should pay former participant Maja Gothberg over €69,000 compensation after the
TURIN, ITALY – FEBRUARY 08: SS Lazio President Claudio Lotito prior the Serie A match between on the Juventus stadium on February 08, 2026 in Turin, Italy. (Photograph by Marco Rosi – SS Lazio/Getty Photographs)
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That is thought of to be a landmark case on the earth of girls’s soccer, and Lazio will due to this fact have an unlucky place within the historical past books.
Gothberg had disclosed her being pregnant in the summertime of 2024 and Lazio had negotiated a brand new contract along with her for the 2024-25 season, however it was by no means signed.
She argued this was as a result of the membership backed out because of her being pregnant, and the CAS agreed with them right now.
Lazio defeated in landmark case
ROME, ITALY – MAY 13: SS Lazio followers in the course of the Coppa Italia Ultimate match with at Stadio Olimpico on Could 13, 2026 in Rome, Italy. (Photograph by Paolo Bruno/Getty Photographs)
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The 28-year-old had been anticipated in Rome on July 18 for routine medical assessments and pre-season coaching, however didn’t journey on the exact date because of nausea, fatigue and vomiting.
Lazio claimed that her failure to journey meant that she had withdrawn from the proposed contract.
The Courtroom of Arbitration for Sport rejected their argument that Gothberg’s agent had been in talks with , displaying messages telling the Stadio Tardini facet that they weren’t obtainable for switch.
It was due to this fact thought of to be a binding contract in existence earlier than the being pregnant was disclosed.
, the union for all skilled soccer gamers, stated this “groundbreaking” ruling “establishes an vital precedent across the confidentiality of pregnancy-related medical data.”
It was the primary time ever that the CAS had awarded compensation to a participant for unlawfully ending an employment relationship because of being pregnant.