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. He has also created, chaired and spoken at numerous conferences on the business of sport, and produced the Sports Law Show for iSportConnect TV.
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Three weightlifters, a powerlifter, and a sprinter have been sanctioned for anti-doping rule violations (ADRV), the Russian Anti-Doping Agency (RUSADA) has announced. Sergey Bondarenko (Сергея Бондаренко), a member of the Russian national team in the +105kg category, has been sanctioned with a four year ban from 19 May 2020...
The World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) wants the US Anti-Doping Agency (USADA) to charge Steve Magness with an anti-doping rule violation (ADRV), after he was administered an L-carnitine infusion in excess of permissible limits by Alberto Salazar and Dr. Jeff Brown whilst working at the Nike Oregon Project (NOP). A...
Nesta Carter’s lawyer has confirmed to The Sports Integrity Initiative that the Jamaican sprinter has returned an adverse analytical finding (AAF – or ‘positive test’) for an unnamed prohibited substance. Carter will attend a hearing on 14 October, where the Jamaican Anti-Doping Commission (JADCO) will consider Carter’s explanation for...
This week’s SII Anti-Doping Monitor recorded 22 doping cases involving 21 Athletes and a Coach from eight countries, competing in eight sports. The story that grabbed headlines was the life ban issued to Liu Ning, the Chinese former Coach of the Thai weightlifting team. During the lead up to...
• At least ten international professional tennis players from France, Spain, Belgium and the Netherlands regularly work with a match-fixer in order to earn extra income, a young Dutch player has told a NPO Radio podcast, Gefixt. The Dutch tennis association (KNLTB) highlighted that all players are bound by...
The Russian handball federation (ФГР) has requested a criminal investigation against eight players it has sanctioned for match-fixing at the U19 European Championships in Croatia. The ФГР sanctioned Alexander Morozov (Александр Морозов – Chekhov Bears), Daniil Dmitriev (Даниил Дмитриев – CSKA-2), Georgy Kirilenko (Георгий Кириленко – SKIF), and Maxim...
Three cyclists have been sanctioned for anti-doping rule violations (ADRVs), Italy’s anti-doping agency (NADO Italia) has announced. Amateur cyclist Luca Staccioli has been sanctioned with a three year ban after reporting an adverse analytical finding (AAF – or ‘positive test’) for testosterone at the Paesetto Trophy 3 in Bozzone...
The US National Women’s Soccer League (NWSL) has forwarded allegations of sexual coercion by Coach Paul Riley to the US Center for SafeSport. ‘The league, in concert with the North Carolina Courage, has reacted swiftly in response to these new allegations, and former head coach Paul Riley has been...
• Two cyclists, aged 20 and 47, have been sanctioned for anti-doping rule violations (ADRVs), Italy’s anti-doping agency (NADO Italia) announced. Federico Arioli, a promising young cyclist, has been sanctioned with a four year ban from 28 September 2021 for use/attempted use of an unnamed prohibited substance. Mirko Talignani...
FIFA recorded no positive tests (or adverse analytical findings – AAFs) from 602 samples collected from 354 tests on players during the period from July 2020 to June 2021, its annual Anti-Doping Report (below) reveals. It did record one atypical finding (ATF), however FIFA determined that meat contamination was...
The International Weightlifting Federation (IWF) has sanctioned Liu Ning, the former Coach of the Thai weightlifting team, with a life ban from 15 March 2021, its List of Sanctions reveals. An eight year ban has also been issued to Boyanka Kostova, who was provisionally suspended after a sample collected...
• A youth swimmer and a senior ice hockey player have been sanctioned for anti-doping rule violations (ADRVs), the Russian Anti-Doping Agency (RUSADA) has announced. Ivan Arshava (Ивана Аршаву) has been sanctioned with a two year ban from 13 March 2020, after a sample he gave recorded an adverse...
The Union of European Football Associations (UEFA) has appealed to the Provincial Court of Madrid, after its Commercial Court No. 17 ordered it to drop disciplinary proceedings against FC Barcelona, FC Juventus, and Real Madrid over their continued involvement in the European Super League (ESL) project. After being ordered...
• The Swedish football federation (SvFF) has sanctioned four players with lengthly bans after finding them guilty of match-fixing and illegal betting. The four were provisionally suspended on 3 February this year due to an ongoing criminal investigation into match-fixing. Robin Armandt has been sanctioned with a five year...
The Confederation of North, Central America and Caribbean Association Football (CONCACAF) has disqualified Inter Moengo Tapoe and CD Olimpia from the CONCACAF League for ‘serious breachers of integrity rules’ that occurred after CD Olimpia’s 6-0 victory on 21 September. The CAF examined a video (below), which appears to show...
