https://www.scmp.com/rss/521822/feed The latest news and top stories on the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS). A prominent Switzerland-based international quasi-judicial body, the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) is dedicated to settling sports-related disputes through arbitration and mediation. Headquartered in Lausanne, with offices in New York City and Sydney, it also establishes ad hoc divisions for major events like the Olympic Games. Its main areas of focus include resolving doping cases, contractual and disciplinary... en https://assets.i-scmp.com/static/img/icons/scmp-meta-1200x630.png https://www.scmp.com Reuters,Agence France-Presse Reuters,Agence France-Presse Malaysia have been knocked out of contention ⁠for the 2027 ⁠Asian Cup after the ⁠Asian Football Confederation (AFC) overturned their qualifying wins over Nepal and Vietnam, saying the national team fielded players who were not eligible to represent the country. It was the latest and possibly final chapter in a long-running scandal over seven foreign-born players who used forged documents to play for Malaysia’s national team. “The defendant fielded ineligible players in the relevant AFC Asian Cup... https://www.scmp.com/sport/football/article/3346875/malaysia-out-asian-cup-race-after-afc-overturns-wins-hands-down-us50000-fine?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/football/article/3346875/malaysia-out-asian-cup-race-after-afc-overturns-wins-hands-down-us50000-fine?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 17 Mar 2026 08:11:35 +0000 Reuters Reuters Malaysia’s football association said ⁠on Friday it ⁠was disappointed by a Court ⁠of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) ruling to partially uphold sanctions on seven footballers who played for the national team using falsified naturalisation documents. Deportivo Alaves’ Facundo Garces was among seven players banned for ‌a year by Fifa in September after it found that doctored documentation had been used so that they could play in an Asian Cup qualifier for Malaysia against Vietnam last year. The other... https://www.scmp.com/sport/football/article/3345710/malaysian-fa-disappointed-cas-ruling-partially-uphold-player-sanctions?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/football/article/3345710/malaysian-fa-disappointed-cas-ruling-partially-uphold-player-sanctions?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 06 Mar 2026 08:41:24 +0000 Agence France-Presse Agence France-Presse The Milano-Cortina Winter Paralympics start on Friday, but the atmosphere at the opening ceremony has been dampened by Ukraine leading a boycott against the presence of a handful of Russian competitors in the competition. Ukraine’s team will skip the ceremony in Verona in protest against the International Paralympic Committee’s decision to allow six Russian and four Belarusian athletes to compete under their respective national flags rather than as neutrals. Russia and Belarus had been banned... https://www.scmp.com/sport/other-sport/article/3345564/milano-cortina-winter-paralympics-start-icy-blast-ukraine-lead-ceremony-boycott?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/other-sport/article/3345564/milano-cortina-winter-paralympics-start-icy-blast-ukraine-lead-ceremony-boycott?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 05 Mar 2026 23:00:08 +0000 Reuters Reuters The Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) ⁠on Thursday ⁠eased sanctions on seven ⁠footballers who played for Malaysia using falsified naturalisation documents, ruling they will serve a 12-month suspension from official matches only. Deportivo Alaves’ Facundo Garces ‌was among seven players banned for a year by Fifa in September, after football’s governing body found that doctored documentation had been used so that they could play in an Asian Cup qualifier for ⁠Malaysia against Vietnam. The other... https://www.scmp.com/sport/football/article/3345622/court-arbitration-sport-cuts-sanctions-malaysia-players-official-match-bans?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/football/article/3345622/court-arbitration-sport-cuts-sanctions-malaysia-players-official-match-bans?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 05 Mar 2026 15:30:10 +0000 Reuters Reuters Ukraine skeleton racer Vladyslav Heraskevych was kicked off the Winter Games on Thursday over his “helmet of remembrance” depicting athletes killed since Russia’s invasion despite a personal appeal from the International Olympic Committee head. The 27-year-old, who had been training in Italy with the helmet showing two dozen dead compatriots, was barred and stripped of his accreditation minutes before ‌competition was due to start at the sliding venue. “I am disqualified from the race. I will... https://www.scmp.com/sport/other-sport/article/3343345/ukrainian-disqualified-winter-games-helmet-depicting-athletes-killed-russia-war?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/other-sport/article/3343345/ukrainian-disqualified-winter-games-helmet-depicting-athletes-killed-russia-war?