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BWF STATEMENT ON RECENT INTEGRITY DECISIONS 12/23/20 CAS VERDICT AGAINST MAURITIUS BADMINTON PLAYER KATE JESSICA FOO KUNE The Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) has upheld the appeal of the Badminton World Federation (BWF) against the decision of the BWF Doping Hearing Panel in its ruling on Mauritius badminton player Kate Jessica Foo Kune. In November 2019, the independent BWF Doping Hearing Panel determined that Ms. Kate Jessica Foo Kune committed an anti-doping rule violation resulting i...

Wednesday, 16 December 2020 Four-time African womens singles badminton champion Kate Foo Kune will miss next years postponed Olympic Games in Tokyo after she was given a two-year doping ban by the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS). The CAS, ruling on the case after the Badminton World Federation (BWF) appealed the decision of its Doping Hearing Panel not to sanction Kune, said the reigning African champion failed to prove a positive test recorded at the 2019 All-African Championship was the...