NBA | Page 6 CCRICKETRICKET | Page 11 Curry back Hyderabad with a bang hold nerve in epic OT to edge out show Supergiants Wednesday, May 11, 2016 FOOTBALL Sha’baan 4, 1437 AH Bayern in 73mn GULF TIMES euro raids for Hummels, Sanches SPORT Page 2 FOCUS SPOTLIGHT Emir Cup Trophy CAS and football Tour makes three important for each more stops this week other, say experts Qatar Olympic Academy, CAS host seminar on importance of arbitration Students of Al Rashad Model Independent School for Boys with the Emir Cup trophy. By Sports Reporter School for Boys organised an eventful Doha ceremony as a way to express its grati- tude to QFA for involving the students in the Emir Cup tournament. he Emir Cup Trophy Tour made Organising the Trophy Tour illus- a stop for the fi rst time ever at trates QFA’s objective to instil a football the Asian Communities Foot- culture amongst school students at a Michele Bernasconi, an arbitrator at the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS), speaks at the QOA-CAS seminar yesterday; Dr Jan Kleiner, lecturer of international sports ball Tournament (ACFT) semi- young age. Tfi nals that took place in QFA’s Football The students gathered enthusiasti- law at the University of Zurich, was also a speaker at the seminar held at the Qatar Olympic Academy headquarters in Doha. Development Department pitches in cally around the famous trophy to take By Sports Reporter which the Lebanon, India, Jordan and memorable pictures while wearing Doha Nepal’s communities’ football teams their favourite football team jersey. were competing to qualify for the fi nal. Commenting on the occasion, Lulwa Following the stop at ACFT, the Tro- al-Kaabi, owner and principal of the ive days before Bayern Munich phy Tour made a stop at the QIA Indian school, said: “We are pleased to wel- were to take on Inter Milan in Tournament which took place in Doha come the QFA delegation that is re- the 2010 UEFA Champions Stadium in which thousands of fans sponsible for organising and promoting League fi nal in Madrid, the cheered to welcome the trophy. Tour- the Emir Cup Trophy Tour in Al Rashad FBavarians were up for another battle nament offi cials thanked the QFA for Model Independent School, and we ap- in the Swiss city of Lausanne. their support of the tournament and preciate the great eff ort made by the French playmaker Franck Ribery had for involving the Indian community in QFA for constantly aiming to develop been sent off for a studs-up challenge the Emir Cup Trophy Tour. the football scene in general, and Emir on Lyon forward Lisandro Lopez in the As a way to encourage and motivate Cup in specifi c.” fi rst leg of the semi-fi nal in April, and the students to attend the fi nal match She added: “There is a greater inter- had been served a three-match ban which is set to take place on May 20 at est in sports and football nowadays as by UEFA. The matter was taken to the 7pm in Jassim Bin Hamad (Al Sadd Sta- a result of the country’s continued ef- Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) in dium), the tour was also at Al Rashad forts to become a pioneer in this fi eld Lausanne by Bayern, who had reached Model Independent School for Boys. and we are proud to contribute to the the Champions League fi nal for the The Trophy Tour, which is set to visit success of this objective. We look for- fi rst time since 2001. more than one spot in the lead up to the ward to attending the matches of the “(Bayern chairman Karl-Heinz) fi nal match aims to thank the diff erent Emir Cup 2016 and take part in what is Rummenigge put up a football show communities who have supported the said to be the biggest football event of right there in the court, suggest- Emir Cup and QFA immensely in the the year.” ing that moves like these (Ribery’s on past, and reinforces QFA’s objective Hessa al-Mohannadi, Physical Edu- Lopez) are very common on the pitch,” which seeks to encourage all communi- cation co-ordinator, commented: “We Michele Bernasconi, an arbitrator at ties in Qatar to play more football. are extremely happy to welcome the CAS and partner at Swiss law fi rm The fi nal match of ACFT will see the Emir Cup Trophy Tour to the school Bar & Karrer, said during a productive Indian community football team com- and I am personally thrilled that the seminar in Doha yesterday, while also peting against the Nepalese commu- students have the opportunity to learn imitating the former winger as best as nity football team. about the importance of