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 12 Feb 2026 11:17:29 +0000 Agence France-Presse Agence France-Presse A ham-fisted attempt to ramp up Malaysia’s footballing fortunes with foreign-born players has backfired, critics say, sparking soul-searching and calls to redouble the focus on home-grown talent. Malaysian football was thrown into fresh chaos on Wednesday when the local governing body’s entire executive body quit. It was the latest twist in a saga over seven naturalised players who allegedly used forged documents to join the national team. Fifa accused the Malaysian football association (FAM) of... https://www.scmp.com/sport/football/article/3341836/anger-continues-build-malaysia-football-fortunes-naturalised-players-backfire?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/football/article/3341836/anger-continues-build-malaysia-football-fortunes-naturalised-players-backfire?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 31 Jan 2026 02:00:11 +0000 Iman Muttaqin Yusof Iman Muttaqin Yusof Malaysia’s football leadership resigned en masse this week in what it called a governance move to protect the sport, but critics say any “reset” will count only if the association explains how allegedly forged eligibility documents were submitted and who will be held responsible. The Football Association of Malaysia (FAM) late on Thursday said it had formally informed Fifa and the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) that all members of its executive committee for the 2025–2029 term had... https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/lifestyle-culture/article/3341821/can-malaysian-football-reset-mass-resignations-kick-debate-about-possible-reboot?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/lifestyle-culture/article/3341821/can-malaysian-football-reset-mass-resignations-kick-debate-about-possible-reboot?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 30 Jan 2026 08:08:46 +0000 Associated Press Associated Press Seven foreign-born players for Malaysia’s national football team have been cleared to keep competing after the Court of Arbitration for Sport temporarily halted Fifa-imposed bans while their appeal is reviewed, Malaysia’s football federation said on Tuesday. Last September, Fifa fined the Football Association of Malaysia 350,000 Swiss francs (US$450,000) for fake documents filed to naturalise the seven players, who were also fined and suspended for a year. The players stemmed from Argentina,... https://www.scmp.com/news/asia/southeast-asia/article/3341381/7-fifa-banned-malaysian-footballers-cleared-play-after-cas-grants-stay?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/asia/southeast-asia/article/3341381/7-fifa-banned-malaysian-footballers-cleared-play-after-cas-grants-stay?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 27 Jan 2026 07:33:25 +0000 Iman Muttaqin Yusof Iman Muttaqin Yusof Malaysia’s football authorities are under mounting pressure to convince Fifa that they can clean up after a forgery scandal that has shaken the national game, with experts warning that failure to act decisively could invite outside intervention by the sport’s global governing body. The latest flashpoint emerged after the Football Association of Malaysia (FAM) on Thursday reinstated its secretary general Noor Azman Rahman, months after he was suspended amid an investigation into forged documents... https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/people/article/3339290/malaysian-football-body-risks-fifas-takeover-amid-forgery-scandal?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/people/article/3339290/malaysian-football-body-risks-fifas-takeover-amid-forgery-scandal?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 09 Jan 2026 06:21:41 +0000 Agence France-Presse Agence France-Presse Global footballers’ union FIFPro says that seven players embroiled in a Malaysian national team eligibility scandal are themselves victims and their 12-month bans “grossly disproportionate”. Malaysia’s federation, FAM, has appealed to the Court of Arbitration for Sport after football’s world governing body Fifa banned the players and fined FAM US$440,000 in September for submitting false documents that said the foreign-born players had Malaysian ancestry. The players were also fined 2,000 Swiss... https://www.scmp.com/sport/football/article/3334874/footballers-malaysia-eligibility-scandal-are-victims-ban-unfair-says-union?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/football/article/3334874/footballers-malaysia-eligibility-scandal-are-victims-ban-unfair-says-union?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 02 Dec 2025 06:41:57 +0000 Iman Muttaqin Yusof Iman Muttaqin Yusof Fifa has lodged criminal complaints in five countries and opened its own formal investigation into the Football Association of Malaysia (FAM), after dismissing its appeal over the use of forged documents by seven foreign-born footballers representing the Southeast Asian nation. In a withering 63-page explanation of its decision, football’s governing body upheld all fines and bans imposed in September against FAM – and the seven players – describing the falsified records allowing the “heritage... https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/lifestyle-culture/article/3333263/fifa-kicks-out-malaysias-appeal-urges-criminal-probes-fake-heritage-players-claim?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/lifestyle-culture/article/3333263/fifa-kicks-out-malaysias-appeal-urges-criminal-probes-fake-heritage-players-claim?