Andy has been writing about the governance of sport for over 15 years. Prior to working on the Sports Integrity Initiative, he was the editor of World Sports Law Report for eight years. He has also worked for the Press Association and has written for numerous trade magazines. Isabelle Westbury is a freelance journalist who writes for the SII. Her focus is on politics and sport, especially cricket. She has written for a number of publications including The Guardian, The Times, The Independent, The Daily Mail and The Sun, and broadcasts on cricket for the BBC.
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Maria Sharapova will appeal a two-year ban issued by the International Tennis Federation (ITF), following a damning verdict (PDF below) issued by an Independent Tribunal which accused the tennis star of a number of failings regarding her use of meldonium. Interestingly, although the panel accepted that Sharapova’s anti-doping rule...
Tennis star Maria Sharapova, currently seventh in the WTA Tour rankings, has been provisionally suspended after being charged with an anti-doping rule violation (ADRV) after testing positive for meldonium at the Australian Open. Sharapova has accepted the finding, and will be provisionally suspended from 12 March pending the outcome...
