Court of Arbitral of Sport Absolves Frederico Varandas of Punishment for Critics to Arbitrary

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On 5 April, Frederico Varandas had been suspended for 51 days and sentenced to EUR 8,568 by statements on Sporting TV, following the game between the National and the FC Porto, following a complaint submitted by the Portuguese Association of Arbitors of Football (APAF)

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TAD does not see in Varandas' statements "any attempt to benefit FC Porto" and refers to "it is not possible to understand how such a statement is designed as a possibility of disfavourable".

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The International Court of Justice has ruled that international sports federations cannot deny Russian athletes the opportunity to qualify for the Winter Olympics under neutral conditions.