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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Italy’s national anti-doping agency (NADO Italia) reported 119 adverse analytical findings (AAFs) during 2019, 1.32% of the 9,022 doping controls it performed during the year. The largest number of doping tests were conducted in football, Italy’s most popular sport. However, only two AAFs were reported, 0.06% of the 3,356...
The recorded competition performance of Russian Olympic athletes decreased from 2004 to 2019 despite the alleged doping that took place in this era, a new study published by RunRepeat has found. The study involved 24,020 track and field results recorded by 400 Russian athletes who had competed at the...
• Ukrainian distance runner Vitaliy Shafar (Виталий Шафар) was sanctioned with a three year and seven months ban from 31 January 2017, the Athletics Integrity Unit (AIU) of World Athletics has announced. The AIU indicated that the Ukrainian athletics federation had sanctioned Shafar based on abnormalities in his Athlete...
The Russian Athletics Federation (RusAF) postponed a scheduled meeting of its Restoration Commission from 14 August to 18 August, it announced on Friday. In announcing that RusAF would remain suspended until 30 September, one of World Athletics’ criticisms was that a ‘reinstatement commission’ formed under RusAF President Evgeny Yurchenko...
The Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) has overturned an eight year ban issued to Islam El Shehaby (إسلام الشهابي), a three times Olympian and nine times African champion judoka, the Egyptian announced on Facebook (see below). It is understood that the eight year ban was issued by the...
Russia’s Ministry of Sport has sent a one-off subsidy to the Russian Athletics Federation (RusAF), which said had enabled it to pay a US$5 million fine and $1.3 million in associated costs to World Athletics on 12 August. It is understood that the Ministry provided the payment in this...
German biathlete Evi Sachenbacher-Stehle was a victim of Russia’s manipulation of the doping control process during the Sochi 2014 Olympics, Dr. Grigory Rodchenkov has alleged in his book. However, as usual, the truth may be a little more complicated. Russia didn’t report a single adverse analytical finding (AAF) at...
• Saudi Arabian weightlifter Mustafa Radha Almulad has reported an adverse analytical finding (AAF) for exogenous testosterone and the 5α Adiol, the International Weightlifting Federation (IWF) announced. • Italy’s national anti-doping tribunal (TNA) has provisionally suspended baseball player Alessandro Vaglio after he returned an adverse analytical finding (AAF) for...
Greco-Roman wrestler Behrooz Hedayat (فرنگی کار کشتی آقای بهروز) has lost an appeal against a four year ban, Iran’s national anti-doping agency (IraNADO) announced. Hedayat’s ban was the result of a historic adverse analytical finding (AAF) for stanozolol and trenbolone at the Takhti Cup – an Iranian competition to...
The Russian Anti-Doping Agency (RUSADA) refused to agree to warn athletes about doping tests five minutes in advance alleges Yuriy Ganus (Ю́рий Га́нус), RUSADA’s Director General. Ganus alleges that RUSADA’s Founders, the Russian Olympic and Paralympic Committee (ROC & RPC), made the request at a 29 April 2019 meeting....
Cricket South Africa (CSA) has defended its part in a 2015 investigation into match-fixing in the Ram Slam T20 tournament, after allegations that some players were treated preferentially. Former South Africa cricketer Thami Tsolekile told Marawa Sports Worldwide that some players were let off despite being involved in match-fixing....
Narcisse Mouelle Kombi, Cameroon’s Minister of Sport, has provisionally suspended Emmanuel Wakam, President Cameroon’s karate federation (FECAKADA) and five other officials. A statements issued by Kombi (below), outlined the suspension of Wakam. A second statement outlined the provisional suspension of Jean Mbopda, Deputy National Technical Director (2); Marie Ngo Simb...
• Two middle distance runners have been sanctioned with bans for anti-doping rule violations (ADRVs), the Athletics Integrity Unit (AIU) of World Athletics announced. Turkey’s Gülcan Mıngır has been sanctioned with a two year ban, after retests of a sample given at the London 2012 Olympics returned an adverse...
Yuriy Ganus (Ю́рий Га́нус), Director of the Russian Anti-Doping Agency (RUSADA), has alleged that its Charter has been changed in order to prevent his deputy, Margarita Pakhnotskaya (Маргарита Пахноцкая) from taking over his position. “At the meeting , it was decided...
The Supervisory Board of the Russian Anti-Doping Agency (RUSADA) has recommended the removal of its Director General, Yuriy Ganus (Ю́рий Га́нус). The recommendation follows an audit commissioned by RUSADA’s Founders, which alleges financial irregularities at RUSADA. Ganus disputes the audit’s findings. “Unfortunately, our fears have been confirmed”, said Stanislav...
