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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Archer Stefano Tolosi has been provisionally suspended after returning an adverse analytical finding (AAF) for Hydrochlorothiazide, Chlorothiazide, and 4‐amino‐6‐chloro‐1,3‐benzenedisulfonamide (ACB) at the ‘II Indoor Alp Neplus’ event in Sedico on 31 January. Federico Colombo has also been provisionally suspended after reporting an AAF for metabolites of both THC (cannabis)...
• Rossano Basso, the Coordinator General of the Italian Bodybulding Association (WABBA World), has been sanctioned with a ten year ban, Italy’s anti-doping agency (NADO Italia) has confirmed. Basso was sanctioned for possession of a prohibited substance with intent to supply it to athletes; and for attempting to supply...
This week, five former Russian Athletics Federation (RusAF) officials, including its former President, were sanctioned with four year bans for their part in falsifying documents in an attempt to assist high jumper Danil Lysenko (Данил Лысенко) avoid being sanctioned for a ‘whereabouts’ anti-doping rule violation (ADRV). Analysis of the...
An Irish politician has informed the United Arab Emirates (UAE) about Daniel Kinahan’s apparent residence in Dubai, as boxers continue to back the suspected criminal’s involvement in the sport. Neale Richmond TD has written to HE Sultan Al Ali, the United Arab Emirates (UAE) Ambassador to Ireland, about Daniel...
• Peter Ivanov’s (Петр Иванов) 22 January appointment as Deputy Head of the Federal Anti-monopoly Service (FAS) has forced his resignation as President of the Russian Athletics Federation (RusAF), having been appointed on 30 November last year. The Court of Arbitration for Sport’s (CAS) 17 December Decision regarding the...
The Supervisory Board of the Russian Anti-Doping Agency (RUSADA) has appointed lawyer Tamara Shashikhina (Тамара Шашихина) as its Chair, and Vladimir Chekhonin (Владимир Чехонин) of the Russian Academy of Medical Sciences as its Vice Chair. Shashikhina is a Director of the European Studies Institute of the Moscow State Institute...
New ‘eligibility criteria’ introduced by the International Weightlifting Federation (IWF) ahead of its Elections on 26/27 March give little power to an Independent Ethics and Disciplinary Commission tasked with vetting candidates. The International Olympic Committee (IOC) expressed concerns after a number of long standing members of the IWF Executive...
• Shayna Jack has revealed that her fight to prove that she did not intentionally take Lingradol (LGD-4033) has cost her A$130,000. Jack was provisionally suspended on 12 July 2019 following her 26 June adverse analytical finding (AAF), and was sanctioned with a four year ban. She appealed to...
BBC Panorama confirmed that journalists have been threatened following an exposé of Daniel Kinahan’s involvement in securing a two fight deal between Tyson Fury and Anthony Joshua, set to become one of the the most lucrative contests in British boxing history. Kinahan’s alleged involvement in the criminal underworld, outlined...
A wearable sensor that can detect prohibited substances in sweat via nano materials technology has been developed by researchers in the Republic of Korea, reports Medical & Life Science News. It is understood the optical signal of prohibited substances is enhanced using Raman scattering technology capable of enhancing the...
• Police in Cagliari, Italy, have arrested two people and placed five under investigation following the seizure of over 600 vials of anabolic steroids and other doping substances, reports the Italian press association (ANSA). The two arrested have reportedly been charged with trafficking and distributing performance enhancing substances. •...
The Swedish football association (SvFF) has provisionally suspended four players due to an ongoing criminal investigation into allegations of match-fixing. The most high profile of these is Paweł Cibicki of Pogoń Szczecin, which leads Poland’s Ekstraklasa (First Division). It is alleged that whilst on loan from Leeds United to...
James Kibet has been sanctioned with a four year ban for an anti-doping rule violation (ADRV) involving metabolites of nandrolone, after a Sports Resolutions Arbitrator rejected his explanation that his adverse analytical finding (AAF) was caused by contaminated pork fat. Studies1 suggest that pork fat can contain significant quantities...
Russia is set to be stripped of a Team Gold Medal won in the 50km event at the Murcia 2015 European Race Walking Cup, after reanalysis of a sample given by Ivan Nozkov’s (Иван Носков) revealed an adverse analytical finding (AAF) for erythropoietin (EPO). Nozkov had already been sanctioned...
Pharmacist Andrea Bianchi, who was accused of supplying drugs to cyclists as part of investigations into the Altopack Team, has been sanctioned with a 12 year ban, Italy’s national anti-doping agency (NADO Italia) announced. Police investigations into the Altopack Team were spurred by the death of 21 year old...
