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“You know, I don't only play for the record books.”

- Roger Federer

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TEAM PLAWYERED

Editorial Board

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Authors

Gaurav Misra , Publishing Editor , Plawyered

He is currently pursuing B.A. LL.B. (Hons.) from Chanakya

National Law University, Patna. A voracious reader and an

ardent Arsenal supporter, Plawyered is his way of bringing

his love for law and sports on one single platform.

Tejaswini Ranjan, Managing Editor, Plawyered

She is currently pursuing B.A. LL.B. from Chanakya National

Law University, Patna. She is a sports enthusiast and a big fan

of cricket. It is her love for sports that made her come up with

this portal. Apart from this, she also holds the experience of

working with several legal portals and research journals.

Vishal Kumar Singh is a third year law student pursuing his five

year B.A. LL.B.(H.) degree from School of Law and Governance,

Central University of South Bihar (Gaya Campus),Bihar. He is

Convener of the Parliamentary Debate Society of his University and

also member of his university‟s Literary club. He has also been

member of the editorial board of the College Magazine.He holds the

honor of representing his university at youth festivals twice.

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Vishakha Srivastava is currently pursuing B.A. L.L.B.

(Hons.) from Chanakya National Law University, Patna. She

is an avid reader and has a special corner for fiction. She is

also a Student Editor at CNLU Law Journal.

Ashutosh Kashyap is currently pursuing B.A. LL.B.(Hons.)

from Chanakya National Law University, Patna. He is a keen

reader and an enthusiast orator. His love for poems can be

reflected through his blog.

Shivam Ninan is currently pursuing BBA.LLB (Hons.)

from Chanakya National Law University ,Patna. He is a

keen reader and plays football. He has participated in

various MUN‟s and has attended various conferences.

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#1 B-TOWN AND THE SPORTS

FIELD

VISHAL KUMAR SINGH

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In the modern era we come across a lot

of people who are obsessed with the

lifestyle of a filmstar or a sportsperson.

If we closely look and try to analyze the

relationship between the two variant

fields of stardom i.e. sports and films,

we will find that at many occasions

these two sectors are closely associated

to each other in terms of handling their

businesses. Recently film Dangal was

released in the theaters worldwide and

that was appreciated by the movie as

well as sports lovers and the film

critics. This movie is just an example of

mixture of the melo drama and

bollywood and not related to serious

sports . There are a number of movies

in bollywood which are based on the

sports. This article is an honest

endeavor of the author to find out that

– What is the relevance of the merger

of these two happening fields and what

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are its impacts on the young minds of

the country.

In 1913 when first Indian movie Raja

Harishchandra was released after the

endless efforts of Father of Indian

Cinema- Dada Saheb Phalke, no one

thought that one day this

entertainment sector will grow in such

a huge manner that it will provide

employment opportunities to a large

section of the society. Similarly, sports

was never taken as seriously as it

should have been taken in the past.

Ironically, still Indian society is not

ready to accept these two fields as their

mainstream profession. Moreover that,

we have seen that a few enthusiast

people, who are interested in these two

fields are generally not supported by

their families. And thus, this kind of

approach makes a gross loss to the

fields of- art and culture on one hand

and sports on the other hand. But

somehow, it is very evident from the

recent examples like- Dangal, Chak De

India, Bhag Milkha Bhag etc. that

Indian film industry is somehow

concerned about the state of sports in

India.

Movies from bollywood which are

milestones in the field of Sports-film

category are:

1.Goal

2.Iqbal

3.Patiala House

4.Bhag Milkha Bhag

5.Chak De India

6.Dangal

7.Freaky Ali

8.MS Dhoni

9.Mary Kom

10.Jannat

11. Azhar

12.Kai Po Che

13.Pan Singh Tomar

14.Budhia Singh-Born to run

15.Lagaan

Out of the list of movies mentioned

above, we can see that most of the

movies are based on the real life story

of the sports personalities. Through

these biopics bollywood tries to throw

some light on the real life struggle of

the sportspersons in this country. But

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it is very sad to mention this fact that,

movies like Budhia Singh-Born to run,

does very low business on the

boxoffice, in comparison with the

movies like Azhar or Dangal. For

example, it is a fact that Dangal

couldn‟t have been such a big hit with a

total earning of Rs.581.39 crores if the

role played by Amir khan had been

played by some other actor. So, what

conclusion we derive through this

example is that, stardom is something

which overshadows the image of the

real life character. This is something

which the bollywood needs to keep in

mind while making any movie based

on sports. Indian film directors

practically need to understand the pain

through which every sports person

goes through during his struggling

days and that pain should be decrypted

in such a way on screen that it

encourages the public and sports

enthusiast persons. With the digital

enhancement in the field of media and

communication, the new horizons and

the doors to the world, where the

sports is not played in the real field but

rather in the minds and paper have

emerged in a rampant manner which

indicates towards an alarming

situation that we need to specifically

think upon the issue that who is really

dedicated to the sports fields and who

just wants to earn profits through it?

We as the citizens, bear the

responsibility to tackle down such

trends and provide our children a free

space for making their career in sports.

Indian cinema which has a greater

mass appeal relatively bears more

responsibility towards such vibrant

issues in the society. Bollywood is

ought to make such movies which not

only inspires the people but also give

them ideas to pursue their dreams.

Sports should play a predominant role

in a 'true' sports film.

The most popular sports themes in

Hollywood films of the 20th-21st

centuries appear to be auto-racing,

American football, baseball, boxing,

and basketball in a plentiful selection

of films. Track and field, horse racing,

golf, ice hockey, soccer and wrestling

have also proven to be popular sports

themes. While if we compare them

with our bollywood movies, they are

mostly based on the personal life

secrets and love affairs of any sports

star. B-town cinema needs to learn

from the Hollywood movies like-

Million Dollar baby, Chariots of Fire,

Hoosiers, Invictus, Moneyball and Ali

that how the movies can so beautifully

depict the real life struggle of people

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associated with sports in a realistic

manner. Anyways, we can at least

appreciate the efforts by the B-town so

far in this regard.

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#2 FIFA STRENGTHENS GLOBAL

FOOTBALL INTEGRITY

PROGRAMME WITH SPORTRADAR

AGR EEMENT

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FIFA has concluded an agreement

with Sportradar Integrity Services that

will provide world football‟s governing

body with a full suite of monitoring,

education and intelligence services to

further strengthen the integrity of

football around the globe. Under the

terms of the new agreement,

Sportradar, the global leader in match

manipulation detection and

prevention, will use its award-winning

Fraud Detection System to identify and

analyse any suspicious betting

behaviour or patterns across a number

of international and domestic

competitions around the world.

FIFA will work closely with the six

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continental confederations

(CONCACAF, CONMEBOL, CAF,

UEFA, the AFC and the OFC) that

comprise FIFA‟s member associations

to ensure that any findings are

provided to the appropriate

organisations, and to support any

relevant follow-up action or

disciplinary proceedings. The

monitoring activities will cover various

FIFA tournaments, including the FIFA

World Cup™ and its qualifiers, the

FIFA Confederations Cup, the Olympic

Football Tournaments and all of its

youth competitions, as well as a wide

range of national leagues and all

confederation-run competitions.

In addition to monitoring and

detection services, FIFA will be able to

call on Sportradar‟s in-house

intelligence and investigation experts.

Sportradar will also deliver a full range

of fraud prevention services and

provide a programme of educational

workshops and e-learning solutions, as

well as a bespoke app to enable

players, coaches and staff to

understand the importance of

protecting the integrity of football and

the repercussions of fraudulent

activities. The app will allow them to

confidentially and anonymously report

any concerns.

Speaking about today‟s news, FIFA

President Gianni Infantino said:

“Preserving the integrity of the game is

paramount to FIFA. Given that match

manipulation is still a serious concern

for everyone who loves the game, FIFA

will work with Sportradar, the global

leader in match manipulation

detection and prevention, to invigorate

and enhance our integrity programme.

FIFA is committed to tackling match

manipulation and protecting the

integrity of football for players and

fans.”

Sportradar CEO Carsten Koerl added:

“It is an incredible honour to stand

side by side with FIFA and also with all

the confederations in a clear and

unequivocal statement of intent and

resistance. We have worked hard to

earn the trust of a whole range of

stakeholders across sport and of course

football, and now we have the chance

to join up all that work, expertise and

insight and to provide the game with

such a high level of monitoring and

collaboration. We thank President

Infantino and his team for their trust

and look forward to working together

with FIFA at the start of this new era.”

