On 16 November 2015 CAS dismissed an appeal filed by Sheikh Salman Al-Sabah and the Kuwait Shooting Federation (KSF) at the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) against the International Sport Shooting Federation (ISSF) concerning the result of the 2014 re-election of Mr Olegario Vasquez Raña for ISSF President.
The ISSF represented by Christian Keidel defended its position during a two day hearing at CAS in which 26 witnesses have been examined by the Panel and the party representatives. In its award CAS rejected all of the Appellants’ allegations against the validity of Mr Vasquez Raña’s election. CAS held in particular that Mr Vasquez Raña die not improperly utilise propaganda using ISSF resources and that ISSF officials did not disseminate any rumours about KSF or Sheikh Al-Sabah prior to the election, which improperly interfered with the election process. For the press release of the Court of Arbitration for Sport, please click here.