As reported by Tribuna, the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) in Lausanne upheld the appeal of former footballer Anatoliy Tymoshchuk against the decision of the UAF Disciplinary Committee.
Anatoliy Tymoshchuk (in the center)The 45-year-old Zenit coach demanded the removal of the sanctions imposed on him due to his continued work in the Russian Federation.
In March 2022, UAF stripped him of all titles, coaching licenses, and permanently removed him from the official register of national teams. Tymoshchuk appealed to CAS in 2023—the hearing took place in April 2024. Now the court has overturned the decisions of Ukrainian football bodies.
CAS justified its decision by stating that from the beginning of the full-scale invasion until March 11, 2022, Tymoshchuk had not taken any actions that would warrant such disciplinary sanctions against him.
The UAF commented on the CAS decision:
“UAF has indeed already received the decision from CAS. Unfortunately, the Europeans approached this case in a maximally formal manner and confirmed a partial misunderstanding of the realities in which we live. The position of the Ukrainian football community is unequivocal and has never changed. People like Tymoshchuk have no place in Ukrainian football.”
Tymoshchuk has been working as an assistant to the head coach in Zenit's staff since 2017 and has not left his job in the aggressor country.
