Role and Significance of CAS in Settlement of Sports Related Disputes: Bangladesh Perspective

Abstract

There is a distinguished system of arbitration for the things related to sports in different countries in the world. Nonetheless sports organizations or federations in Bangladesh like Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB), Bangladesh Football Federation (BFF), Bangladesh Hockey Federation (BHF), Bangladesh Swimming Federation (BSF), Bangladesh Amateur Boxing Federation (BABF) etc. still go to the International Sports Authority e.g. International Cricket Council (ICC), Federation Internationale de Football Association (FIFA) etc. for the solutions of civil matters or make so called solutions they themselves. They do not take help from Court of Arbitration for Sports (here after CAS) in the fact of contractual dispute, transaction, match fixing, cessation or financial punishment for default etc. But civil matters should be solved in legal way always. In this research work it will be tried to sketch out some of this type of improper legal practices previously held worldwide along with Bangladesh, and to bring out the injustice happened to them and will also be tried to suggest some possible recommendations afterwards.