Tag: CAS
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Onana has doping ban reduced to 9 months by CAS
Ajax goalkeeper, Andre Onana has had his doping ban reduced to nine months from a year, the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) said on Thursday. The Cameroonian can play again from Nov. 3. The CAS judges found that Onana was not substantially at fault after Ajax appealed against the original UEFA sanction. Onana tested…
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Man City back to Champions League after ban lifted
Manchester City’s two-year ban from European football has been overturned by the Court of Arbitration of Sport (CAS), the Lausanne based court said on Monday. The decision means Pep Guardiola’s team will compete in next season’s Champions League. CAS ruled that City did not breach Financial Fair Play (FFP) rules by disguising equity funding as…
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Air operation aims to degrade Boko Haram – CAS
The Chief of Air Staff, Air Marshal Sadiq Abubakar, says the service has fully begun air operation code named “Operation Rattle Snake’’ to finally wipe out remnant of Boko Haram insurgents in the North East. Abuabakar stated this on Wednesday during an operational visit to the Nigerian Air Force (NAF), 105 Composite Command in Maiduguri.…
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Insurgency: CAS urges personnel to maintain discipline, battle-readiness
Chief of Air Staff (CAS), Air Marshal Sadique Abubakar, has urged officers and men to maintain discipline and combat-readiness always to be able to end insurgency and banditry in the country. Abubakar made the call on Monday at a feast organized by the Force at the 105 Composite Command, Maiduguri, for the personnel to mark…
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CAS dismisses ex-FIFA Sec Gen, Valcke’s appeal against ban
The Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) dismissed former FIFA Secretary General Jerome Valcke’s appeal against his 10-year ban for breaching the world football body’s code of ethics. The court, which is at Lausanne in Switzerland, said the ban and the 100,000 Swiss franc (about $100,290 or N38 million) fine were “wholly appropriate”. Its action…
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Military to redouble efforts in fighting insecurity – CAS
The Chief of Air Staff, Air Marshall Sadique Abubakar, has assured Nigerians that the Military will redouble its efforts to tackle the various security challenges in the country. Abubakar made this known during the inauguration of some projects at the Nigerian Air Force 209 Quick Response Group base in Ipetu-Ijesha, Osun state. He explained that…
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Easter: CAS fetes frontline troops in northeast [Photos]
Frontline personnel of the Nigerian Air Force (NAF) currently serving in the Northeast and visiting members of their families have been treated to a special lunch by the Chief of the Air Staff (CAS), Air Marshal Sadique Abubakar, on 1 April 2018, in celebration of the Easter festivities. The CAS, who was represented at the…
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Dapchi Girls’ abduction: CAS temporally relocates to Maiduguri
The Nigeria Air Force (NAF) on Wednesday said Chief of the Air Staff (CAS) Air Marshal Sadique Abubakar, has temporally relocated to NAF Base, Maiduguri. The NAF Director of Public Relations and Information, AVM Olatokunbo Adesanya, disclosed this in a statement issued on Wednesday in Abuja. He stated that the relocation was to enable Abubakar…
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CAS commissions new lecture rooms at AFIT kaduna
The Chief of Air Staff, CAS, Air Marshal Sadique Abubakar commissions new block of lecture rooms at the Air Force Institute of Technology, AFIT in Kaduna. Thenewsguru reports that the newly commissioned building is expected to accommodate at least 220 students of the institute. However, the CAS seized the opportunity to commission the newly built…