Tribunal Arbitral du Sport Court of Arbitration for Sport

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ICE HOCKEY

THE COURT OF ARBITRATION FOR SPORT (CAS) RATIFIES THE SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT REACHED BETWEEN AND THE INTERNATIONAL FEDERATION (IIHF)

Lausanne, 23 November 2017 – The Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) has issued a Consent Award ratifying the Settlement Agreement reached between the Russian ice hockey player Danis Zaripov and the International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF). In such agreement, the Player’s period of ineligibility for an anti-doping rule infraction was reduced from two years to six months.

On 29 January 2017, Danis Zaripov underwent an in-competition anti-doping control following the match between his club (at that time) Metallurg and CSKA which returned an adverse analytical finding for two prohibited substances (hydrochlorothiazide and pseudoephedrine). Following an investigation, in July 2017, the IIHF Disciplinary Board imposed a period of ineligibility of two years on Danis Zaripov.

On 11 August 2017, the Player filed an appeal at CAS and an arbitration procedure was opened. On 7 November 2017, the parties informed CAS that they had settled their dispute and their agreement has been incorporated into a Consent Award which represents a comprehensive and final resolution of their dispute.

The Consent Award is published on the CAS website.

For further information related to the CAS activity and procedures in general, please contact either Matthieu Reeb, CAS Secretary General, or Katy Hogg, Communications Officer. Château de Béthusy, Avenue de Beaumont 2, 1012 Lausanne, Switzerland. [email protected]; Tel: (41 21) 613 50 00; fax: (41 21) 613 50 01, or consult the CAS website: www.tas-cas.org