Former Portugal coach Carlos Queiroz has won his appeal against the ban he received for insulting anti-doping agents and which led to his sacking last year, the Court of Arbitration for Sport said on Wednesday. Queiroz was suspended by the Portuguese anti-doping agency ADoP for six months on August 30 after insulting the officials during their surprise visit to Portugal's training camp in May before the World Cup.
The Portuguese Football Federation (FPF) fired Queiroz, who had two years to run on his contract, in September and replaced him with former Sporting coach Paulo Bento. Swiss-based CAS, sport's highest tribunal, described those comments in its ruling as "unacceptable" but concluded his behaviour had not disturbed the work of the anti-doping officers. Queiroz, 58, said he had been the victim of a personal vendetta and that ADoP president Luis Horta should be fired.