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Today The FIM issued this press release regarding the case of Yamaha\'s Noriyuki Haga.
\"The Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) announced that the hearing of the appeal lodged by Japanese rider Noriyuki Haga will take place on October 12 next in Lausanne (Switzerland). Mr. Haga had lodged this appeal against the decision of the FIM International Tribunal of Appeal (TIA) of June 30, 2000.
\"This decision notably prohibited him from taking part in any of the activities under FIM control for a period of three weeks as from June 30, 2000. On July 6, the CAS had stayed the execution of the decision taken by the TIA. Following a doping control carried out at the Superbike World Championship round in Kyalami (South Africa) on April 2, the urine samples (A and B) of Mr. Haga contained a quantity of ephedrine above the cut-off level.
My Two bobs worth: At last there is an end in sight to this whole drawn out saga. The result will almost certainly not be issued straight away - in fact it is quite possible that the races will finish and there may no world champion. Let us hope that is not the case.
