What We Know
FIFA imposed a one-year ban preventing Hapoel Haifa from registering players, along with a €350,000 fine, in connection with the signing of midfielder Ofek Biton from Ukrainian club Polissya Zhytomyr.1Backed by 1 sourceswireisrael.com
Hapoel Haifa has challenged the sanctions before the Court of Arbitration for Sport, known as CAS.3Backed by 3 sourceswireisrael.comfilisrael.comdigest.co.il
The ban followed the transfer of Ofek Biton from Ukrainian club Polissya Zhytomyr to Hapoel Haifa.1Context from one sourceynetnews.com
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- wireisrael.com↗The excerpt directly supports FIFA’s one-year transfer ban and €350,000 fine tied to Ofek Biton, while the headline records Hapoel Haifa’s appeal to CAS.
- filisrael.com↗The French-language excerpt confirms that Hapoel Haifa brought the matter before the CAS after receiving a one-year recruitment ban and a €350,000 fine.
- digest.co.il↗The excerpt confirms that Hapoel Haifa appealed the one-year FIFA transfer ban to CAS and links the sanction to a €350,000 fine and the Ofek Biton transfer.