Brazilian bid to oust Irish rejected

A Court of Arbitration for Sport panel has dismissed an application from Brazil to replace Ireland’s women’s bobsleigh team at the Winter Olympic Games in Vancouver.

The application, made by the Brazilian Ice Sports Federation (CBDG), requested that the Brazilian women’s bobsleigh team be admitted in place of the Irish team of Aoife Hoey and Claire Bergin, whose place had previously been put in jeopardy by a challenge from Australia.