c action before the Rio de Janeiro Games open in less than two weeks is set to play out in the law courts.For many Russian athlete

Sebastian Vettel insists Ferrari has raised the bar again in 2016 despite a winless campaign, one he thinks will provide the foundation for future success.Vettel and Ferrari came into the season hoping to challenge Mercedes for the title but, with three races remaining, look likely to settle for third behind Red Bull. Much of the pre-season optimism came from Vettel claiming three victories in his first season with the team last year.The German admits Ferrari has not been good enough this year.I agree on the fact that we didnt get the results, cant excuse that, but I think theres a lot of work going in at the factory, a lot of things have changed fundamentally since the day that I joined, I think to the better, he said. Unfortunately in Formula One it doesnt happen with a mouse click, to have the results on the track.Of course its always the results that people have in their heads and youll be measured based on your latest results, which is fair enough, its part of the game. Its the same for other people as well, no different to us, I dont think it should be.Its clear that we have very high ambitions and targets, and if we dont meet them then of course we are disappointed as well. As I said we are putting a lot of effort and work in to try and change that.Despite the teams failings this year Vettel is certain Ferrari can raise the bar again in 2017 -- something he believes it has done this season.The level has been fairly high the day I joined but I think we raised the bar again. We are trying to raise it even more for next year, trying to connect everyone and try to work as a team, because we have a lot of people, we have a lot of intelligent, clever, smart people and try to get them together to work on one project.Our understanding of this years car and the cars weve recently built has become a lot better, which should help us again in the future hopefully, but Im fairly confident on that point. 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It rejected an appeal by 67 Russian track and field athletes who the International Association of Athletics Federation had declared ineligible for Rio after previously banning their national federation from international competitions.On Sunday, the International Olympic Committees executive board will consider banning all Russian teams from the Summer Games because of a state-sponsored doping conspiracy.If the IOC imposes the toughest punishment, the Russian OIympic committee could then also challenge it at CAS, which opens a special Olympic court in Rio next week.Cases can go above world sports appeal court. Just a short walk from CASs headquarters in Lausanne is Switzerlands supreme court -- the Swiss Federal Tribunal.Russian sports minister Vitaly Mutko already suggested that the 67 athletes could defend their honor and dignity by going to a higher civil court.Many try but few succeed in persuading Swiss federal judges to overturn CAS verdicts.---WHO CAN APPEAL A CAS VERDICT?Anyone who loses before a typical three-member panel of CAS judges can file a further appeal at its home countrys highest civil court, the Swiss Federal Tribunal.A federal case is slow and tough to win, with few grounds of appeal.Federal judges intervene if legal process was abused but will not re-examine the merits of a case.A faster option for Russian appeals would be for a provisional measure -- an interim ruling to freeze a verdict pending the full case.---WHO HAS BEATEN CAS AT FEDERAL COURT?Very few cases, at a rate of about one per year of around 400 arbitration and appeal processes annually.It is even possible to overturn a CAS verdict in the federal court and still lose the re-triaal.dddddddddddd That happened to tennis player Guillermo Canas of Argentina in 2007.Canas was initially banned for two years by the ATP Tours anti-doping tribunal, and saw that reduced to 15 months at CAS.When Canas went to federal court, Swiss judges ruled his right to be heard had been breached and sent back the case. A second CAS hearing also applied a 15-month ban.---WHATS THE BEST WAY TO BEAT CAS?Federal judges have set aside several verdicts on the grounds that CAS did not have jurisdiction to judge the original case. Those cases include a win and a loss for the International Ice Hockey Federation.The IIHF lost to a German international player whose ban for refusing a doping test was overturned. It then won a million-dollar compensation case against Swiss hockey champion Bern.CAS had awarded the club damages for lost earnings when the 2009-10 Champions Hockey League folded due to the main sponsor, Russian energy giant Gazprom, pulling out.---IS THERE AN EXCEPTION TO GIVE RUSSIA HOPE?The case of Brazilian soccer player Matuzalem stands out for federal judges intervening to say: Enough is enough.He won a supreme court ruling in 2012 over a manifest and serious attack on his rights by FIFA and CAS.Matuzalem broke his contract to force a transfer and was ordered to compensate his former club, Shakhtar Donetsk of Ukraine, around $15 million.When the player struggled to pay, and broke FIFAs disciplinary rules, he filed a further round of appeals to CAS and the federal court.Federal judges objected to Shakhtar having the power to request a ban, which itself could curb Matuzalems ability to earn and repay the debt.In exceptional cases, a sentence can be annulled for violation of the essential principles of the judicial system, named `the public order, the federal court said.Could Russian authorities or athletes eventually persuade Swiss judges that an Olympic ban is a similar violation?Unlikely, but perhaps not impossible. 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