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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A Report by Haiti’s National Human Rights Defence Network (RNDDH) appears to contradict FIFA’s claim that it first became aware of allegations of sexual abuse against Yves Jean-Bart, President of the Haiti Football Federation (FHF) through a 30 April article in The Guardian. ‘FIFA only learnt about sexual abuse...
Sport’s integrity bodies are appealing for the governing bodies of individual sports and bookmakers to be vigilant, due to signs of increased betting and match-fixing. Whilst team sports remain suspended, individual sports where social distancing is possible – such as tennis, snooker, horse racing and others – have announced...
Lying to anti-doping organisations (ADOs) is only a good idea if you have money. Mo Farah denied receiving L-Carnitine injections when questioned by investigators from the US Anti-Doping Agency (USADA), returning to admit receiving them after being told to do so by British Athletics. No action has been taken against...
• The Russian Judo Federation has sanctioned Suleim Mutaliev (Сулейма Муталиева) with a four year ban for violating Article 2.8 of the All Russian Anti-Doping Rules, the Russian Anti-Doping Agency (RUSADA) announced. This covers attempted administration of prohibited substances to athletes. Margarita Pakhnotskaya (Маргарита Пахноцкая), Deputy Director of RUSADA, told...
The integrity department of the Spanish football association (RFEF) has transferred ‘new information’ regarding the ongoing Operation Oikos match-fixing investigation to its Competition Committee which will determine if new disciplinary measures need to be opened, said the RFEF in a statement. Over the weekend, reports emerged that police are...
• The International Federation of Football Associations (FIFA) has confirmed that its Ethics Committee is investigating sexual abuse allegations against Yves-Jean Bart, President of the Haitian Football Federation (HFF). ‘FIFA only learnt about sexual abuse claims concerning Mr Jean-Bart through the article published in The Guardian on 30 April’,...
Indian discus thrower Sandeep Kumari has been sanctioned with a four year ban, after a sample declared as clean by India’s National Dope Testing Laboratory (New Delhi Laboratory) returned an adverse analytical finding (AAF) for metenolone upon reanalysis by the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA). The full Decision (PDF below)...
FIFA and UEFA questioned Andriy Pavelko (Андрій Павелко), President of the Ukrainian football association (УАФ), over use of football development funds, however it remains unclear as to whether a formal investigation was ever opened. Pavelko and the УАФ argue that no FIFA or UEFA investigation was opened, as no...
• Dmitry Sergeyevich Badin (Дмитрий Сергеевич Бадин), wanted by the US Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) in connection to hacks into the world’s anti-doping systems under the ‘Fancy Bears’ monicker, has also been implicated in hacks into the 2016 US Presidential election and into Germany’s Bundestag, reports the Süeddeutsche...
• Irene Jeptoo Kipchumba has been sanctioned with an additional two year ban after admitting competing whilst serving a doping ban. Distance runner Kipchumba was initially sanctioned with a two year ban from 22 September 2017, after reporting an adverse analytical finding (AAF) for prednisolone on 19 March 2017...
The British Boxing Board of Control (BBBofC) has confirmed that Tyson Fury’s victory over Christian Hammer stands, despite Fury testing positive for Nandrolone after the 28 February 2015 fight and despite UK Anti-Doping (UKAD) ruling that Fury’s win should be disqualified. Paragraph 3.2 of UKAD’s Ruling (PDF below) outlines...
FIFA has told AP that it is among the 27 international federations that will receive evidence from the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) regarding potential anti-doping rule violations (ADRVs), based on matching the evidence in the two Pound and two McLaren Reports with manipulations detected in the Laboratory Information Management...
• England footballer Kieran Trippier has been charged with breaches of the Betting Rules of England’s Football Association, it was announced on 1 May. Trippier has been charged with breaches of Rule E8(1)(a), which prohibits betting; and Rule E8(1)(b), which prohibits provision of inside information for betting purposes. The...
Documents handed to prosecutors in Italy and Switzerland allege that the European swimming federation (LEN) made payments to three Italian companies for services that were never provided, reports the Frankfurter Allgemeine and Swimming World. LEN President Paolo Barelli, Secretary General David Sparkes and Treasurer Tamás Gyárfás reportedly signed a...
Six anti-doping rule violations (ADRVs) were recorded by Anti-Doping Switzerland during 2019, 0.3% of the 2,017 tests it conducted in the year. The body’s Annual Report (PDF below) reveals it spent CHF949,103 (€893,780) on testing during 2019, which means that on average (as the cost of blood and urine...