sports partici- a lawyer could. In its’ fourth edition, the tourna- pation.” The seminar was organised by the ment this year witness the participa- The Trophy Tour included two ses- Qatar Olympic Academy (QOA) in Delegates take part in the seminar organised by Qatar Olympic Academy in collaboration with CAS. tion of twelve Asian communities from sions: a gift distribution session and an collaboration with CAS at the former’s across Qatar. informative session which was deliv- headquarters in Doha. Bernasconi said. “As much as football lenged. But the three-game ban by than football and not the other way Organised by the QFA, this tourna- ered by the QFA delegation about the Bringing together as many as 70 is an important fi eld for the Court of UEFA was put to test in CAS.” round. ment is one of the many events that importance of playing football and be- trainees, representing diff erent gov- Arbitration for Sport, the same is true The case of Ribery, who couldn’t “A 15-year-old only wants to play are organised to run along the period of ing part of the Emir Cup events, activi- ernment and non-government organ- the other way round too. play the fi nal that Bayern lost to Inter football, and it does become diffi cult this year’s Emir Cup and acts as a way ties and matches. Students eagerly took isations in Qatar besides participants “CAS facilitates unifi ed jurispru- after CAS confi rmed UEFA’s decision, to tell him that he can’t do so because to excite the fans ahead of the Emir Cup part in the open discussion expressed from GCC nations, the seminar shed dence and is accepted worldwide, was one of many that Bernasconi and the regulations don’t allow that. How- fi nal match. their excitement about the forthcom- light on the importance of arbitration which helps a lot in these matters. his colleagues presented at the semi- ever, what made it easy in this case was Al Rashad Model Independent ing fi nal match. in sport, highlight legal procedures at Procedures are normally fast, which nar, elaborating on the various factors, that we knew he would only have to FIFA and speak about the jurispru- means that urgent matters can be dealt regulations and decisions of the mem- wait for a year to play in Europe given dence of CAS in football-related mat- with very quickly. Also these proce- bers of the jury panel. that he also had Italian citizenship,” ters. dures don’t cost much.” The other cases that were illustrated the Swiss lawyer added. Apart from Bernasconi, the other He, however, did add that cases are during the course of the seminar were The speakers at the seminar dis- speakers at the seminar were CAS becoming more and more complicated broadly classifi ed under Employment, cussed various topics including, ‘The secretary general Matthieu Reeb, Dr as the money involved keeps rising. Transfers, Match-Fixing and Discipli- Court of Arbitration for Sport: His- Jan Kleiner, lecturer of international “When I fi rst joined, cases used to nary cases. tory, structure and landmark cases’, sports law at the University of Zu- come in thin folders, but now there are There was also the case of a 15-year- ‘The typical football-related dispute: rich, and CAS member Dr Abdullah boxes and more boxes.” old Argentine player: a French club FIFA and CAS Procedure’ and ‘The Ju- al-Hayyan. Ribery’s case was unique in that an wanted to register the player in France, risprudence of CAS in football-related “It’s not as if CAS is only involved in on-fi eld incident moved into CAS. which the regulations don’t allow un- matters’. At the end of it all there was football-related matters, but a major- “There was no question on the ref- less the minor follows the family to a also a round-table on the importance ity of cases do come from that sport,” eree’s decision. That can’t be chal- diff erent country for reasons other of arbitration in sport. Gulf Times 2 Wednesday, May 11, 2016 FOOTBALL SPOTLIGHT IN SHORT ‘Exclusive’ Chinese talks pave way for AC Milan takeover AC Milan moved a step On paper, Milan now look to closer to a takeover after the be on the road to an eventual Bayern in 73mn struggling Serie A giants an- takeover that would see them nounced the start of “exclu- become the second Milan sive negotiating rights” with club, after Inter Milan, to be Chinese investors yesterday. sold to Asian owners. Inter Club owner Silvio Berlusconi was taken over by Indonesian said last week he was open to businessman Erick Thohir in selling a majority stake in the November 2014.