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About Sportradar

Sportradar is a global leader in

understanding and leveraging the

power of sports data and digital

content for its clients around the

world.

The company‟s Integrity Services

operation provides the Fraud

Detection System (FDS) to several

federations across 13 sports, including

the AFC, UEFA, CONMEBOL, World

Rugby, the NHL and the NBA. This

unique system allows the Integrity

Services team to monitor betting

behaviour and patterns worldwide and

to identify suspicious activities. Those

findings prove invaluable for sports

federations and law enforcement

agencies that are looking to pinpoint

match-fixers.

The Integrity Services also include the

Fraud Prevention Service (FPS),

through which Sportradar offers

educational tools and services that

have been delivered to leagues and

clubs around the world. These have

been shown to increase awareness of

illegal betting and match manipulation

among those involved in sport.

More than 800 businesses in over 80

countries rely on Sportradar‟s data

depth and quality services in their

daily business. Headquartered in

Switzerland, Sportradar has offices in

30 other cities and employs over 1,650

highly experienced staff worldwide.

SECOND EDITION OF FIFA

DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME

NEARS ITS CONCLUSION

The third and final module of the

second edition of FIFA‟s Female

Leadership Development Programme

(FLDP) began in Amsterdam on 6

February. The initiative was

introduced by the world football

governing body to increase the number

of female leaders and role models

within football. It is one of the

women‟s football development

programmes that FIFA offers to its

Member Associations and is consistent

with its ten key development principles

for the women‟s game. It follows the

inaugural FIFA Women‟s Football and

Leadership Conference in March 2015,

where experts from football, business

and society came together to discuss

ways to improve the representation of

women in leadership positions.

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"The FIFA Female Leadership

Development Programme has created

a network of like-minded women,

which is a great achievement,” said

Fran Hilton-Smith after the first

edition of the FLDP. “We need to

continue to share our stories so that

we, and future generations of women,

continue to learn from each other. And

now the cherry on the top is that we

have people in Zurich in FIFA‟s

development team who are there to

support us too, so we are no longer

alone.” The inaugural edition of the

programme took place in 2015/16 and

received positive feedback from the

first batch of participants who

graduated in March last year.

Encouraged by this success, FIFA

decided to offer a second edition. The

aim of the programme is to ensure that

there are more and more female

leaders ready to take their place in the

upper echelons of football. The

inclusion of women on executive

committees at every Member

Association will enhance leadership

efforts and ultimately improve the

game as a whole.

The success of the programme was

made clear by the number of

applications for the second edition

now drawing to a close in Amsterdam

after Modules I and II were held in

Zurich on 6-9 June and 5-8 September

2016. More than 80 of FIFA‟s 211

Member Associations submitted

applications for just 35 available

places.

Participants in the second edition have

been following a special teaching plan

designed to strengthen their leadership

skills. A key part of this plan is a

personal project selected by each

individual participant dubbed „The

Accelerator‟. This project should have a

decisive impact on the footballing

world and demonstrate the attendee‟s

leadership vision.

Participants also have the opportunity

to receive advice and support from

experienced mentors. The 2016 FLDP

consists of a total of six elements: a

leadership questionnaire, two or three

workshops in each four-day module, a

personal project („The Accelerator‟),

mentoring, leadership coaching and

off-campus activities.

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#3 IOC SANCTIONS THREE

ATHLETES FOR FAILING ANTI-

DOPING TEST AT LONDON 2012

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The protection of clean athletes and

the fight against doping are top

priorities for the International Olympic

Committee (IOC), as outlined

in Olympic Agenda 2020, the IOC‟s

strategic roadmap for the future of the

Olympic Movement. To provide a level

playing field for all clean athletes at the

Olympic Games Rio 2016, the IOC put

special measures in place, including

targeted pre-tests and the re-analysis

of stored samples from the Olympic

Games Beijing 2008 and London 2012,

following an intelligence-gathering

process that started in August 2015.

As part of this process, the IOC today

announced that three athletes have

been disqualified from the Olympic

Games London 2012. The details

follow.

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Vera GANEEVA, 28, of the Russian

Federation, competing in the women‟s

discus throw event in which she

ranked 23rd, has been disqualified

from the Olympic Games London

2012. Re-analysis of Ganeeva‟s

samples from London 2012 resulted in

a positive test for the prohibited

substance

dehydrochloromethyltestosterone

(turinabol).

The IOC Disciplinary Commission,

composed for this case of Mr Denis

Oswald (Chairman), Mr Juan Antonio

Samaranch and Dr Ugur Erdener,

decided the following:

I. The Athlete, Vera GANEEVA:

i. is found to have

committed an anti-

doping rule violation

pursuant to the IOC Anti-

Doping Rules applicable

to the Games of the XXX

Olympiad in London in

2012 (presence, and/or

use, of Prohibited

Substances or its

Metabolites or Markers

in an athlete‟s bodily

specimen),

ii. is disqualified from the

event in which she

participated upon the

occasion of the Olympic

Games London 2012,

namely the women‟s

discus throw event.

II. The IAAF is requested to modify

the results of the above-

mentioned event accordingly

and to consider any further

action within its own

competence.

III. The Russian Olympic

Committee shall ensure full

implementation of this decision.

IV. This decision enters into force

immediately.

Adem KILICCI, 30, of Turkey,

competing in the men‟s 69-75 kg

boxing event (round of 32 and

quarterfinal) in which he ranked 5th

and for which he was awarded a

diploma, has been disqualified from

the Olympic Games London 2012. Re-

analysis of Kilicci‟s samples from

London 2012 resulted in a positive test

for the prohibited substance

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dehydrochlormethyltestosterone

(turinabol).

The IOC Disciplinary Commission,

composed for this case of Mr Denis

Oswald (Chairman), Mr Juan Antonio

Samaranch and Mrs Gunilla Lindberg,

decided the following:

I. The Athlete, Adem KILICCI:

i. is found to have

committed an anti-

doping rule violation

pursuant to the IOC Anti-

Doping Rules applicable

to the Games of the XXX

Olympiad in London in

2012 (presence, and/or

use, of Prohibited

Substances or its

Metabolites or Markers

in an athlete‟s bodily

specimen),

ii. is disqualified from the

event in which he

participated upon the

occasion of the Olympic

Games London 2012,

namely the men‟s 69-75

kg boxing event, in which

he ranked 5th and for

which he was awarded a

diploma.

iii. has the diploma obtained

in the men‟s 69-75 kg

boxing event withdrawn

and is ordered to return

the same.

II. AIBA is requested to modify the

results of the above-mentioned

event accordingly and to

consider any further action

within its own competence.

III. The Turkish Olympic

Committee shall ensure full

implementation of this decision.

IV. The Turkish Olympic

Committee shall notably secure

the return to the IOC, as soon as

possible, of the diploma

awarded in connection with the

men‟s 69-75 kg boxing event to

the Athlete.

V. This decision enters into force

immediately.

Antonina KRIVOSHAPKA, 29, of the

Russian Federation, competing in the

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women‟s 400m event, in which she

ranked 6th and for which she was

awarded a diploma, and in the

women‟s 4x400m relay event, in which

she and her teammates ranked 2nd

and for which they were awarded a

silver medal, has been disqualified

from the Olympic Games London

2012. Re-analysis of Krivoshapka‟s

samples from London 2012 resulted in

a positive test for the prohibited

substance

dehydrochlormethyltestosterone

(turinabol).

The IOC Disciplinary Commission,

composed for this case of Mr Denis

Oswald (Chairman), Mr Juan Antonio

Samaranch and Dr Ugur Erdener,

decided the following:

I. The Athlete, Antonina

KRIVOSHAPKA:

i. is found to have

committed an anti-

doping rule violation

pursuant to the IOC Anti-

Doping Rules applicable

to the Games of the XXX

Olympiad in London in

2012 (presence and/or

use, of a Prohibited

Substance or its

Metabolites or Markers

in an athlete‟s bodily

specimen),

ii. is disqualified from the

events in which she

participated upon the

occasion of the Olympic

Games London 2012,

namely, the women‟s

400m event and the

women‟s 4x400m relay

event, and

iii. has the silver medal, the

medallist pin and the

diplomas obtained in the

women‟s 400m event

and in the women‟s

4x400m relay event

withdrawn and is

ordered to return same.

