International Skating Union loses appeal against EU antitrust order

(Reuters) - The International Skating Union (ISU) on Thursday lost its bid to overturn an EU antitrust order that it stop penalising speed skaters for taking part in new money-spinning events, as Europe's highest court backed earlier orders.

The European Commission in its 2017 ruling said the sport's governing body had imposed "disproportionately punitive" sanctions on skaters, preventing the emergence of rival events in violation of EU antitrust rules.

(Reporting by Bart Meijer; editing by Jason Neely)