A sports court orders Russian hockey teams back in

The Court of Arbitration for Sport has ruled that Russian teams must be allowed to take part in all international ice-hockey tournaments. DW reported the ruling on Friday. The sport is ice hockey. The teams are Russian.

The ruling overturns previous decisions of the International Ice Hockey Federation. Those decisions are the ones that had kept the teams out. The court is the Court of Arbitration for Sport.

The scope stated is all international tournaments. It is not limited to one event in the summary used here. The obligation stated is that the teams must be allowed to take part.

Russia is the country of the teams. The federation is the International Ice Hockey Federation. Friday is the day of the report. The result is a legal ruling in sport, not a match result.

No tournament calendar was included in the summary. No vote count inside the federation was included. The facts are the order to admit the teams and the overturning of the earlier decisions.

The recorded ruling requires access for Russian teams. The recorded events are all international ice-hockey tournaments. The recorded body overruled is the International Ice Hockey Federation.