II. The Russian Federation team is

disqualified from the women‟s

4x400m relay event. The

corresponding medals,

medallist pins and diplomas are

withdrawn and shall be

returned.

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III. The IAAF is requested to modify

the results of the above-

mentioned events accordingly

and to consider any further

action within its own

competence.

IV. The Russian Olympic

Committee shall ensure full

implementation of this decision.

V. The Russian Olympic

Committee shall notably secure

the return to the IOC, as soon as

possible, of the diploma

awarded to the Athlete in

connection with the women‟s

400m event and the silver

medals, medallist pins and

diplomas awarded to the

members of the Russian

Federation team who

participated in the women‟s

4x400m relay event.

VI. This decision enters into force

immediately.

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#4 DICKWELLA AND RABADA FOUND GUILTY OF BREACHING

ICC CODE OF CONDUCT

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Sri Lanka opener Niroshan Dickwella

and South Africa fast bowler Kagiso

Rabada have both been fined 50 per

cent of their match fees after being

found guilty of breaching the ICC Code

of Conduct during the fourth One-Day

International in Cape Town on

Tuesday.The two players were found to

have breached Article 2.2.7 of the ICC

Code of Conduct for Players and Player

Support Personnel, which relates

to “Inappropriate and deliberate

physical contact with a Player, Player

Support Personnel, Umpire, Match

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Referee or any other Person

(including a spectator) in the course of

play during an International Match”.

In addition to the fines, three demerit

points have been added to both

Dickwella and Rabada‟s disciplinary

records. Pursuant to Article 7.6 of the

Code, if Dickwella and Rabada reach

four or more demerit points within a

24-month period, they will be

converted into suspension points and

they will be banned. Two suspension

points equate to a ban from one Test or

two ODIs or two T20Is, whatever

comes first for the player.

The incident happened in the 12th over

when the two players made contact

with each other at the non-striker‟s

end after the batsman had completed a

single, which such contact being

judged to have been avoidable. Both

the players admitted the offence and

accepted the sanction proposed by

Richie Richardson of the Emirates

Elite Panel of ICC Match Referees and,

as such, there was no need for a formal

hearing.

The charge was levelled by on-field

umpires Adrian Holdstock and

Richard Illingworth, third umpire

Richard Kettleborough and fourth

umpire Shaun George. All level 2

breaches carry an imposition of a fine

between 50 per cent to 100 per cent of

the applicable match fee and/or up to

two suspension points, and three or

four demerit points.

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#5 FAN ARTICLE

SHIVAM NINAN

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Your LOVE makes me STRONG

,Your HATE makes me

UNSTOPPABLE – Cristiano

Ronaldo

Cristiano Ronaldo has gone from

a small island in the middle of the

ocean to the top of the soccer world.

Playing History

He started playing football early in

life, at the age of 8, when he started

playing for Andorinha a local

amateur football club. At the age of

10, he signed up with the local club

Nacional, having started to show

talent. In 1997, at the age of 12, after

a title winning season by means of

Nacional, he was signed up by

Sporting CP for an unrevealed sum.

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First Team - Sporting CP

At the club, he trained at their

Academia Sporting with the other

youth players. By the age 14,

everyone realised that he had

potential and he decided to try to

give playing football professionally

or semi professionally a chance.

He became the single player in the

club to play in their Under 16, Under

17, Under 18, B- Team and

ultimately the first team all in one

season. He scored twice in his first

appearance league match against

Moreirense. He was also selected for

Portugal‟s Under 17 Team for the

2002 European U 17 championship.

When he was 15, Ronaldo was

diagnosed with „Racing Heart‟ and

he needed to undergo surgery to

correct it. If not for the treatment

then, his career of a professional

footballer would be over before it

even started.

In November 2002, he visited

Arsenal Football Club to meet

Arsène Wenger who was fascinated

in signing him and wanted to discuss

arrangements with Ronaldo‟s

representatives. During his very

victorious years in Sporting CP and

his visit to London, he came to the

attention of Liverpool FC as well. In

2003, Sporting CP crushed

Manchester United in Lisbon, where

Cristiano Ronaldo came to the

attention of the Man U Players and

Coach, Sir Alex Ferguson.

Manchester United

In 2003, Cristiano Ronaldo became

the first Portuguese player to be part

of the well-known Manchester

United team, signing a £15-million

contract and securing himself a

future as a football star. After he

joined Man United, Sir Alex

Ferguson insisted on giving him the

no 7 Jersey. Ronaldo initially wanted

number 28, which was his jersey

number back in Sporting. When

offered the number 7 he was initially

reluctant since that jersey had big

names linked to it like Eric Cantona,

George Best and David Beckham.

However, Ferguson didn‟t budge

from his decision and CR7 was

created. He went on to play almost

300 matches for Manchester United

and scored over 100 goals by the

time he left for Spain in 2009The

years between 2006 and 2008 were

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Cristiano Ronaldo‟s years to shine,

with the young player scoring twenty

goals in a season during 2006. His

performance lead to numerous offers

from other clubs, including an

incredible £54-million contract from

Real Madrid, attempting to entice

the young star to their own team.

Real Madrid

n the June of 2009, Real Madric FC

confirmed the transfer of Christiano

Ronaldo to their ranks for a record

transfer fee of £ 84 million ( € 94

million) after signing a six year

contract with them. In Real Madrid,

he was presented with their number

9 shirt and was welcomed by almost

85,000 fans in their home ground

Santiago Bernabéu Stadium. His

performance got better from match

to match and he scored goals, it

seemed, by the dozens. He broke the

record for scoring fastest 200 goals

for the club having scored them in

just 197 appearances. Numerous

other clubs have made attempts to

buy out Cristiano Ronaldo, including

a huge £200-million offer from

Manchester City. And although

Ronaldo did mention that he missed

the English Premier League, he did

not entertain any talks of moving

back to Manchester, leaving his

success at Real Madrid behind. After

having finished his six year contract

with Real Madrid, he signed a new

deal with them that would keep him

at the club till 2018. He is the club‟s

all time record goal scorer.

Real Madrid & National Victory

As lauded as Ronaldo was on the field

for Manchester United, his

commitment to the club came under

constant question. Speculation swirled

that he wanted to play elsewhere. So in

2009, when Spanish soccer club Real

Madrid agreed to pay United a record

$131 million for the chance to sign

him, nobody was all that surprised to

see Ronaldo leave United.

"I know that they are going to demand

a lot of me to be successful at the club

and I know that I'm going to have

much more pressure than at

Manchester United because I was there

for many years," Ronaldo told

reporters. "But it means a new

challenge and is going to help me be

the best footballer."

In addition to his FIFA World Player of

the year award, Ronaldo has also won

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the coveted Ballon d'OR, the Golden

Boot, and been named the UEFA Club

Forward of the Year, among other

honors during the course of his career.

On July 10, 2016, Ronaldo added

another emotional victory to his

accolades, leading Portugal to the

European Championship final against

France as his national team's captain.

Although he was sidelined after

suffering a knee injury 25 minutes into

the match, Portugal went on to win the

championship title 1-0, their first

international trophy. Ronaldo's

teammates said that he motivated

them as team captain from the

sidelines. "He gave us a lot of

confidence and he said, 'Listen people,

I'm sure we will win this Euro so stay

together and fight for it,‟” full-back

Cedric Soares said after Portugal‟s

victory.

Six achievements of Ronaldo

after winning Euro 2016

Cristiano Ronaldo is one of the most

successful footballers in world football

and he has continued to break and set

records since he started his career as a

player.

1. Top goalscorer in

qualifying and

finals: Ronaldo's three goals in

the Euro 2016 made him the all

time top scorer in the qualifiers

and the finals of the European

Championships, he now has 29

goals in 47 matches in total

which is four more than

Sweden's Zlatan Ibrahimovic.

2. 2. First player to score in

four editions of the

European

Championships: The 31-year-

old became the only player to

have scored in four different

editions of the European

Championships; he scored two

goals in Euro 2004, one in Euro

2008 and three each in Euro

2012 and 2016 respectively.

3. 3. Player with the most

European championship

appearances: After playing 21

matches, Ronaldo is definitely

the player with most

appearances in the European

Championships with 1,793

minutes of football under his

belt more than any other player.

