Court of Arbitration for Sport Clears Athlete of Doping Charges, Makes Governing Body Pay Attorney Fees

In a decision that reverberated throughout the Olympic community, The Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) has ruled that all charges against Caroline Maher, an Egyptian Taekwondo athlete, who was sanctioned after a drug test allegedly came back positive, have been dismissed.   The CAS also ordered the World Taekwondo Federation (WTF) to pay $20,000 for Maher's legal fees and expenses incurred during the arbitration proceedings, an extraordinary result by CAS standards.   Maher, 25, wa