CAS 2013/A/3395 'Anderson Luis de Souza (''Deco'')' v. Confederação Brasileira de Futebol (CBF), Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA)
Court of Arbitration for Sport · Sports (CAS) · International (Switzerland) · 26/05/2014
Why it matters
'Anderson Luis de Souza (''Deco'')' v. Confederação Brasileira de Futebol (CBF), Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA), an anti-doping case in football decided by the Court of Arbitration for Sport in Lausanne, the final tribunal of world sport. For a student, it shows how CAS applies the World Anti-Doping Code: the athlete bears a heavy burden to explain an adverse finding, and CAS reviews both the science and the sanction afresh.
Summary
'Anderson Luis de Souza (''Deco'')' v. Confederação Brasileira de Futebol (CBF), Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA): an anti-doping case in football before the Court of Arbitration for Sport, decided 26/05/2014. The full award is available from CAS.
The detail
Parties: 'Anderson Luis de Souza (''Deco'')' v. Confederação Brasileira de Futebol (CBF), Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA)
Case number: CAS 2013/A/3395
Outcome: Withdrawal
Applicable law: The relevant federation regulations; Swiss law; the CAS Code.
Issues in play: an anti-doping case
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