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I must appologise to readers for the lateness of this article as I was away for the weekend
The following press release was issued by the FIM Friday 13/10/00
\"The Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) convened in a hearing yesterday in Lausanne (Switzerland) to judge the appeal lodged by Japanese rider Noriyuki Haga 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.
\"The CAS gave its decision this morning: Mr. Haga is excluded from the results of the second race (not of the first race) of the event held in Kyalami-RSA, and is suspended for a period of three weeks as from today, October 12 (exclusive of the 7 days already served at the beginning of July).
\"The full decision will be notified later. The decision of the CAS is final.\"
The new World Superbike Championship point standings heading into this weekend\'s final round at Brands Hatch in England are as follows:
