Commonwealth Appeal date for FASANOC set March 19, 2010
Fiji Association of Sports and National Olympic Committee president Vidhya Lakhan is optimistic that Fiji’s hopes of taking part in October’s Commonwealth Games in India will be passed by the Court of Arbitration for Sports (CAS).
A hearing date has been set by the CAS for March 23rd at the headquarters in Switzerland. Lakhan maintains that Fiji has a strong case against the Commonwealth Games Federation.
“Our appeal is based on the fact that, in our view, the Commonwealth Games Federation has erred in the interpretation of and application of its own constitution,” he said.
The CGF constitution clearly states that “all competitors in the CWG must be citizens or subjects of the Commonwealth country that enters them” - Fiji is still a member of the Commonwealth despite being suspended.
Lakhan said they expected to have results of the appeal by the end of March.
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