Cole to appeal to CAS

Arsenal's Ashley Cole is to take his "tapping-up" case to the Court of Arbitration for Sport in Lausanne after losing an appeal over the affair involving the England defender and Chelsea. Originally fined £100,000 by the Premier League for breaching...

Arsenal's Ashley Cole is to take his "tapping-up" case to the Court of Arbitration for Sport in Lausanne after losing an appeal over the affair involving the England defender and Chelsea.

Originally fined £100,000 by the Premier League for breaching rules on approaches to players, Cole lost an initial appeal on Wednesday - although his fine was cut to £75,000.

But the England defender's solicitor Graham Shear said in a statement yesterday that Cole was still not happy with the Premier League Appeals Committee verdict.

"Ashley is absolutely adamant that he will be proceeding with an appeal to the Court of Arbitration for Sport as he remains entirely dissatisfied with the result," Shear said.

Along with Cole, Chelsea coach Jose Mourinho also lost his appeal on Wednesday - but similarly had a £200,000 fine reduced to £75,000.

As a club, Chelsea had accepted a fine of £300,000 pounds and had not appealed the original sanctions.

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