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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Equestrian Canada is considering an appeal to the Swiss Federal Tribunal against a Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) anti-doping Decision which means that Argentina would take its place at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics. In January, CAS dismissed an appeal from Nicole Walker requesting that a Decision to sanction...
• Tate Jackson is no longer listed on the roster of the International Swimming League’s (ISL) Cali Condors, after he was sanctioned for an anti-doping rule violation (ADRV) involving cannabis by the US Anti-Doping Agency (USADA). Australian swimmer Shayna Jack was dropped from the same team during 2019, due...
The International Judo Federation (IJF) has sanctioned the Islamic Republic of Iran Judo Federation (IRIJF) with a four year suspension for instructing a judoka to lose in order to avoid having to face Israeli opposition. Earlier this month, the United for Navid campaign urged the International Olympic Committee (IOC)...
The US Anti-Doping Agency (USADA) has disputed aspects of a statement issued by a 52 year old cyclist sanctioned with a four year ban for an anti-doping rule violation (ADRV) involving ten prohibited substances (pictured). In a statement given to PinkBike, Vahe Aivazian argued that under USA Cycling rules,...
A major performance enhancing drugs laboratory has been dismantled by Spanish police, following an operation conducted in association with the Spanish anti-doping agency (AEPSAD). Three million active doses were recovered by police, as well as 65kg of active ingredients capable of producing another 38 million doses. Twenty one people...
• The Norwegian and Danish football federations have both written to the international federation of football associations (FIFA) to ask what action it has taken in order to ensure that Qatar respects human rights and worker rights during the 2022 FIFA World Cup. Both letters call on FIFA to...
Sport Ireland reported three anti-doping rule violations (ADRV) during 2020, 0.3% of the 1,045 tests it conducted during the year, its Annual Review (PDF below) reveals. Sport Ireland spent €839,872.64 on testing during the year, meaning that the average cost of a test was €804. Or, looking at the...
Elias Kiptum Miandi has been arrested on 12 counts of forgery, after an investigation by Kenya’s Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) accused the athlete of being part of a criminal syndicate working with foreign journalists to fabricate Kenyan doping stories. Kenya’s Ministry of Sports, Culture and Heritage (MSCH) accused...
The Bulgarian anti-doping centre (BADC) reported 15 adverse analytical findings (AAFs) during 2020, 1.6% of the 931 tests it conducted during the year. Two of the AAFs involved tests that the BADC was commissioned to carry out by other anti-doping organisations (ADOs) and resulted in a weightlifter reporting an...
• The Judicial Control Authority (JCA) of New Zealand has disqualified a greyhound trainer for four months after ‘Zipping Sarah’ tested positive for methamphetamine and amphetamine after winning the ‘Len, Jane and Penny Hart Memorial Feature’ at Addington Raceway run on 12 November 2020. Angela Turnwald, the trainer involved,...
Cricket South Africa (CSA) claims to have averted government action suspending its role to govern the game, due to its failure to appoint an independent governance structure. Nathi Mthethwa, South Africa’s Minister for Sport, considers that the majority of CSA Board members should be independent, and that CSA should...
• On 11 March Alex Schwazer’s coach, Sandro Donati, informed me that he was considering retaining Mike Morgan as Alex Schwazer’s legal advisor, after I had finished writing an article on the case for Play The Game. It has since become apparent that Schwazer and Donati have retained Mike...
• Anežka Drahotová has denied doping, after the Czech anti-doping committee (CADC) informed the race walker that discrepancies in her athlete biological passport (ABP) had identified an adverse analytical finding (AAF) dating from 2018. ‘I am shocked and I do not understand’, read a statement given to Czech media by...
Anti-Doping Switzerland has reported nine doping sanctions during 2020, 0.6% of the 1,538 doping tests it conducted during the year. Sanctions ranged from a warning to a four year ban. Seven cases involved the use, attempted use or possession of anabolic steroids or metabolic modulators, one case involved use...
The Union of European Football Associations (UEFA) has threatened clubs and players that participate in a newly proposed 20 team European Super League (ESL) with bans from other competitions. The 12 founding clubs that would form the ESL confirmed the details of the competition this morning, after news reports...
