
The Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) has rejected two requests for provisional measures filed by the Israel Gymnastics Federation (IGF) in relation to the 53rd Artistic Gymnastics World Championships in Jakarta, being held from 19–25 October 2025). On 10 October 2025, the Indonesian government stated
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),
The German Football Association (DFB) has established its own dispute resolution bodies, including the DFB Arbitration Court, which have exclusive jurisdiction regarding disputes arising from employment contracts, transfers, and disciplinary proceedings within German association football. However, the question of jurisdiction may require closer examination in certain
The system of dispute resolution in Italian sport, and particularly in association football, represents an area of considerable complexity, where principles of autonomy of the sporting order intersect with the limits arising from its necessary submission to state judicial review. The analysis of recent cases,