Headlines are always tricky due to the brevity, but, in certain contexts, I think you could possibly get away with overruled, in the sense of ruled against. I think you could argue that it is being used in that sense in the following example (even although it is in fact the ban or byelaw that is being overruled - in this case, an appeal has been rejected):

JO-2012: le TAS déboute le Comité olympique britannique sur le dopage
Le Tribunal arbitral du sport (TAS) a débouté lundi le Comité olympique britannique dans son bras de fer avec l'Agence mondiale antidopage, estimant illégale sa volonté d'écarter des Jeux les athlètes britanniques condamnés à plus de 6 mois de suspension pour dopage.
http://www.lepoint.fr/sport/jo-2012-le-tas-deboute-le-comite...

Court overrules BOA Olympic lifetime doping bans
The BOA, British Olympic Association has had its policy of life time bans for drug abusers overturned by the Court of Arbitration for Sport (Cas).
http://www.tekjournalismuk.com/1/post/2012/4/court-overules-...

CAS over-rules BOA lifetime bans for dopers as WADA blasts BOA
http://www.trackalerts.com/index.php/news/latest-stories/693...