The Swiss Federal Tribunal has said doubts as to the "impartiality of the arbitrator were objectively justified" as it explained the reasoning for lifting the eight-year doping ban given to Chinese swimmer Sun Yang.
The Swiss Federal Tribunal has upheld Sun Yang's appeal against an eight-year doping ban given to the Chinese swimmer by the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) earlier this year.
The high-profile appeal filed with the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) against Sun Yang and the International Swimming Federation (FINA) cost the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) more than $600,000 (£456,000/€500,000), it has been revealed.
Sun Yang's lawyers have filed two appeals with the Swiss Federal Tribunal as the Chinese swimmer seeks to overturn an eight-year doping ban.
Olympic swimming champion Kyle Chalmers has claimed that he cannot trust half of his opponents as "a lot of doping"occurs in the sport.
After what feels like an eternity, Russia finally has its date in court in its protracted battle with the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA).
Banned Chinese swimmer Sun Yang has appealed to the Swiss Federal Tribunal in a last-ditch attempt to overturn his eight-year doping suspension and compete at Tokyo 2020.
The parents of Australian swimmer Mack Horton have claimed they have been threatened and harassed by supporters of controversial three-time Olympic champion Sun Yang at their family home in Melbourne.
The Chinese Swimming Association have denied that Sun Yang is training at a camp with the national team while serving his eight-year ban from the sport.
An American lawyer has issued a damning assessment of Sun Yang's performance during his public Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) hearing in the high-profile doping case in November.
Disgraced Chinese swimmer Sun Yang will be dropped as an ambassador for the 2022 Asian Games in his home city Hangzhou if he fails to overturn an eight-year doping ban, it has been reported.
For the likes of me, reasoned decisions published by the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) are one of the best ways of gaining insight into the minutiae of the war against doping.
Sun Yang’s lawyer has confirmed the swimmer will lodge an appeal to the Swiss Federal Tribunal, following the decision to ban the swimmer for eight years last week.
Chinese Olympic swimming champion Sun Yang has been banned for eight years after one of his entourage destroyed his blood vial with a hammer during an attempted drugs test in September 2018, the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) announced today.
A decision in the high-profile doping case involving controversial Chinese Olympic swimming champion Sun Yang will be announced by the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) tomorrow.
Canadian show jumper Ian Millar holds the record for the most Olympic appearances by an athlete in any sport. When he competed at London 2012 at the age of 65 it was the tenth time he had competed in the Games since making his debut 30 years earlier at Munich 1972. He had won his only Olympic medal at Beijing 2008 when he was part of Canada’s team that took silver in the team jumping event. Millar won a gold medal in the Pan American Games team jumping event at Toronto 2015. He announced his retirement in 2019.
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As the International Ice Hockey Federation prepares to decide whether Belarus remains a co-host of its World Championship later this year, Philip Barker recalls other occasions where human rights has been a key topic in the build-up to a country staging a major sports event.
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