CAS ruling: Moroccan Anass Izem’s claim challenged

Anass Izem claimed that the Court of Arbitration for Sport had already decided the outcome of the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations final and that the announced delay was only for drafting its reasons. Following a closed hearing in Lausanne on October 8, the CAS said on October 19 that the arbitrators were still deliberating and that a full, reasoned award was expected by the end of November. Senegal had taken its case to the CAS after the CAF appeal jury declared it forfeited on March 17 and recorded a 3–0 win for Morocco. The article notes that a CAS award can only be challenged through a narrowly limited procedural appeal to Switzerland’s Federal Supreme Court, and that a fake document purporting to be the CAS decision had previously circulated.