3 November 2016

Sports Integrity Briefs – 3 November 2016

• US long distance runner Kara Goucher, who alleged that Nike Oregon Project head Alberto Salazar had told her to take thyroid drug Cytomel to help her lose baby weight, has launched the Clean Sport Collective. ‘Membership is offered to athletes that pledge that they have and always will train and race clean and commit to being advocates for clean sport’, reads a statement. ‘They are also agreeing to donate $25,000 to the Clean Sport Collective if they test positive for a banned substance’.

David Edmonds has resigned as Chairman of the London Legacy Development Corporation (LLDC), a day after London Mayor Sadiq Khan announced an investigation into the financing of the former London Olympic  Stadium. Edmonds also chaired the board of E20 Stadium LLP, the joint venture between the London Borough of Newham and LLDC, which was responsible for the Olympic Stadium and its post-Games legacy.

• Kenyan Premier League club AFC Leopards have terminated the contracts of three players suspected of match-fixing, reports the Kenya Citizen. Club Chairman, Dan Mule, told the newspaper that the club had suspended leading goalscorer Kepha Aswan, Edwin Wafula, Yusuf Juma and goalkeeper Lucas Indeche after officials spotted what they believed to be a deliberate attempt to sell the club’s 6 November game to Tusker FC.

• New Zealand’s Fraud Film Festival will feature a documentary about South African cricket captain, Hansie Cronje, who was banned for life in 2000 after having been found guilty of match-fixing. ‘This documentary lifts the lid on Cronje’s onfield fraud, prompted by bookmakers whose impact on sport is still felt today’, reads the description on the Film Festival’s internet site. You can watch the documentary, which is reproduced in six parts on YouTube, by clicking here.

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