GENEVA, August 6, 2008 (AFP) - The Court of Arbitration for Sport ruled Wednesday that German sides Werder Bremen and Schalke 04, along with Barcelona, are under no legal obligation to release players for the Olympics but urged all sides to show goodwill and reach a compromise.

LAUSANNE, July 15, 2008 (AFP) - Portuguese sides Benfica and Vitoria Guimaraes have lost their appeal against UEFA's decision to allow FC Porto to play in next seaons's Champions League despite a match-fixing scandal, the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) said on Monday.

LAUSANNE, June 5, 2008 (AFP) - The Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) will rule on Friday on an appeal by reigning Olympic 100m champion Justin Gatlin to have his doping suspension reduced so he can defend his title at Beijing.

CAS said it would publish its decision on Friday at 4:00 pm (1400GMT).

Japan's football league chief apologised to Kawasaki striker Kazuki Ganaha Wednesday after the player won an appeal against a doping ban imposed on him by the J-League for taking an intravenous shot.

GENEVA, May 27, 2008 (AFP) - Japanese striker Kazuki Ganaha has won an appeal against a doping ban imposed on him by the J-League for taking an intravenous vitamin injection, the Court of Arbitration for Sport said Tuesday.

OTTAWA, May 20, 2008 (AFP) - Canadian paralympian Jeff Adams, a six-time world wheelchair racing champion, had his ban for a doping violation revoked by the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) on Tuesday.

JOHANNESBURG, May 19, 2008 (AFP) - Oscar Pistorius, the double amputee sprinter, said on Monday the next two months would be the hardest of his life as he attempts to qualify for the Beijing Olympics in August.

JOHANNESBURG, May 17, 2008 (AFP) - South African Paralympian Oscar Pistorius was 'blown away' and cried after hearing he had won a landmark appeal over a ban on his artificial legs, a newspaper quoted him as saying on Saturday.

'I was just blown away when I found out,' he told South Africa's Saturday Star newspaper.

ROME, May 16, 2008 (AFP) - South African Paralympian Oscar Pistorius sets his sights on an historic appearance at the Beijing Olympics on Friday after winning a landmark appeal over a ban on his artificial legs.

LAUSANNE, May 16, 2008 (AFP) - South African Paralympic champion Oscar Pistorius won an appeal at the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) Friday that has given him an Olympic Games lifeline.

The disabled 21-year-old sprinter runs on specially adapted carbon fibre blades after having his legs amputated below the knee.