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 Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) has approved a Settlement Agreement (PDF below) between Nadja Peter Steiner and the international equestrian federation (FEI), which sanctioned her after her horse reported an adverse analytical finding (AAF) in October 2017. Steiner was provisionally suspended from 9 November 2017 until 8...
The FIFA Forward football development system will be used to distribute Covid-19 relief funding to Member Associations, and specific Regulations governing use of such funding are being finalised in collaboration with an external legal counsel. However, FIFA is unlikely to have to pay out the US$1.5 million announced at...
A 20 year old swimmer, who was 19 at the time of his doping test, has been sanctioned with a one year ban for applying a pea-sized amount of the wrong eczema cream during the night, which resulted in an adverse analytical finding (AAF) for clostebol. The Full Decision...
* The World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) describes the ONDCP Report as ‘inaccurate and misleading’, arguing that there is a ‘clear intention to discredit WADA’. To view its full response, click here. The Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP) recommends that the US consider withholding funding from the World...
• Australian swimmer Shayna Jack has taken down her social media accounts after hackers threatened her and posted messages on her Facebook account, reports the Daily Telegraph. It is understood that hackers from a ‘different country’ threatened to post pictures of her unless money was paid, and posted Facebook...
The Rowing Federation of India has blamed food supplements, after 22 junior rowers returned adverse analytical findings (AAFs) for probenecid as a result of tests at a Thailand training camp in December last year, reports the Times of India. Probenecid is a diuretic that can be used to mask...
Ethiopian marathon runner Etaferahu Wodaj has been sanctioned with a 12 year ban, after a joint investigation by the Athletics Integrity Unit (AIU) of World Athletics and the Ethiopian national anti-doping organisation (NADO) found that she had forged medical documentation in an attempt to explain erythropoietin (EPO) use. Wodaj...
The National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing (NASCAR) is investigating after a noose was found in the stall of a black driver who spearheaded a successful campaign to stop NASCAR’s use of the confederate flag. ‘Late this afternoon, NASCAR was made aware that a noose was found in...
The Russian Ministry of Sport considers any move by World Athletics to suspend the accreditation of Authorised Neutral Athletes (ANA) unless the Russian Athletics Federation (RusAF) pays US$5 million to World Athletics by 1 July a breach of international law. RusAF was fined US$10 million by World Athletics in...
Guillermo Bertola is to be stripped of the Silver medal he won in the 10km open water swim at the Lima 2019 Pan American Games, after being sanctioned with a four year ban for lying about his receipt of a blood transfusion as he knew it was prohibited. The...
Christian Coleman has been charged with ‘whereabouts failures’ by the Athletics Integrity Unit (AIU) of World Athletics, after an unsuccessful out of competition test at his home on 9 December last year. Under Article 2.4 of the World Anti-Doping Code, any combination of three missed tests or filing failures...
The 2021 World Anti-Doping Code specifies that samples taken from athletes for anti-doping tests can also be used for gender verification purposes. ‘An International Federation could use data from a Doping Control test to monitor eligibility relating to transgender and other eligibility rules’, reads Footnote 115 to Article 23.2.2...
A New Zealand police officer and Masters endurance athlete imported erythropoietin (EPO) to improve his performance found the Independent Police Conduct Authority (IPCA), rejecting arguments that he had no intention to cheat at sport. As well as being contrary to a Police employment Tribunal ruling, the IPCA Decision is...
A car containing the match officials involved in Bate Borisov’s 2-2 draw with Shakhtar Soligorsk on 14 June was stopped by another vehicle, who forced the officials out of the car and threatened them. The Belarusian football association (ABFF) said that video footage, including the licence plate of the...
A provisional suspension for an athlete that returns an adverse analytical finding (AAF – positive test) for a ‘specified substance’ that features on the World Anti-Doping Agency’s (WADA) Prohibited List is not mandatory. Last week, The Sports Integrity Initiative reported that Salwa Eid Naser was not provisionally suspended because...
