Kuwait seeks $1 bn in damages from IOC

AFP, KUWAIT CITY: Kuwait has filed suit in a Swiss court seeking $1 billion in damages from the International Olympic Committee over its suspension from competition, its youth and information minister said.
The IOC and world football governing body FIFA suspended Kuwait in October over laws that allow government interference in sports.
Sheikh Salman al-Humoud Al-Sabah said that the suspension, which threatens to exclude Kuwaiti athletes from the Olympics in Rio in August, was “unjustifiable” and imposed without proper investigation.
“It’s totally unacceptable that Kuwait is treated in this unfair way and barred from international sports activities without any appropriate probe being conducted,” the official KUNA news agency quoted the minister as saying late on Wednesday.

Kuwait seeks $1 bn in damages from IOC

AFP, KUWAIT CITY: Kuwait has filed suit in a Swiss court seeking $1 billion in damages from the International Olympic Committee over its suspension from competition, its youth and information minister said. The IOC and world football governing body FIFA suspended Kuwait in October over laws that allow government interference in sports. Sheikh Salman al-Humoud Al-Sabah said that the suspension, which threatens to exclude Kuwaiti athletes from the Olympics in Rio in August, was unjustifiable and imposed without proper investigation. Its totally unacceptable that Kuwait is treated in this unfair way and barred from international sports activities without any appropriate probe being conducted, the official KUNA news agency quoted the minister as saying late on Wednesday.