By Andrew Warshaw
February 15 – UEFA have won another battle in the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) with the news that Greek club Olympiakos Volos have failed to overturn being kicked out of this season’s Europa League.
Volos were excluded and handed a three-season European ban for a probationary five-year period last August for their involvement in a match-fixing scandal.
The club took their case to CAS but it has been rejected.
“The Court of Arbitration for Sport has rejected an appeal lodged by Greek club Olympiakos Volos against the decision by the UEFA Appeals Body last August to confirm the club’s exclusion from the 2011/12 UEFA Europa League,” UEFA announced.
Back in June, more than 80 people were charged in Greece, while Volos President Achilleas Beos (pictured) was banned for life from all soccer activities.
Most recently, Greece was one of the countries cited by the International Federation of Professional Football Players (FIFPro) as one of the worst in Europe for involvement in match fixing.
This latest CAS decision is further proof of clubs who are punished by football’s authorities failing to win their cases at the highest legal sporting level.
UEFA scored a similar success against Swiss club Sion after they were also expelled from the Europa League over the notorious transfer ban dispute.
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