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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Twenty nine athletes from five countries, competing in ten sports, were involved in anti-doping proceedings that came to light during the past week. Italy’s anti-doping prosecutor (PNA) issued sanctions to 23 athletes, ten of which were cyclists. Of those ten cyclists, six were sanctioned for anti-doping rule violations involving...
Sixteen athletes from ten countries, competing in eleven sports, were involved in anti-doping proceedings that came to light during the past week. The arrest of a Doctor in Greece illustrated the power that Police investigations have in dismantling the doping supply chain as opposed to the sporting jurisprudence system,...
Ten athletes from nine countries, competing in nine sports, were involved in anti-doping proceedings that came to light during the last week. Cases included the stripping of a London 2012 Gold Medal from a hurdler; a 19 year old triple jumper; a Polish international footballer; a deaf judoka and...
Fifteen athletes from nine countries, competing in nine sports, were involved in anti-doping proceedings that came to light in the past week. Cases included a former world number one tennis player returning an adverse analytical finding (AAF – or ‘positive test’) for an anti-anaemia drug; two Kenyan distance runners...
Eighteen athletes from 13 countries, competing in ten sports, were involved in anti-doping proceedings that came to light in the past week. Cases involved confirmation that the British 4x100m team will be stripped of its Tokyo 2020 Silver Medal after CJ Ujah received a 22 month ban; An investigation...
Twenty athletes from nine countries, competing in eleven sports, were involved in anti-doping proceedings that came to light this week. Two high profile boxing cases attracted media attention. A positive test by a UK fighter derailed a prize fight, and a former World Boxing Council (WBC) title holder from...
A total of 36 athletes competing in 17 sports, from 13 countries, were involved in anti-doping proceedings that came to light during the week ending 30 September 2022. Cases involved two Kenyan distance runners receiving one year reductions to four year bans after admitting anti-doping rule violations (ADRVs) for...
Nine athletes from eight countries, competing in five sports, were involved in anti-doping proceedings that came to light during the week to 23 September. Cases involved footballers from Senegal and Honduras and a 14 year old tennis player, underlining that Kamila Valieva is not the only young Russian involved...
Eighteen athletes from eight countries, competing in 13 sports, were involved in anti-doping proceedings that came to light in the week ending 16 September. Cases involved a three year ban given to an 18 year old Russian for use of erythropoietin (EPO); a finding of no fault for a...
Twenty five athletes from nine countries, competing in 12 sports, were involved in anti-doping proceedings that came to light during the past week. Interesting cases involved seven year bans issued to a Kenyan distance runner and a Georgian shot-putter; two Russian cases involving the reversal of previous Decisions resulting...
Nine athletes from six counties, competing in seven sports, were involved in anti-doping proceedings that came to light over the past week. Cases involved a positive test from a Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games winner that could jeopardise relay Golds; an Army Sergeant sanctioned for a substance used to treat...
Twenty athletes from eight countries, competing in eight sports, were involved in anti-doping proceedings that came to light during the past week. One case involved an Indian athlete dropping her defence that a supplement was to blame for her adverse analytical finding (AAF – or ‘positive test’. The reason?...
Fifteen athletes from ten countries, competing in ten sports, were involved in anti-doping proceedings that came to light during the past week. Two cases didn’t involve actual anti-doping rule violations (ADRVs), but allegations that substances were administered in order to cheat at sport. The first case involved allegations that...
Nineteen athletes from nine countries, competing in nine sports, were involved in anti-doping proceedings that came to light during the past week. Cases involved a lifetime ban issued to a US Cyclist due to an investigation launched after an alleged domestic abuse case; an 18 month ban issued to...
A massive 44 athletes from eleven countries, competing in 22 sports, were involved in anti-doping proceedings that came to light during the past week. The reason that the number was so high was twofold. Firstly, on 1 August, the Russian Anti-Doping Agency (RUSADA) publicised 14 sanctions and, secondly, India’s...
