The past hours witnessed the Confederation of African Football (CAF) confirming to the officials of the Egyptian Football Association that there is no modification in the final stadium of the African Champions League except by a decision of the International Sports Court.
The Football Association had asked CAF to hold the final match of the African Champions League on a neutral stadium, after CAF announced that it would be held on May 30 at Mohammed V Stadium in Morocco..
In the following lines, we monitor the most important information about the International Sports Court, which is entrusted with transferring the match by a decision from it.
The International Court of Sports was established in 1984, and is abbreviated as “CAS”.
Its headquarters is located in Lausanne, Switzerland, and its jurisdiction is international sports arbitration cases.
The mission of the Cup is to settle sports disputes, independent of another sports body, and financially and administratively affiliated with the International Council for Sports Arbitration.
The Court of Sports is not resorted to except with the consent of the two parties, because it is considered a recognition of the legal authority of the court.
FIFA recognizes the Independent Court of Arbitration for Sport CASto resolve all disputes between FIFA and independent members, clubs, players, officials and players’ agents.
Appeals against the final decisions issued by the national federations are submitted within 21 days from the date of notification of the decision.
Recourse can only be made to the International Court of Sport after all other internal channels have been exhausted.
The court deals with appeals for violations of the laws of the game and penalties for suspending athletes after three months, with the exception of sports doping.