International Court of Sport

The International Court of Sport (Fr. Court of Arbitration for Sport, Eng.: Court of Arbitration for Sport, abbr TAS or CAS) is the highest sports court, and thus the ultimate decision body for the sports federations and national Olympic committees in dispute to international sports law.

The tribunal, for example, in disciplinary matters (gray area in violation of rules), procedural issues (such as player transfers), sports-doping issues and contract issues (sponsorship, TV rights, etc.) responsible.

The tribunal was established in 1984 at the initiative of the IOC as an independent body and has its headquarters in Lausanne, Switzerland. Since 1994, the CAS the ICAS (International Council of Arbitration for Sport is assumed). It was made in 2004 more than 150 judges from 55 nations. The first and until his death in 2007 was the only president of the Senegalese Kéba Mbaye. On 3 April 2008 Mino Auletta was elected president, who was acting after the death Mbaye even the presidency.

) For the duration of certain major sporting events like Olympics or Commonwealth Games, the International Sports Court directed since 1996, non-permanent tribunals (see section history, designed to ensure a swift, preliminary processing and settlement of disputes that arise during the competitions. These issues generally relate to the admissibility of individual complaints or complaints of a national association, to have their opinion of another nation, or in contravention of applicable competition rules to their relatives.


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