4. First player to play two

finals in 12 years: CR7

becomes the first player to play

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in two different finals in 12

years when he stepped into the

Stade de France pitch

something which Ricardo

Carvalho could have achieved if

he made an appearance.

5. Third player to make a

European Championship

dream team: The former

Sporting Lisbon player became

the third player to in history to

be named in the tournament's

dream team from 2004, 2012

and 2016 respectively.

6. Eleventh player to win the

Champions League and

European Championship in

the same year: Ronaldo and

fellow country man Pepe have

now added themselves to the

exclusive list of players who

won the trophies for both club

and country.

In January 2017, Ronaldo won FIFA's

2016 best player of the year for the

fourth time, beating out Lionel Messi.

Ronaldo‟s 2016 wins included the

European Championship, Champions

League, and Club World Cup, plus

individual awards from UEFA

and France Football magazine. In his

acceptance speech, Ronaldo

said: "2016 was the best year of my

career.This is one of the happiest

moments in my career.I‟ve always said

I wanted to win a trophy with the

national team and make history. And I

did it. Thank God, things went well for

us."

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#6 THE SOUTH PATLIPUTRA CLUB

PHOTOWALK!

Avinash Kumar founded the South Patliputra Football Club. The club was founded

in 2015 and in barely two years of its inception, the club has come a long way

through. Have a look at the journey of the club via this photowalk!

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#7 2017 VIVO IPL PLAYER

AUCTION

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The 2017 VIVO IPL Player Auction will

be held on Monday, 20 February 2017,

at the Ritz-Carlton, Bangalore. The IPL

franchises will go into the player

auction with a maximum of INR

143.33 Crore purse for 2017 season.

The teams can have a maximum of 27

players including 9 overseas players. A

maximum of 76 players, including 28

overseas, can be bought at the auction.

The detail of balance purse and squad

formation is as under:

Team Purse Spent Balance Purse Purse

Spent

(Rs. In

Crs)

Balance

Purse

(Rs. In

Crs)

Total

Players

in the

squad

Oversea

s Players

DD 429,000,000 231,000,000 42.9 23.1 17 5

KXIP 426,500,000 233,500,000 42.65 23.35 19 5

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KKR 462,500,000 197,500,000 46.25 19.75 14 4

MI 544,450,000 115,550,000 54.445 11.555 20 6

RCB 531,750,000 128,250,000 53.175 12.825 20 8

SRH 451,000,000 209,000,000 45.1 20.9 17 5

RPS 485,000,000 175,000,000 48.5 17.5 17 5

GL 516,500,000 143,500,000 51.65 14.35 16 6

Total 3,846,700,00

0

1,433,300,000 384.67 143.33 140 44

The deadline for player registration ended on February 3, 2017. The first IPL Player

auction in the year 2008 was also held on February 20, 2008. The VIVO IPL Player

Auction will be followed by a day long IPL Franchise Workshop on February 21st.

Delhi Daredevils:

Retained: Zaheer Khan, Mohammad

Shami, Shahbaz Nadeem, Amit

Mishra, Shreyas Iyer, Sanju Samson,

Karun Nair, Rishabh Pant, CV Milind,

Khaleel Ahmed, Pratyush Singh, JP

Duminy, Quinton de Kock, Sam

Billings, Chris Morris, Carlos

Brathwaite.

Released: Nathan Coulter-Nile,

Imran Tahir, Joel Paris, Pawan Negi,

Pawan Suyal, Akhil Herwadkar,

Mahipal Lomror.

Gujarat Lions:

Retained: Suresh Raina, Ravindra

Jadeja, Dinesh Karthick, Dhawal

Kulkarni, Praveen Kumar, Ishan

Kishan, Pradeep Sangwan, Shivil

Kaushik, Shadab Jakati, Jaydev Shah,

James Faulkner, Brendon McCullum,

Dwayne Bravo, Aaron Finch, Dwayne

Smith, Andrew Tye.

Released: Dale Steyn, Paras Dogra,

Eklavya Dwivedi, Sarabjit Ladda,

Pravin Tambe, Umang Sharma, Amit

Mishra, Akshdeep Nath.

Kings XI Punjab:

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Retained: Manan Vohra, Axar Patel,

Gurkeerat Mann Singh, Anureet Singh,

Sandeep Sharma, Shardul Thakul,

Wriddhiman Saha, Murali Vijay, NS

Naik, Mohit Sharma, KC Cariappa,

Armaan Jaffer, Pradeep Sahu, Swapnil

Singh, Hashim Amla, Marcus Stoinis,

Shaun Marsh, Glenn Maxwell, David

Miller.

Released: Mitchell Johnson, Rishi

Dhawan, Kyle Abbott, Farhaan

Behardien.

Kolkata Knight Riders:

Retained: Gautam Gambhir, Robin

Uthappa, Manish Pandey, Suryakumar

Yadav, Yusuf Pathan, Kuldeep Yadav,

Umesh Yadav, Ankit Rajpoot, Piyush

Chawla, Sheldon Jackson, Sunil

Narine, Andre Russell, Chris Lynn,

Shakib al Hasan.

Released: Morne Morkel, Brad Hogg,

Jason Holder, Colin Munro, John

Hastings, Jaydev Unadkat, Rajgopal

Satish, Manan Sharma, Shaun Tait.

Mumbai Indians:

Retained: Rohit Sharma, Harbhajan

Singh, Ambati Rayudu, Jasprit

Bumrah, Shreyas Gopal, Vinay Kumar,

Parthiv Patel, Nitish Rana, Siddhesh

Lad, J Suchith, Hardik Pandya, Krunal

Pandya, Deepak Punia, Jitesh Sharma,

Tim Southee, Jos Buttler, Mitchell

McClenaghan, Lendl Simmons, Kieron

Pollard, Lasith Malinga.

Released: Corey Anderson, Marchant

De Lange, Unmukt Chand, Akshay

Wakhare, Nathu Singh, Kishore

Kamath, Martin Guptill, Jerome

Taylor.

Rising Pune Supergiants:

Retained: MS Dhoni, Ajinkya

Rahane, R Ashwin, Ashok Dinda,

Ankush Bains, Baba Aparajith, Rajat

Bhatia, Ankit Sharma, Ishwar Pandey,

Jaskaran Singh, Deepak Chahar,

Mayank Agarwal, Steve Smith, Faf du

Plessis, Mitchell Marsh, Adam Zampa,

Usman Khawaja.

Released: Kevin Pietersen, Ishant

Sharma, Irfan Pathan, Albie Morkel,

George Bailey, M Ashwin, Thisara

Perera, RP Singh, Scott Boland,

Sourabh Tiwary, Peter Handscomb.

Royal Challengers Bangalore:

Retained : Virat Kohli, Yuzi Chahal,

Harshal Patel, Mandeep Singh, KL

Rahul, Sarfaraz Khan, Kedar Jadhav,

Sreenath Aravind, Stuart Binny,

Sachin Baby, Iqbal Abdullah, Avesh

Khan, AB de Villiers, Chris Gayle,

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Mitchell Starc, Adam Milne, Shane

Watson, Travis Head, Samuel Badree,

Tabraiz Shamsi.

Released : Varun Aaron, Abu

Nechim, David Wiese, Kane

Richardson, Vikramjeet Malik,

Praveen Dubey, Akshay Karnewar,

Vikas Tokas, Parvez Rasool, Chris

Jordan.

Sunrisers Hyderabad:

Retained : Shikhar Dhawan, Naman

Ojha, Deepak Hooda, Vijay Shankar,

Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Ashish Nehra,

Barinder Sran, Karn Sharma, Bipul

Sharma, Ricky Bhui, Yuvraj Singh,

Siddarth Kaul, A Mithun, David

Warner, Moises Henriques, Ben

Cutting, Mustafizur Rahman, Kane

Williamson.

Released : Karn Sharma, Ashish

Reddy, Eoin Morgan, Trent Boult, T

Suman, Aditya Tare.

