https://feeds.thelocal.com/ Read the latest news and views from Switzerland in English en-us news@thelocal.com (TheLocal) webmaster@thelocal.com (TheLocal) TheLocal RSS Feed The Court of Arbitration for Sport on Thursday lifted life bans on 28 of the 43 Russians accused of doping at the 2014 Sochi Winter Olympics, meaning some could still compete at this month's Pyeongchang Games. https://www.thelocal.ch/20180201/sports-court-in-switzerland-lifts-life-bans-of-28-russians-accused-of-doping Thu, 01 Feb 2018 12:39:58 +0100 sports-court-in-switzerland-lifts-life-bans-of-28-russians-accused-of-doping Whistleblower Grigory Rodchenkov, the source of revelations about state-sponsored doping in Russia, is expected to testify next week at a Court of Arbitration for Sport hearing involving the appeals of 39 Russians banned for doping. https://www.thelocal.ch/20180118/doping-whistleblower-to-testify-in-geneva-as-athletes-appeal Thu, 18 Jan 2018 09:47:29 +0100 doping-whistleblower-to-testify-in-geneva-as-athletes-appeal Sport's highest court on Monday rejected the appeal of former Fifa president Sepp Blatter against a six-year ban signalling the end of his efforts to clear his name. https://www.thelocal.ch/20161206/former-fifa-boss-blatter-loses-appeal-over-football-ban Tue, 06 Dec 2016 09:48:18 +0100 former-fifa-boss-blatter-loses-appeal-over-football-ban Russian competitors will not compete in next month's Rio Paralympics after the country lost an appeal on Tuesday against a suspension issued over a vast, state-run doping programme. https://www.thelocal.ch/20160824/swiss-sports-court-upholds-russia-ban-from-paralympics Wed, 24 Aug 2016 10:35:16 +0200 swiss-sports-court-upholds-russia-ban-from-paralympics The Lausanne-based Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) has temporarily relocated to Rio so it can make rulings over Olympic doping from the scene. https://www.thelocal.ch/20160727/swiss-sports-court-heads-to-rio-olympics Wed, 27 Jul 2016 19:41:31 +0200 swiss-sports-court-heads-to-rio-olympics The International Olympic Committee reported 45 new doping failures on Friday from the 2008 Games in Beijing and London 2012, bringing the total number of positive drug test to 98 since a retesting programme was launched. https://www.thelocal.ch/20160722/ioc-reports-more-doping-failures-pre-rio Fri, 22 Jul 2016 17:39:24 +0200 ioc-reports-more-doping-failures-pre-rio The international sports tribunal on Thursday rejected an appeal by 67 Russian athletes seeking to overturn an IAAF doping ban on them competing at the Rio Olympics. https://www.thelocal.ch/20160721/swiss-sports-court-upholds-ban-on-russian-athletes Thu, 21 Jul 2016 19:00:04 +0200 swiss-sports-court-upholds-ban-on-russian-athletes The International Olympic Committee barred Russia's Sports Minister Vitaly Mutko from the Rio Games and withdrew backing for international events in Russia over a state-run doping programme, but delayed ruling on a complete ban on the country until after a key court case on Thursday. https://www.thelocal.ch/20160720/ioc-bans-putin-ally-from-rio-games Wed, 20 Jul 2016 10:17:01 +0200 ioc-bans-putin-ally-from-rio-games The Court of Arbitration for Sport, based in Lausanne, said on Monday it has put back its ruling on the two-year doping ban for Maria Sharapova for two months to September, ruling the tennis superstar out of the Rio Olympics. https://www.thelocal.ch/20160711/swiss-sports-court-puts-sharapova-out-of-rio Mon, 11 Jul 2016 16:58:58 +0200 swiss-sports-court-puts-sharapova-out-of-rio The Lausanne-based Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) said on Monday it will decide whether to overturn the ban against Russia's athletics programme by July 21st, two weeks before the start of the Rio Games. https://www.thelocal.ch/20160704/cas-to-rule-on-rio-hopes-of-russian-athletes Mon, 04 Jul 2016 19:15:54 +0200 cas-to-rule-on-rio-hopes-of-russian-athletes