Court of Arbitration for Sport

Russia still banned

Football governing bodies FIFA and UEFA had decided together that all Russian teams, whether national or club sides, be suspended from participation in FIFA and UEFA competitions until further notice after Moscow's invasion of Ukraine.

The Russian Football Union appealed to CAS but the president of the Appeals Arbitration Division denied a request to lift the ban until CAS takes a final decision.

The decision meant that Spartak Moscow could not play their Europa League match against club RB Leipzig, allowing the German club to advance to the quarter-finals.

Tonga NRL's appeal dismissed by Court of Arbitration for Sport

The TNRL was expelled from the International Rugby League (IRL) in March last year, after a long-running battle over governance, money and a threatened player boycott.

A two-day hearing was held in December, with CAS confirming on Tuesday the resolution of the IRL's Board to expel the TNRL from its membership had been upheld.

The panel of three arbitrators from the USA, Australia and Canada, concluded the expulsion was justified] after the "TNRL's refusal to cooperate with or to participate in the IRL's investigation and consultation processes."

IAAF rules on women athletes

The IAAF introduced the rules in 2011 after South Africa’s Caster Semenya had been sidelined for almost a year after winning the world 800 metres title in 2009 as an 18-year-old.

But CAS has issued an interim award in the case brought against the IAAF by India’s 19-year-old sprinter Dutee Chand - who was barred from competing in last year’s Commonwealth Games in Glasgow by the Athletics Federation of India – which maintains the world athletics body has failed to prove that women with naturally high levels of testosterone have a competitive edge.