As the world governing body of association football, FIFA has a duty to provide the most stable and sustainable foundations for the game. FIFA has a zero-tolerance policy towards wrongdoing of any kind and is committed to the principles of good governance and transparency in all areas of its operations. The organisation also requires its member associations, officials and employees to meet high standards in … Continue reading Revised FIFA Statutes
The Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) issued an Arbitral Award in the arbitration between the Russian middle distance runner Tatyana Andrianova (the Athlete) and the All-Russia Athletic Federation (ARAF). The Athlete’s appeal is upheld and the decision taken by the ARAF Anti-Doping Commission (ARAF ADC) dated 2 October 2015 has been annulled. On 9 August 2005, Tatyana Andrianova competed at the IAAF World Championships … Continue reading RE-ANALYSIS OF SAMPLE COLLECTED IN 2005 – THE CAS ANNULS TATYANA ANDRIANOVA’S TWO-YEAR BAN: THE DISCIPLINARY CASE WAS TIME-BARRED
The FIFA Appeal Committee has taken the following decisions on the respective appeals lodged by Harold Mayne-Nicholls and Ganesh Thapa. The FIFA Appeal Committee has partially confirmed the decision taken by the adjudicatory chamber of the independent Ethics Committee concerning Mr Mayne-Nicholls on 3 July 2015, reducing his ban from all football-related activities to three years and confirming the fine of CHF 20,000. Mr Mayne-Nicholls … Continue reading FIFA Appeal Committee passes decisions on Harold Mayne-Nicholls and Ganesh Thapa
Over a year ago, on 1 March 2015, FIFA introduced a new article to its Regulations on the Status and Transfer of Players (art. 12bis) to further improve efficiency and to provide clear regulatory steps to deal with overdue payables from clubs to players and from clubs to other clubs. The new addition to the regulations has provided the Dispute Resolution Chamber (DRC) and the … Continue reading Improvements in efficiency in player and club overdue payables
An appeal against the decision by the High Court of Rennes of 29 August 2013 relating to alleged violations of European Union law by FIFA was rejected by the Court of Appeal of Paris on 13 April. The appeal, made by Mr Laurent Piau, had contested the provisions of several editions of the FIFA Regulations on the Status and Transfer of Players (now revoked) and … Continue reading Court of Appeal of Paris rejects appeal relating to alleged violations of European Union law by FIFA
Plawyered‘s APRIL ISSUE IS HERE! In this issue read: INTERNATIONAL DAY OF SPORTS FOR DEVLOPEMENT AND PEACE ADDING ZING TO THE SPORTS: THE MASCOTS CLASH OF CLANS : THE SPANISH DUEL PAYNE TAKES THE MELBOURNE CUP : ENDING STEREOTYPES? THE FORMULA ONE STORY ON 2015 QUALIFYING RULES THE OFF GROUND CLASSROOM CAS UPDATES UPDATES FROM … Continue reading PLAWYERED MONTHLY MAGAZINE ISSUE 3; APRIL 14th, 2016
The International Olympic Committee (IOC) signed a cooperation agreement today with the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) to support the Candidate Cities for the 2024 Olympic Games on sustainability and conservation matters related to their candidatures. The agreement is in line with the reforms of Olympic Agenda 2020, the IOC’s strategic roadmap for the future of the Olympic Movement, which places great emphasis … Continue reading IOC signs sustainability agreement with International Union for Conservation of Nature
The IOC Sport and Active Society Commission announced that it has four development grants worth USD 20,000 each to award organisations that are running effective sport for all programmes in their communities. The development grants were created by the Commission to fulfil its mission to encourage people everywhere to participate in regular physical activity and to promote the health and social benefits of sport. It is … Continue reading IOC Sport and Active Society Commission offering four USD 20,000 development grants
International Olympic Committee (IOC) President Thomas Bach announced additional changes to the IOC Commissions for 2016 that include female representation of more than 33 per cent, a historic high. The milestone is a direct result of the reforms in Olympic Agenda 2020, the IOC’s strategic roadmap for the future of the Olympic Movement, which was approved in December 2014. There is also further growth in … Continue reading IOC Commissions: 60 per cent increase in women members in less than three years
At the Olympic Games Rio 2016, a cloud-based version of GE Healthcare’s Centricity Practice Solutions (CPS) will be used as the official storage platform for electronic medical records (EMR). According to Richard Budgett, Medical and Scientific Director at the IOC, being able to move all of these records into “the cloud” is a huge step forward. Competing at the Olympic Games is the pinnacle of … Continue reading IOC and GE take Olympic medical record platform into the clouds
