Soccer-EU ruling enables deeper review of CAS outcomes by national courts


FILE PHOTO: Front door of the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) in Lausanne, Switzerland February 9, 2024. REUTERS/Denis Balibouse/ File Photo

(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 soccer's governing body FIFA in 2015 when the Belgian club signed agreements with a company that transferred part of the economic rights to players.

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