The list of broadcasters for the

auction :

Country/Region Broadcaster

India Sony Max, Sony Six,

Sony ESPN

Africa SuperSport

Pakistan Geo Super

Bangladesh Maasranga

Caribbean Sportsmax

Bhutan Set Max, Sony Six

Canada Sportsnet

New Zealand Sky Sport

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Malaysia Astro

Sri Lanka Carlton Sports Network

Hong Kong PCCW

The Middle East and

North Africa OSN

United States ESPN

Singapore StarHub, Singtel

Australia CricketGateway.com

United Kingdom Sky Sports

Nepal Sony Six, Sony Max

Brunei Astro

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# 8 FIFA 2.0: THE VISION FOR THE

FUTURE

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Traditionally, the world of football has

served as a forum for community and

national expression. Bearing a

significance extending far beyond the

pitch, football provides players and

fans with much more than a venue for

athletic competition, it serves as a

vehicle to strengthen identities and

foster goodwill with other social actors.

Football is a sport. But it is also has

global commercial impact. Football is

entertainment. It competes for

disposable income against disparate

forms of leisure and entertainment

activities. And, in a very real sense, the

competition is not just basketball or

Formula 1, it is also the electronic

leisure industry. But more than a

sport, more than a business, football

can be more than just a reflection of

society. As such, football has a choice:

it can be a leader and shape change, or

it can be a follower and be shaped by

change.

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GROW THE GAME

FIFA‟s development programmes play

a critical role in supporting the growth

of the game and underpin the

organisation‟s standing as a truly

global entity. By virtue of its

commitment to football development

and global outreach, FIFA supports

and engages with more countries than

the United Nations. FIFA harnesses

football as a common thread to

connect the world. This has been and

always will be the case – but FIFA can

and must do better to ensure its efforts

remain nimble, inclusive, and

impactful. Football‟s future depends

on it. FIFA will realise its potential to

strategically develop football,

introducing the sport to new

participants and new geographies.

FIFA‟s new leadership has already

begun this difficult but essential work.

FIFA serves 211 Member Associations,

each with diverse needs and levels of

organisational development. Each has

a unique understanding of the

challenges facing football‟s future at

the grassroots level – the game‟s true

foundation – from which FIFA can

learn. At the same time, FIFA‟s place

as football‟s governing body affords it a

deep-rooted knowledge of the

underlying drivers in football‟s global

development and the best practices to

grow the game. Working together with

Member Associations and

Confederations, FIFA will develop the

game in ways that provide an

increased investment of targeted

resources to individual parties, but

heighten the standards to which all are

held. In solidarity, FIFA will amplify

its efforts to bring football to the

farthest corners of the world. FIFA‟s

development efforts must also better

engage the diverse members of the

football community. The world of

football features a multitude of players

of all genders, orientations, creeds, and

ethnicities. Developing football and

widening its impact will require

collaboration among FIFA and its

many stakeholders, including players,

leagues, clubs, international

organisations, law-making bodies, and

members of the philanthropic

community that use football for social

and humanitarian good

To grow the game, FIFA will focus on:

• Implementing the FIFA Forward

Development Programme, which has

been designed to introduce greater

investment, realise more impact and

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provide enhanced oversight for the

distribution of resources;

• Developing and executing a

metricsbased strategy to develop

women‟s football and bring it to the

mainstream;

• Globalise the professional Club

Licensing Programme.

ENHANCE THE EXPERIENCE

FOR ALL

FIFA enjoys broad-based, important

and evolving relationships with more

stakeholders – fans, players,

commercial affiliates, broadcasters –

than any other sport worldwide. As the

organisation emboldens its efforts to

grow the game, the organisation must

always explore opportunities to remain

relevant to those who enable FIFA to

fulfill its mission. Modern technology

has made the world smaller, creating

virtual networks that enable the quick

and convenient exchange of

information at levels once thought

impossible. New advances – high

definition viewing, digital streaming,

mobile devices, social media platforms

– have redefined sport and its

relationship with fans The FIFA World

Cup™ continues to attract sell-out

crowds in world-class stadiums, yet

more people watch more football on

more devices than ever before. In the

future, FIFA will work to ensure that

those who cannot make it to the match

will receive an equally impactful

experience in their homes, tailored

specifically to their needs. Technology

has and will continue to revolutionise

the nature of the traditional

partnerships that fund FIFA‟s vision.

FIFA and its commercial affiliates

must together embrace innovation to

promote each other‟s brands.

FOR FANS

In a world where entertainment

options are increasing exponentially,

FIFA must remain relevant to its fans

– both those of today, and those who

have yet to experience the beautiful

game. Football is the world‟s most

popular and powerful sport, yet its

preservation as such requires that

FIFA stay ahead of trends and deliver

to its fans the best experience – both in

the stadium and on the go. To achieve

this goal, FIFA must have a

comprehensive and sophisticated

understanding of football‟s countless

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fans, the fans whose passion for the

game impacts decisions on how they

spend their money and their time.

FIFA must communicate transparently

and effectively with fans, leveraging

modern platforms to engage them on a

daily basis and remaining a constant

and credible source of information and

entertainment. Most importantly,

FIFA must ultimately ensure that more

fans have access to more football,

distributed through accessible

channels.

To enhance the experience for fans,

FIFA will focus on:

• Developing a state-of-the-art fan

interaction management system;

• Modernising the FIFA ticketing

function;

• Improving FIFA‟s digital and mobile

strategy.

FOR PLAYERS, COACHES, AND

REFEREES

While FIFA explores opportunities to

enhance the experience for those in the

stadium or watching from home, the

organisation must also focus its efforts

to enhancing the experience for those

that play, coach, and referee on the

pitch. Technological advances continue

to aid the improvement of footballers‟

performance on the field, coaches‟

ability to strategise, and FIFA referees‟

ability to protect the integrity of the

game. In 2016, FIFA worked with The

IFAB to approve a detailed set of

protocols to guide the introduction of

live experiments with video assistant

referees in football. Football referees

will use video assistance to avoid

clearly incorrect decisions pre-defined

as “game-changing” situations – goals,

penalty decisions, direct red card

incidents and mistaken identity. This

is only the beginning. FIFA will

continue to invest in technologies that

benefit all those who grace the pitch

and play a role in producing world-

class displays of football worldwide.

FOR COMMERCIAL AFFILIATES The

organisation‟s commercial affiliates,

like fans, play a vital role in enabling

FIFA to grow the game, produce

world-class football competitions and

invest in football through Member

Associations. To enhance the

experience for commercial affiliates,

FIFA will focus on:

• Reviewing the FIFA commercial

programme, to include an assessment

of:

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- FIFA‟s commercial affiliate

engagement;

- FIFA‟s global licensing function;

- FIFA‟s pursuit of additional revenues.

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#9 SPORT & ACTIVE SOCIETY

GRANT WINNER USES AWARD TO

RAISE AWARENESS OF GENDER-

BASED VIOLEN CE

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The Sport and Active Society

development grants were created by

the IOC‟s Sport and Active Society

Commission to further its mission to

encourage people everywhere to

participate in regular physical activity

and to promote the health and social

benefits of sport.

In 2016, the Commission awarded four

development grants worth USD

20,000 each to organisations running

effective sport for all programmes in

their communities. Among the winners

of the 2016 grants programme was

Shooting Touch, a Boston-based sport-

for-development non-profit

organisation that uses basketball to

educate and empower young people

around the world. Shooting Touch

wasted no time in putting its grant to

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good use with the organisation of a 3v3

basketball tournament to tackle

gender-based violence.

The tournament took place on 21

January 2017 in the village of Kayonza,

in eastern Rwanda, and brought

together some 400 people. In addition

to 100 players, the event also attracted

some 300 spectators, among them

members of Kigali media, players from

the national basketball team, health

practitioners and local Shooting Touch

partner organisations. Organisers took

advantage of the field of play and the

captive audience to use it as a platform

to explicitly raise awareness of gender-

based violence. Mobilising the players

and spectators, four speakers, both

women and men, spoke about gender-

based violence and sexual assault and

identified strategies and tactics that

victims and others can use to prevent

and respond to such behaviour. In

addition to speakers, members of the

organisation distributed some 300

information pamphlets, while other

participants distributed magazines,

notebooks and bracelets. A survey was

conducted at the end of the

tournament to assess what information

participants had retained about

gender-based violence, with

encouraging results.

“The support and endorsement from

the IOC has been so helpful in

sustaining and building our capacity in

Rwanda,” said Lindsey Kittredge from

Shooting Touch. “As a funding partner,

the IOC enables us to sustain and grow

our programmes‟ ability to use our

courts as extensions of the classroom

and teach our youth lifesaving

information they normally wouldn't

receive. The power of sport and its

incredible ability to mobilise kids and

raise their awareness on critical public

health topics like gender-based

violence. We are hopeful that other

international funding partners will join

us and leverage the IOC's support so

that we can expand our model

throughout Rwanda and Africa."

