International sports court to open temporary offices in Japan for Olympics

By Can Erozden

ANKARA (AA) - The Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) will open "two temporary offices in Japan for the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games," it said Friday.

CAS said in a statement that the first office will resolve "legal disputes" arising from the Games and a second one -- "a section of the CAS Anti-Doping Division" -- will handle "anti-doping-related matters" during the Olympics as a first-instance authority.

The Olympics will take place from July 23 to Aug. 8 after being postponed for one year because of the coronavirus pandemic.

CAS has opened interim offices in every Summer and Winter Olympics since Atlanta 1996.

It also operates in other major sporting events such as the UEFA European Football Championships (EURO) and FIFA World Cup tournaments.