Serbia appeals to CAS over Kosovo's UEFA membership

BELGRADE - The Serbian Football Association has submitted an appeal to the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) against Kosovo being accepted as a member of UEFA.

UEFA member federations voted 28-24 in favor of Kosovo's application in May, despite strong protests from Serbia against its former province.

The decision allows Kosovo to take part in qualifications for the 2018 World Cup in Russia, but the then-president of Serbia's federation, Tomislav Karadzic, said it was a "political vote, not a footballing proposal."

"I spoke at the UEFA congress and said this was a political decision and that UEFA opened Pandora's box with it," Karadzic said in a statement.

"Football is defeated today, football is [beholden to] politics and this decision can have a deep impact on football in the future.

"We have been fighting against it for four years, but first the...

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