European Tour Wins Case with LIV Golf After Panel Ruling
London, Apr 6 (AP) The European tour was within its rights to sanction members who competed on the Saudi-funded LIV Golf without permission, an independent tribunal ruled on Thursday. An appeal panel at Sports Resolutions found that a number of players, including Ian Poulter and Lee Westwood, committed "serious breaches" of the European tour's code of behavior by playing in LIV Golf events last year despite requests to be released having been refused. Also Read | IPL 2023 Kolkata Knight Riders vs Royal Challengers Bangalore Free Live Streaming Online on JioCinema: Get TV Channel Telecast Details of KKR vs RCB T20 Cricket Match on Star Sports. The ruling allows the European tour to impose fines of 100,000 pounds (USD 125,000) on players who competed, and will compete, in the rival league without a conflicting events release. Keith Pelley, the European tour chief executive, welcomed the tribunal's decision. Also Read | Fans Pay Rs 300 As Parking Fee To Watch RR vs PBKS IPL 2023 Match in Guwahati, Express Discontentment With ACA. "We are delighted that the panel recognized we have a responsibility to our full membership to do this and also determined that the process we followed was fair and proportionate," Pelley said. "In deciding the level of these sanctions last June, we were simply administering the regulations which were created by our members and which each of them signed up to." It was the first court decision since LIV Golf began in June, and will likely mean Westwood, Poulter, Sergio Garcia and others are likely to resign their European tour membership. AP (This is an unedited and auto-generated story from Syndicated News feed, LatestLY Staff may not have modified or edited the content body)
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