Commenting on this event and

Shooting Touch‟s initiative, Sam

Ramsamy, the Chair of the IOC‟s Sport

and Active Society Commission, said “I

am thrilled to see a fantastic and

tangible example of how sport can be

used as a tool to combat social issues

from one of our 2016 Development

Grants winners, Shooting Touch.

Gender-based violence is an important

and global issue and I applaud

Shooting Touch for using a

tournament to raise awareness while

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engaging members of the community

in a fun and relaxed environment.”

The IOC Sport and Active Society

Commission works to increase the

accessibility of sport as a right for all,

and engages with society to build on

the sporting legacy of the Olympic

Games and other major events. It is

also responsible for activities related to

the implementation of Olympic

Agenda 2020, specifically those related

to the promotion of active lifestyles in

society, in particular among young

people.

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#10 FIFA GOVERNANCE

COMMITTEE ASSESSES

IMPLEMENTATION OF REFORMS

AT FIRST MEETING

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The FIFA Governance Committee held

its first meeting at the Home of FIFA

in Zurich on 26 January 2017 under

the chairmanship of former European

Court of Justice Advocate General

Miguel Poiares Maduro. FIFA

President Gianni Infantino opened the

meeting, which was also attended by

FIFA Secretary General Fatma

Samoura.

During the meeting, the committee

discussed critical issues, including the

implementation of the governance

reforms. The members also addressed

the monitoring of elections of FIFA

Council members at confederation

congresses and agreed to put in place

the necessary procedures and

documents to properly exercise its

supervisory powers and support

confederations in fully complying with

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the principles enshrined in FIFA

Statutes.

Further key points of discussion were:

Sustainability and diversity: The

committee members received an

update about FIFA‟s concrete

measures in the areas of anti-

discrimination, environmental

protection, social development and

sustainability, in particular in the

context of the upcoming FIFA World

Cups™.

Human rights: In line with FIFA‟s

commitment towards human rights

enshrined in the FIFA

Statutes and FIFA‟s 2.0 vision, the

committee discussed FIFA‟s

responsibilities in this area, as well as

the key aspects of a FIFA human rights

policy, which will eventually be

submitted to the FIFA Council for

approval.

Compliance training for FIFA

committee members: In

accordance with FIFA‟s Governance

Regulations, all members of FIFA‟s

standing committees will be required

to complete compliance training within

six months of assuming their positions

and every two years thereafter.

Integrity in football: While the

Governance Committee does not

intervene in sports regulatory matters,

it was agreed that it would conduct an

analysis of the economic and social

dimensions of football regulation that

intersect with questions of human

rights, transparency and conflicts of

interest and that may impact on the

integrity of the game and public trust.

Female participation on FIFA

committees: The Governance

Committee stressed the importance of

ensuring appropriate female

representation on FIFA‟s committees.

In particular, the committee considers

it essential that the rules requiring a

minimum female representation on

the FIFA Council are properly applied

and agreed to discuss possible

additional proposals to further

promote female participation in

football at all levels. It also recognises

the important steps that have recently

been taken at FIFA administration

level to increase female representation.

Preventing government

interference: The committee

discussed the various ways in which

government interference may arise in

football and the tools available to

assess and prevent it.

Eligibility checks: The committee

received an overview of the way

eligibility checks are conducted by the

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FIFA Review Committee and discussed

the general standards to be applied.

The discussion will inform an updated

version of the informative note issued

by the Review Committee on such

standards. In addition, the Governance

Committee will discuss and adopt a

proposal for amendments to the rules

on eligibility checks, based on a draft

to be presented by the Review

Committee, in order to streamline

their application and render them even

more effective and clear.

FIFA 2.0: The Vision for the

Future: The committee received a

general update on the key objectives of

FIFA‟s vision and the fundamental role

to be played by the Forward

programme in achieving these. It

commented positively on the

document and will support the

administration in developing some of

its aims, including in the setting up of

an impact investment fund.

Following the meeting, the chairman

set up two working groups to work on

the human rights policy and the

electoral guidelines, to be coordinated

by committee members Justice Navi

Pillay (former UN High Commissioner

for Human Rights) and Joseph Weiler

(Professor at New York University Law

School and former President of the

European University Institute)

respectively.

The FIFA Governance Committee was

set up following the reforms approved

by the Extraordinary FIFA Congress in

February 2016 and its main role is to

deal with, and advise and assist the

Council on, all FIFA governance

matters.

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#11 FIFA SANCTIONS

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FIFA rejects appeals of Bolivia in

relation to the fielding of an

ineligible player

The FIFA Appeal Committee has

decided to reject the appeals lodged by

the Bolivian Football Association

(FBF) and to confirm in its entirety

the decisions rendered by the FIFA

Disciplinary Committee in the cases

relating to the fielding of an ineligible

player – Nelson Cabrera – in the

preliminary competition matches for

the 2018 FIFA World Cup Russia™

played between Bolivia and Peru on 1

September 2016 and between Chile

and Bolivia on 6 September 2016. As

such, both matches are declared to be

forfeited and awarded 3-0 in favour of

Peru and 3-0 in favour of Chile, with

the FBF also receiving two fines of

CHF 6,000 each.

FIFA extends ban of five Nigerian

officials

FIFA confirmed the worldwide

extension of sanctions imposed by the

Nigerian Football Federation‟s (NFF)

Disciplinary Committee on 12 May

2016 against the officials Christopher

Giwa, Muazu Suleyman, Yahaya

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Adama, Sani Fema and Johnson

Effiong for breaches of the NFF

Statutes and the FIFA Code of Ethics.

In accordance with art. 136ff of the

FIFA Disciplinary Code, the chairman

of the FIFA Disciplinary Committee

has decided to extend the five-year ban

from taking part in any kind of

football-related activity imposed on

the five officials to have worldwide

effect. The relevant member

association as well as CAF have been

duly notified of the chairman‟s

decision. Members of the media with

questions relating to the substance of

the decision are kindly requested to

contact the NFF.

FIFA extends ban of Timor-Leste

FA General Secretary

FIFA confirmed the worldwide

extension of the ban imposed by the

Asian Football Confederation (AFC)

Disciplinary Committee on the General

Secretary of the Timor-Leste Football

Association, who was found guilty of

using falsified documents in

connection with the fielding of

ineligible players by Timor-Leste. In

accordance with art. 136ff of the FIFA

Disciplinary Code, the chairman of the

FIFA Disciplinary Committee has

decided to extend the three-year ban

imposed on Amândio de Araújo

Sarmento from taking part in any kind

of football-related activity to have

worldwide effect. Members of the

media with questions relating to the

substance of the decision are kindly

requested to contact the AFC. The

AFC‟s investigations into the fielding of

ineligible players by Timor-Leste were

undertaken in conjunction with FIFA.

After receiving the file from the AFC,

FIFA is now in the process of

completing its own investigations.

FIFA extends ban of Korea

Republic official

FIFA confirmed the worldwide

extension of two sanctions imposed by

the Asian Football Confederation

(AFC) Disciplinary Committee against

the Korea Republic official Kim

Sangwoo for breaches of the AFC Code

of Ethics. In accordance with art. 136ff

of the FIFA Disciplinary Code, the

chairman of the FIFA Disciplinary

Committee has decided to extend a

total ban of 18 months from taking

part in any kind of football-related

activity imposed on the official to have

worldwide effect. Members of the

media with questions relating to the

substance of the decisions are kindly

requested to contact the AFC.

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FIFA Disciplinary Committee

passes decisions relating to third-

party influence on clubs

The FIFA Disciplinary Committee has

passed two decisions relating to third-

party influence on clubs concerning an

agreement signed by SE Palmeiras of

Brazil and LDU Quito of Ecuador. SE

Palmeiras was sanctioned with a fine

of CHF 50,000 and a warning for

breaching art. 18bis of the Regulations

on the Status and Transfer of Players

(2010 edition). The club was found to

be liable for entering into a contract

that enabled the other party to the

contract, LDU Quito, to influence the

club‟s independence in employment

and transfer-related matters.

On the other hand, all charges against

the club LDU Quito of Ecuador were

dismissed given that SE Palmeiras was

not granted any ability to influence

LDU Quito‟s independence in

employment and transfer-related

matters.

