Swiss Federal Court upholds Ramadan Sobhy's four-year doping ban

The Swiss Federal Court has rejected Pyramids FC midfielder Ramadan Sobhy's final appeal, upholding his four-year ban for manipulating a doping sample.

• The Swiss Federal Court rejected Sobhy's appeal and upheld the Court of Arbitration for Sport's four-year suspension.
• Sobhy filed the appeal in June seeking a reduction of the penalty handed down by CAS.
• His lawyer Hani Zaharan said the Swiss court reviews only procedural validity and the parties' litigation rights.
• Zaharan said Pyramids FC continues to support Sobhy, with a contract clause providing for talks on contract termination.
• Pyramids FC will comply with the four-year ban, which bars Sobhi from all sporting activities, club sources said.
• Club sources described the suspension as a severe blow, given the loss of a key player.
• WADA appealed an Egyptian anti-doping decision lifting Sobhy's provisional suspension, prompting CAS to issue the four-year ban in November 2025.
• The ban keeps Sobhy off the pitch until 2030.
• In a separate case, Sobhy received a one-year suspended sentence for forging official documents at an institute in Giza.
• The irregular sample was collected during a Pyramids FC training session in August 2023.
• The Egyptian anti-doping body cleared Sobhy in July 2024, and WADA later appealed to CAS.
• The four-year suspension imposed on Sobhy runs from November 26, 2025 to October 6, 2029.