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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The reasoning behind the Swiss Federal Tribunal’s (SFT) Decision to set aside an eight year ban imposed by the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) on Sun Yang reveals that Franco Frattini ‘vigorously contested’ allegations of bias levelled against him. On 24 December, the SFT ruled that the CAS...
Last week, the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) published its Decision concerning the Russian Anti-Doping Agency’s (RUSADA) challenge to the World Anti-Doping Agency’s (WADA) Decision to declare it non-compliant with the World Anti-Doping Code (WADC) for a four year period. The CAS Decision has been criticised for watering...
Kenyan middle distance runner Alfred Kipketer has been sanctioned with a two year ban and South African long jumper Luvo Manyonga has been provisionally suspended for whereabouts failures, the Athletics Integrity Unit (AIU) of World Athletics has announced. Kipketer has been sanctioned with a two year ban from 26...
Heavy snowfall in Madrid has prevented Dr. Eufemiano Fuentes from retrieving belongings seized during the Operación Puerto anti-doping investigation, reports El Pais. It is understood that the items set to be returned to Dr. Fuentes include an ACP 215 Haemonetics Automated Cell Processor machine used to freeze red blood...
Scientists have taken a step closer to developing a method to identify gene doping, according to research published by Analytical Chemistry. A gene editing method known as CRISPR-Cas9 won the 2020 Nobel Prize for Chemistry, as it allows scientists to precisely alter DNA. This is done by adding a ribonucleic...
• Dayana Yastremska has vowed ‘to do everything to clear my name’ and has denied intentionally doping, after she was provisionally suspended by the International Tennis Federation (ITF) due to an adverse analytical finding (AAF) for mesterolone from a 24 November sample. ‘Only a very low concentration of mesterolone metabolite...
The Russian Biathlon Union (RBU) has concluded that a combination of various factors caused mass withdrawals at the Izhevsk Rifle competition over the Christmas period, after it emerged that the Russian Anti-Doping Agency (RUSADA) is investigating. An investigation by the RBU concluded that loss of the event’s status as...
Emil Hekele is considering appealing a four year ban imposed by the Czech Cycling Federation for an anti-doping rule violation (ADRV) involving oxandrolone and clenbuterol. The Czech cyclocross champion argues that he has never taken any prohibited substances and that correct procedures were not followed during his sample collection,...
• Marion Sicot has been sanctioned with a two year ban expiring on 19 July this year for an anti-doping rule violation (ADRV) involving erythropoietin (EPO), reports L’Equipe and AFP. The French cyclist has been provisionally suspended since 18 July 2019 due to an adverse analytical finding (AAF) at...
Athletes currently serving a sanction for a ‘substance of abuse’ can apply for a reduction, now that the 2021 World Anti-Doping Code has come into effect. The World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) has previously confirmed that athletes whose sanction expires after 1 January 2021 can apply for a review of...
The Russian Anti-Doping Agency (RUSADA) is understood to be investigating the Izhevsk Rifle competition, held over the Christmas period, due to allegations that the the arrival of doping control officers (DCOs) prompted mass withdrawals. It is understood that after DCOs turned up to test the women, who competed from...
A two game suspension reportedly issued to Luke Gifford of Dallas Cowboys has once again highlighted differences between the World Anti-Doping Code and the anti-doping programmes of the US professional leagues. The argument that has broken out between the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) and the US over differing sanctions...
Cyclist Emiliano Zara, marathon runner Nino di Francesco and powerlifter Luigi Corti have been sanctioned with four year bans, Italy’s national anti-doping agency (NADO Italia) announced. Zara’s sanction will expire on 15 October 2024, after he was provisionally suspended in October due to an AAF for clenbuterol at the...
• The Swiss Federal Tribunal (Bundesgericht) has said that it is up to the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) to assess if Romano Subiotto is eligible to serve as a member of the Panel during its rehearing of Sun Yang’s case, reports the Associated Press. Subiotto’s independence was...
Brent Naden will be free to return to action on 1 January 2021, despite a 25 October 2020 test after the Australian National Rugby League (NRL) Grand Final returning an adverse analytical finding (AAF) for metabolites of cocaine. ‘Having established that the ingestion of the cocaine was out-of-competition and...