The ban on third-party influence,

which is set out in article 18bis of

the Regulations on the Status and

Transfer of Players, has been in place

since 1 January 2008. The contents of

the article in question were amended

on 1 January 2015. Both decisions have

been passed on the basis of art. 18bis

of the 2010 edition of the regulations,

which, unlike the current edition, did

not provide for any legal basis to

sanction the counter-club, namely

LDU Quito.

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#12 MONTHLY FIXTURES

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February

14-15 & 21-22: Football - Champions League last 16, first legs

16: Football - Europa League last 32, first legs

18: Athletics - Indoor Grand Prix, Birmingham

18-19: Football - FA Cup fifth round

18-19: Rugby League - World Club Series

23: Football - Europa League last 32, second legs

25: Rugby union - Six Nations: Scotland v Wales, Ireland v France

26: Rugby union - Six Nations: England v Italy

26: Football - EFL Cup final, Wembley

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March

3-5: Athletics - European Indoor Championships, Belgrade, Serbia

3, 5 & 9: Cricket - West Indies v England ODIs

4: Football - Scottish Cup quarter-finals

4: Boxing - David Haye v Tony Bellew, heavyweight fight, London

5: Ice hockey - Challenge Cup final, Cardiff

7-8 & 14-15: Football - Champions League last 16, second legs

7-19: Snowboarding - World Championships, Sierra Nevada, Spain

9: Football - Europa League last 16, first legs

10: Rugby union - Six Nations: Wales v Ireland

11: Rugby union - Six Nations: Italy v France, England v Scotland

11-12: Football - FA Cup quarter-finals

14-17: Horse racing - Cheltenham Festival

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#13 CASE LAW ALERT

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INTERNATIONAL OLYMPIC COMMITTEE

V.

GABRIEL SINCRAIAN

FACTS

The elements set out below are a

summary of the main relevant facts as

established by the Sole Arbitrator by

way of a chronology on the basis of the

materials supplied by the parties.

Additional facts may be set out, where

relevant and to the extent necessary, in

the other chapters of the present

award. On 12 August 2016, Mr.

Gabriel Sincraian (the “Athlete”)

underwent an in competition doping

control (urine). The results of the

analysis of the Athlete‟s A Sample

revealed the presence of exogenous

Testosterone, which is a non-specified

substance prohibited under S1.1b of

the WADA Prohibited List. On 20

August 2016, the International

Olympic Committee (the “IOC”)

informed the Athlete through his NOC

that the results of the analysis of his A

Sample. On 12 August 2016, the

analysis of the Athlete‟s B Sample took

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place. Its results confirmed the finding

in the A Sample. On 21 August 2016,

the IOC filed an application with the

Anti-Doping Division of the Court of

Arbitration for Sport (“CAS ADD”)

asserting an anti-doping rule

violation(„‟ADRV‟‟) against the Athlete

and seeking various sanctions against

him. In particular, the IOC asserts that

the presence in his sample of the

prohibited substance in question,

mandates the immediate provisional

suspension of the Athlete in

accordance with Article 7.6.1 of the

IOC Anti-Doping Rules and the

enforcement of an ADRV in

accordance with Article 2.1 of the IOC

ADR.

On 26 September 2016, in accordance

with Article 15 lit. b of the CAS ADD

Rules and Article 7.6.3 of the IOC Anti-

Doping Rules, the Sole Arbitrator

invited the Athlete to file written

comments on the IOC‟s request for

provisional measures. Such response,

if any, was to be filed by 29 September

2016. No response was provided. On

29 September 2016, the IOC withdrew

its request for provisional measures

considering that the Olympic Games

had concluded and thus, its request

had become moot. On 7 October 2016,

the Sole Arbitrator invited the parties

to file written submissions in support

of their positions on the merits of the

IOC‟s claim no later than 21 October

2016. Within such deadline, the parties

were also invited to state their position

as to whether a hearing was necessary

in these proceedings as a means of

resolving the merits. On 17 October

2016, the IOC filed its additional

observations and amended its prayers

for relief as follows:

Principally: The Application of the

International Olympic Committee is

admissible. The Athlete shall be found

guilty of an anti-doping rule violation

in accordance with Article 2.1 and/or

2.2 of the IOC ADR. The results

obtained by the Athlete in the Men‟s

Weightlifting 85 kg event at the

Olympic Games Rio 2016, in which the

Athlete ranked 3 rd and for which he

received a bronze medal, shall be

disqualified with all Consequences,

including forfeiture of the medal,

diploma and medalist pin, which the

Athlete shall be ordered to return. The

National Olympic Committee of

Romania shall be ordered to secure the

return to the IOC, as soon as possible,

of the medal, the medalist pin and the

diploma awarded to the Athlete. The

matter shall be referred to the

International Weightlifting Federation

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to modify the results of the above-

mentioned event accordingly and to

conduct the result management in

connection with Consequences that

extend beyond the Olympic Games Rio

2016. The Athlete did not file any

written submission on either

procedure or merits. On 8 November

2016, the parties were advised that the

Sole Arbitrator deemed himself

sufficiently well informed to render a

final decision in this procedure without

a hearing.

LEGAL FRAMEWORK

The articles of the Applicable Law

relevant to the merits of this

Application are the following:

Art. 2 IOC ADR provides as follows:

ARTICLE 2 ANTI-DOPING RULE

VIOLATIONS The purpose of Article 2

is to specify the circumstances and

conduct which constitute anti-doping

rule violations. Hearings in doping

cases will proceed based on the

assertion that one or more of these

specific rules have been violated.

Athletes or other Persons shall be

responsible for knowing what

constitutes an antidoping rule

violation and the substances and

methods which have been included on

the Prohibited List. The following

constitute anti-doping rule violations:

2.1 Presence of a Prohibited Substance

or its Metabolites or Markers in an

Athlete‟s Sample

2.1.1 It is each Athlete‟s personal duty

to ensure that no Prohibited Substance

enters his or her body. Athletes are

responsible for any Prohibited

Substance or its Metabolites or

Markers found to be present in their

Samples. Accordingly, it is not

necessary that intent, Fault, negligence

or knowing Use on the Athlete‟s part

be demonstrated in order to establish

an anti-doping rule violation under

Article 2.1.

2.1.2 Sufficient proof of an anti-doping

rule violation under Article 2.1 is

established by any of the following:

presence of a Prohibited Substance or

its Metabolites or Markers in the

Athlete‟s A Sample ……., where the

Athlete‟s B Sample is analyzed and the

analysis of the Athlete‟s B Sample

confirms the presence of the

Prohibited Substance or its

Metabolites or Markers found in the

Athlete‟s A Sample…;

2.1.3 Excepting those substances for

which a quantitative threshold is

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specifically identified in the Prohibited

List, the presence of any quantity of a

Prohibited Substance or its

Metabolites or Markers in an Athlete‟s

Sample shall constitute an anti-doping

rule violation.

2.1.4 As an exception to the general

rule of Article 2.1, the Prohibited List

or International Standards may

establish special criteria for the

evaluation of Prohibited Substances

that can also be produced

endogenously.

Art. 3.1 IOC ADR provides as follows:

3.1 Burdens and Standards of Proof :

The IOC shall have the burden of

establishing that an anti-doping rule

violation has occurred. The standard of

proof shall be whether the IOC has

established an antidoping rule

violation to the comfortable

satisfaction of the hearing panel

bearing in mind the seriousness of the

allegation which is made. This

standard of proof in all cases is greater

than a mere balance of probability but

less than proof beyond a reasonable

doubt. Where these Rules place the

burden of proof upon the Athlete or

other Person alleged to have

committed an anti-doping rule

violation to rebut a presumption or

establish specified facts or

circumstances, the standard of proof

shall be by a balance of probability.

Art. 10 IOC ADR provides as follows:

10.1 Disqualification of Results in the

Olympic Games Rio 2016 An anti-

doping rule violation occurring during

or in connection with the Olympic

Games Rio 2016 may, upon the

decision of the CAS Anti-Doping

Division, lead to Disqualification of all

of the Athlete's individual results

obtained in the Olympic Games Rio

2016 (or in one or more Events or

Competitions) with all Consequences,

including forfeiture of all medals,

points and prizes, except as provided

in Article 10.1.1. Factors to be included

in considering whether to Disqualify

other results in the Olympic Games

Rio 2016 might include, for example,

the seriousness of the Athlete‟s anti-

doping rule violation and whether the

Athlete tested negative further to

Testing conducted after other

Competitions.

