By MICHAEL MIYOBATHE Sports Council of Zambia should speed up the process of establishing the Arbitration Sports Tribunal to deal with sports disputes instead of them going to courts of law, Lusaka lawyer Dickson Jere has said.Jere said the tribunal should have jurisdiction over all disputes in Sports Federations.He was speaking during the National, Organisation for Women in Sport Physical Activity and Recreation (NOWSPAR) online seminar on sports arbitration and justice.He said no athletes or administrators should take their disputes to courts of law when the Arbitration Sports Tribunal is established.Jere said the tribunal should act as an appeal body from sports federations to have uniformity in how sports disputes are resolved in the country.“Sports federations should also consider putting in place arbitration and mediation processes within their federations which will act as first instance bodies to deal with disputes before they are taken to the Sports Council Tribunal,” Jere said.He noted that countries such […]
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