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FILE - In this Aug. 2, 2016, file photo, Canada's Mandy Bujold, left, knocks down Uzbekistan's Yodgoroy Mirzaeva during a women's flyweight 51-kg preliminary boxing match at the Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The Tokyo Olympics fate for Canada’s best boxer lies in the hands of the Court of Arbitration for Sport after her qualifying tournament was scrapped due to the pandemic. Bujold and her lawyer, Sylvie Rodrigue, lost their appeal to the International Olympic Committee earlier this week, leaving CAS as her last chance to box in what would be her final Olympics. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II, File)
Canadian boxer Mandy Bujold fighting for Olympic berth

May. 06, 2021 02:29 AM EDT

FILE - In this Thursday, Aug. 30, 2018, file photo, Saeid Mollaei of Iran, top, competes against Didar Khamza of Kazakhstan during their men's - 81kg final judo match at the18th Asian Games in Jakarta, Indonesia. A group of athletes and human rights activists is calling on the IOC to sanction Iran's Olympic program for what it says is the country's long-running pattern of ordering athletes to avoid competing against Israelis in international events. Last month, the Court of Arbitration for Sport overturned Iran's suspension from international judo events in a case stemming from former world champion Saeid Mollaei's departure from the Iranian team; Mollaei had claimed he was ordered to lose matches and withdraw from competitions to avoid facing Israelis. (AP Photo/Tatan Syuflana, File)
Iran gets 4-year ban from world judo over anti-Israel policy

Apr. 29, 2021 02:12 PM EDT

FILE - In this Sunday, Sept. 29, 2019 file photo, Christian Coleman of the United States, gold winner, bites on his medal during the medal ceremony for the men's 100m at the World Athletics Championships in Doha, Qatar. The fastest man in the world will miss the Tokyo Olympics after failing in an appeal to overturn his ban for missed doping tests, it was announced on Friday, April 16, 2021. American sprinter Christian Coleman did have his ban cut from two years to 18 months by the Court of Arbitration for Sport. (AP Photo/Nariman El-Mofty, file)
Christian Coleman to miss Olympics despite reduced ban

By Graham Dunbar Apr. 16, 2021 04:00 AM EDT

CAS to hear retrial of Sun Yang's doping case in May

By Graham Dunbar Apr. 01, 2021 05:19 PM EDT
GENEVA (AP) — The retrial of Olympic swimming champion Sun Yang will be held by sport's highest court next month after his initial eight-year ban for alleged...

FILE - In this file photo dated Thursday, Oct. 3, 2019, Salwa Eid Naser of Bahrain, celebrates after winning gold in the women's 400 meter final at the World Athletics Championships in Doha, Qatar. It is announced Tuesday March 30, 2021, that World champion sprinter Salwa Eid Naser has a two-day appeal hearing next month at the Court of Arbitration for Sport, that could lead to a ban from the Tokyo Olympics for breaking anti-doping rules. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip, FILE)
World champion Naser gets court date for doping rules case

Mar. 30, 2021 07:54 AM EDT

Russian minister forced to leave world college sports role

Mar. 23, 2021 11:52 AM EDT
LAUSANNE, Switzerland (AP) — Russia’s sports minister stepped aside Tuesday from leading the world governing body for university sports in order to comply with...

A man and a woman stand with the backdrop of the Olympic rings floating in the water in the Odaiba section in Tokyo, Wednesday, March 3, 2021. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko)
Russian folk song rejected as substitute Olympic anthem

By Graham Dunbar Mar. 12, 2021 06:06 PM EST

FILE - In this photo taken Sept. 12, 2019 file photo, Iranian judoka Saeid Mollaei poses for a portrait photo at an undisclosed southern city of Germany. Iran’s suspension from international judo events for refusing to let its athletes fight Israeli opponents has been overturned by the Court of Arbitration for Sport, it was reported on Monday, March 1, 2021. The case was provoked by former world champion Saeid Mollaei leaving the Iranian team in 2019. He claimed he was ordered by team officials to lose matches and withdraw from competitions to avoid facing Israelis. (AP Photo/Michael Probst, FIle)
Sports court lifts Iran judo suspension over Israel policy

Mar. 01, 2021 10:05 AM EST

FILE - In this Wednesday, Nov. 28, 2018 file photo, Sheikh Ahmad al Fahad al Sabah, president of the Association of National Olympic Committees (ANOC) delivers a speech during the ANOC general assembly in Tokyo. A sports court says on Monday, Jan. 25, 2021 an election for an Asian woman soccer official to join the FIFA Council was improperly influenced by Olympic powerbroker Sheikh Ahmad of Kuwait. Sheikh Ahmad gave up his own FIFA Council seat in 2017 after being implicated in vote-buying by United States federal prosecutors. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko, file)
Court rules on sheikh's improper influence in FIFA seat vote

By Graham Dunbar Jan. 25, 2021 11:34 AM EST

FILE - In this Dec. 6, 2017, file photo, the building of the Russian Olympic Committee is seen through a gate decorated with the Olympic rings, in Moscow, Russia. The ruling on whether Russia can keep its name and flag for the Olympics will be announced on Thursday Dec. 17, 2020. The Court of Arbitration for Sport said Wednesday that three of its arbitrators held a four-day hearing last month in the dispute between the World Anti-Doping Agency and its Russian affiliate, known as RUSADA. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko, File)
Russia confirms it won't appeal Olympic team restrictions

Jan. 25, 2021 04:45 AM EST

FILE - In this July 26, 2019, file photo, China's Sun Yang leaves the pool deck following the men's 4x200m freestyle relay heats at the World Swimming Championships in Gwangju, South Korea. The World Anti-Doping Agency says a Swiss court has overturned an eight-year doping ban against Chinese swimmer Sun Yang and ordered the case back to the Court of Arbitration for Sport for a second time but with a different chairman of the judges. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein, File)
Swiss supreme court details anti-China bias of Sun judge

By Graham Dunbar Jan. 15, 2021 06:46 AM EST

FILE - In this Nov. 28, 2019 file photo Olympic Rings and a model of Misha the Bear Cub, the mascot of the Moscow 1980 Olympic Games, left, are seen in the yard of Russian Olympic Committee building in Moscow, Russia. In the report detailing its decision to shorten Russia's ban from the Olympics, the highest court in sports blasted that country's leaders for engaging in “a cover up of the cover-up” in a desperate attempt to deny their culpability, but reduced the punishment nonetheless, Wednesday, Jan. 13, 2021. (AP Photo/Pavel Golovkin, file)
'Cover up of cover-up' still led to downsized Russian ban

By Eddie Pells Jan. 13, 2021 11:01 PM EST

Canada loses appeal to regain Olympic equestrian place

Jan. 12, 2021 01:46 PM EST
LAUSANNE, Switzerland (AP) — Canada’s equestrian team lost its appeal to regain a place in the Tokyo Olympics jumping lineup on Tuesday in a doping case...

A man walks past a fence with Olympic Rings near the Russian National Olympic Committee building in Moscow, Russia, Thursday, Dec. 17, 2020. The Court of Arbitration for Sport confirmed Russia's flag and anthem are barred from next year's Olympics in Tokyo and the 2022 Winter Games in Beijing on Thursday. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko)
Handball tourney sets new name, flag for Russia; anthem TBD

Dec. 26, 2020 11:59 AM EST

FILE - In this July 26, 2019, file photo, China's Sun Yang leaves the pool deck following the men's 4x200m freestyle relay heats at the World Swimming Championships in Gwangju, South Korea. The World Anti-Doping Agency says a Swiss court has overturned an eight-year doping ban against Chinese swimmer Sun Yang and ordered the case back to the Court of Arbitration for Sport for a second time but with a different chairman of the judges. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein, File)
WADA says Swiss court overturns swimmer Sun's doping ban

By Dennis Passa And Graham Dunbar Dec. 23, 2020 06:56 PM EST

Canada appeals for Olympics equestrian spot in coca tea case

Dec. 23, 2020 10:54 AM EST
LAUSANNE, Switzerland (AP) — In the latest sports law case linked to cocaine consumed in South American tea, Canada’s equestrian team tried to regain its place...

CAS upholds 2-year doping ban on Brazilian judoka Silva

Dec. 21, 2020 03:36 PM EST
LAUSANNE, Switzerland (AP) — Olympic judo champion Rafaela Silva has lost her appeal against a two-year doping ban and will miss the Tokyo Games. ...

FILE - In this Saturday, Feb. 17, 2018 file photo Russian supporter waves a flag before the preliminary round of the men's hockey game between the team from Russia and the United States at the 2018 Winter Olympics in Gangneung, South Korea. Russia was banned Thursday Dec. 17, 2020 from using its name, flag and anthem at the next two Olympics or at any world championships for the next two years. The Court of Arbitration for Sport's ruling also blocked Russia from bidding to host major sporting events for two years. (AP Photo/Matt Slocum, File)
Kremlin happy Russians will be able to compete at Olympics

Dec. 18, 2020 08:17 AM EST

Russian spectators support their team during the Channel One Cup ice hockey match between Sweden and Russia in Moscow, Russia, Thursday, Dec. 17, 2020. The Court of Arbitration for Sport confirmed Russia's flag and anthem are barred from next year's Olympics in Tokyo and the 2022 Winter Games in Beijing on Thursday. (AP Photo/Pavel Golovkin)
Column: Another Russian ban not worth paper it's printed on

By Jim Litke Dec. 17, 2020 06:12 PM EST

FILE - In this Nov. 28, 2019 file photo Olympic Rings and a model of Misha the Bear Cub, the mascot of the Moscow 1980 Olympic Games, left, are seen in the yard of Russian Olympic Committee building in Moscow, Russia. Russia was banned Thursday Dec. 17, 2020 from using its name, flag and anthem at the next two Olympics or at any world championships for the next two years. The Court of Arbitration for Sport's ruling also blocked Russia from bidding to host major sporting events for two years. (AP Photo/Pavel Golovkin, file)
All agree: Russia gets a win in latest doping decision

By Eddie Pells Dec. 17, 2020 02:57 PM EST