10.1.1. If the Athlete establishes that

he or she bears No Fault or Negligence

for the violation, the Athlete's

individual results in the other

Competitions shall not be disqualified,

unless the Athlete's results in

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Competitions other than the

Competition in which the anti-doping

rule violation occurred were likely to

have been affected by the Athlete's

anti-doping rule violation. … 10.2

Ineligibility and other consequences

10.2.1 Should an Athlete or other

Person be found to have committed an

anti-doping rule violation, the CAS

Anti-Doping Division may declare the

Athlete or other Person ineligible for

such Competitions at the Olympic

Games Rio 2016 in which he/she has

not yet participated, along with other

sanctions and measures which may

follow, such as exclusion of the Athlete

and other Persons concerned from the

Olympic Games Rio 2016 and the loss

of accreditation. No Person who has

been declared ineligible may, during

the period of ineligibility, participate in

any capacity in the Olympic Games Rio

2016. 10.2.2 In accordance with Article

7.1.2, responsibility for results

management in terms of sanctions

beyond the Olympic Games Rio 2016

itself shall be referred to the applicable

International Federation. 10.3

Automatic Publication of Sanction - A

mandatory part of each sanction shall

include automatic publication, as

provided in Article 13.3.

MERITS

The results of the analysis of the

Athlete‟s A and B Sample revealed the

presence of exogenous Testosterone,

which is a non-specified substance

prohibited under S1.1b of the WADA

Prohibited List. The Athlete has not

challenged the result of the analysis or

made any other submission to the

effect that he is not guilty of an ADRV.

CONCLUSION

In view of the above considerations,

the Sole Arbitrator finds that the IOC

met its burden of proof under Art. 3.1

IOC ADR. The documents adduced by

the IOC establish sufficient proof, to

the comfortable satisfaction of the Sole

Arbitrator, that the Athlete committed

an anti-doping rule violation under

Art. 2 IOC ADR. As the Athlete

committed an anti-doping rule

violation in connection with the

Olympic Games Rio 2016, the Sole

Arbitrator finds it appropriate to

impose on the Athlete the following

consequences:

1. The Application filed by the IOC is

admissible.

2. The Athlete has committed an anti-

doping rule violation in accordance

with Article 2.1 of the IOC Anti-Doping

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Rules applicable to the Olympic Games

Rio 2016.

3. All results obtained by the Athlete in

the Olympic Games Rio 2016,

including the bronze medal in the

Men‟s Weightlifting 85 kg event, are

disqualified with all consequences,

including forfeiture of all medals,

diplomas, pins, points and prizes.

4. The National Olympic Committee of

Romania is requested to secure the

return to the IOC of the medal,

medallist pin, and diploma given to the

Athlete.

5. The responsibility for the Athlete‟s

results management in terms of

sanction and Consequences beyond the

Olympic Games Rio 2016 is referred to

the International Weightlifting

Federation being the applicable

International Federation.

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#14 COURT OF ARBITRATION FOR

SPORTS

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CAS IMPOSES FOUR-YEAR PERIOD OF

INELIGIBILITY ON RUSSIAN ATHLETE MARIYA

SAVINOVA-FARNOSOVA

The Court of Arbitration for Sport

(CAS) issued its decision in the

arbitration procedure between the

International Association of Athletics

Federations (IAAF), the Russian

Athletics Federation (RusAF) and the

Russian middle-distance runner

Mariya Savinova Farnosova. On the

basis of clear evidence, including the

evidence derived from her biological

passport (ABP), Mariya Savinova-

Farnosova is found to have been

engaged in using doping from 26 July

2010 (the eve of the European

Championship in Barcelona) through

to 19 August 2013 (the day after the

World Championship in Moscow) and

accordingly to have violated Article

32.2(b) of the IAAF Competition Rules

(the IAAF Rules) which concerns “Use

or Attempted Use by an Athlete of a

Prohibited Substance or a Prohibited

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Method”. As a consequence, a four-

year period of ineligibility, beginning

on 24 August 2015, has been imposed

on Mariya Savinova-Farnosova and all

results achieved by her between 26

July 2010 and 19 August 2013, are

disqualified and any prizes, medals,

prize and appearance money forfeited.

ALEXANDER LEGOV AND

EVGENIY BELOV FILE APPEALS

AT THE COURT OF

ARBITRATION FOR SPORT

The Russian cross-country skiers

Alexander Legov and Evgeniy Belov

have filed appeals at the Court of

Arbitration for Sport (CAS) against the

International Ski Federation (FIS)

regarding the provisional suspensions

imposed on them by the FIS Doping

Panel. On 22 December 2016, the

International Olympic Committee

(IOC) opened investigation procedures

against the athletes further to evidence

presented in the second McLaren

Independent Investigation Report that

urine samples provided by the athletes

during the 2014 Sochi Olympic Winter

Games may have been tampered with,

by manipulation of samples in the

WADA-accredited laboratory in Sochi.

The same day, the FIS Doping Panel

imposed a provisional suspension on

each athlete, which it confirmed in a

decision dated 25 January 2017. The

athletes seek to overturn the FIS

Doping Panel‟s decision of 25 January

2017. The parties have agreed to

conduct an expedited procedure.

CAS UPHOLDS THE FIFA

DECISION TO IMPOSE A 4-

MONTH BAN ON HAKAN

ÇALHANOĞLU; GRANTS EUR

100’000 TO TRABZONSPOR FC

AS COMPENSATION FOR

BREACH OF CONTRACT

The Court of Arbitration for Sport

(CAS) has issued its decision in the

dispute between the Turkish football

player Hakan Çalhanoğlu and the

Turkish football club Trabzonspor FC.

Hakan Çalhanoğlu is ordered to pay

EUR 100,000 to Trabzonspor FC.

Furthermore, the four-month ban

imposed on Hakan Çalhanoğlu by the

FIFA Dispute Resolution Chamber

(FIFA DRC), which was suspended at

the beginning of the CAS proceedings,

is reinstated with immediate effect. In

April 2013, Trabzonspor lodged a

claim before the FIFA DRC arguing

that Hakan Çalhanoğlu had breached

the terms of their employment

contract without just cause when the

Player signed a contract with the

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German team Karlsruher SC. In

January 2016, the FIFA DRC issued a

decision in which the Player was found

to have terminated his employment

contract with Trabzonspor without just

cause within the protected period and

a sanction of a four-month period of

ineligibility was imposed on him. Upon

receiving the gorunds of the FIFA DRC

decision in March 2016, both Hakan

Çalhanoğlu and Trabzonspor FC filed

appeals at the CAS. Hakan

Çalhanoğlu‟s appeal was accompanied

by a request to stay the execution of his

four-month ban, pending the outcome

of the CAS proceedings, which was

granted. The Player sought the

annulment of the FIFA DRC decision,

whereas the club sought the return of a

EUR 100,000 advance that it had

made to the player as well as

compensation of EUR 1 million. The

two appeals were consolidated and

treated as one procedure by a Panel of

CAS arbitrators: Mr Mark A. Hovell,

UK (President), Dr Michael Gerlinger,

Germany, and Mr Hendrik Willem

Kesler. The Panel held a hearing on 5

October 2016. The CAS Panel

confirmed that Hakan Çalhanoğlu had

breached the FIFA Regulations on the

Status and Transfer of Players (FIFA

RSTP) and recognized that

Trabzonspor FC did not comply with

due diligence requirements in this

matter. The Panel dismissed Hakan

Çalhanoğlu‟s appeal, but partially

upheld the appeal of Trabzonspor in

ordering that Hakan Çalhanoğlu pay

EUR 100,000 to Trabzonspor FC as

reduced compensation for breach of

contract without just cause.

CAS REJECTS THE REQUEST

FOR PROVISIONAL MEASURES

FILED BY JEONBUK HYUNDAI

MOTORS

The Court of Arbitration for Sport

(CAS) has issued an Order on

Provisional Measures rejecting the

request of the Korean football club

Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors to stay the

execution of the decision taken by the

Asian Football Confederation (AFC)

Entry Control Body (ECB) on 18

January 2017. Accordingly, at this

stage, the challenged decision remains

in force and the Korean club remains

ineligible to participate in the AFC

Champions League 2017.