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 18 Nov 2025 09:27:34 +0000 Agence France-Presse Agence France-Presse Olympic chiefs have ruled out any dialogue with Indonesia about hosting future events after Jakarta’s refusal to issue visas for Israeli athletes at the ongoing world artistic gymnastics championships. The Israeli Gymnastics Federation appealed against the Indonesian government’s decision to the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS), demanding that it either guaranteed their athletes’ presence or forced a move or cancellation of the event. But CAS rejected the appeal, meaning that Israeli... https://www.scmp.com/sport/other-sport/article/3329982/olympic-chiefs-slap-indonesia-hosting-ban-over-exclusion-israeli-gymnasts?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/other-sport/article/3329982/olympic-chiefs-slap-indonesia-hosting-ban-over-exclusion-israeli-gymnasts?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 22 Oct 2025 18:00:10 +0000 Agence France-Presse Agence France-Presse Israel’s gymnasts will not be able to compete at the upcoming world championships in Indonesia after sport’s highest court on Tuesday rejected requests from the Israeli federation (IGF) to “guarantee the participation” of its team. Indonesian authorities denied Israeli gymnasts entry visas for the championships later this month, before the IGF demanded the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) either guarantee its athletes’ presence or force a move or cancellation of the event. The Israeli... https://www.scmp.com/sport/other-sport/article/3329005/court-arbitration-sport-rejects-israels-effort-compete-gymnastics-world-event?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/other-sport/article/3329005/court-arbitration-sport-rejects-israels-effort-compete-gymnastics-world-event?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 14 Oct 2025 12:15:53 +0000 Reuters Reuters The Israel Gymnastics Federation said it was appealing Indonesia’s decision to block the country’s gymnasts from competing in a world championship, calling the move by the world’s largest Muslim-majority country “outrageous”. The Southeast Asian nation said on Friday it had denied visas to Israeli gymnasts amid an outcry over the war in Gaza, costing the country’s athletes a spot in this month’s World Artistic Gymnastics Championship in Jakarta. In an emailed statement late on Saturday, the... https://www.scmp.com/sport/other-sport/article/3328670/israel-gymnastics-federation-appeal-outrageous-ban-world-championship?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/other-sport/article/3328670/israel-gymnastics-federation-appeal-outrageous-ban-world-championship?utm_source=rss_feed Sun, 12 Oct 2025 03:54:45 +0000 Reuters Reuters Malaysia coach Peter Cklamovski will lead a much-changed squad into Thursday’s Asian Cup qualifier against Laos as the fallout from an eligibility controversy continued to affect the team ahead of the game in Vientiane. The Australian has been denied the services of Gabriel Palmero, Facundo Garces, Rodrigo Holgado, Imanol Machuca, Joao Figueiredo, Jon Irazabal and Hector Hevel as Fifa suspended the recently naturalised septet, citing doctored documentation. The players have been handed 12-month... https://www.scmp.com/sport/football/article/3328029/asian-cup-fifa-player-bans-put-dampener-malaysias-hopes-they-face-laos-qualifier?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/football/article/3328029/asian-cup-fifa-player-bans-put-dampener-malaysias-hopes-they-face-laos-qualifier?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 06 Oct 2025 13:00:15 +0000 Reuters Reuters National courts must be allowed to conduct in-depth reviews of arbitral awards by the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) to ensure they are compliant with EU law, the European Court of Justice said on Friday. The ruling comes after RFC Seraing were banned from registering new players and also fined by football’s governing body Fifa in 2015 when the Belgian club signed agreements with a company that transferred part of the economic rights to players. Fifa ruled their deal with Maltese company... https://www.scmp.com/sport/other-sport/article/3320492/finality-court-arbitration-sports-awards-undermined-after-european-union-ruling?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/other-sport/article/3320492/finality-court-arbitration-sports-awards-undermined-after-european-union-ruling?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 01 Aug 2025 12:52:37 +0000 SCMP Editorial SCMP Editorial Hong Kong is taking another important step towards becoming a go-to destination for dispute resolution. A month after launching its first legal body to solve international disputes through mediation before a neutral third party, Hong Kong is inviting proposals to run a two-year pilot programme for sports dispute arbitration. The convention signed by 33 countries to establish the Hong Kong-based International Organisation for Mediation is a groundbreaking China-led initiative to promote amicable... https://www.scmp.com/opinion/comment/article/3316963/hong-kong-well-placed-referee-commercial-sports-disputes?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/opinion/comment/article/3316963/hong-kong-well-placed-referee-commercial-sports-disputes?utm_source=rss_feed Sun, 06 Jul 2025 05:50:55 +0000