The Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) in Lausanne has lifted the 12-month FIFA suspension previously imposed on Algerian international footballer Youcef Bela\u00efli. The decision clears the way for the 34-year-old winger to resume his professional career, following a sanction issued last March by FIFA's dispute resolution chamber. The original suspension stemmed from a financial disagreement with his former club, AC Ajaccio, which had accused him of using a falsified document, a penalty that notably prevented his participation in the 2026 World Cup with Algeria.<\/p>\n
This favorable ruling by the CAS specifically reactivates a contract Bela\u00efli had already signed with Tunisian club Esp\u00e9rance Sportive de Tunis, extending until June 2027. As a result, the 2019 African champion is now eligible to join the "sang et or" squad, which is scheduled to commence its Tunisian Ligue 1 season on August 23 against \u00c9toile du Sahel. The decision marks a significant development, especially after Esp\u00e9rance had indicated in late July that the matter was definitively closed.<\/p>\n
While his immediate future with Esp\u00e9rance Sportive de Tunis appears settled, the player's long-term club affiliation remains a subject of ongoing interest. Algerian club MC Alger, which had also been in negotiations for Bela\u00efli's return, reportedly continues to pursue efforts to secure the international player. Meanwhile, Bela\u00efli and his family have been observed celebrating the conclusion of this lengthy judicial challenge, marking the end of his suspension.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
The Court of Arbitration for Sport has lifted the 12-month FIFA suspension on Algerian international Youcef Bela\u00efli, enabling his return to professional football. This decision allows him to activate his contract with Esp\u00e9rance Sportive de Tunis.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":68080,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"rank_math_lock_modified_date":false,"cybocfi_hide_featured_image":"","iawp_total_views":2,"footnotes":""},"categories":[40],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-68081","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sports"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/68081","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=68081"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/68081\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/68080"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=68081"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=68081"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=68081"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}