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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Just four athletes competing in four sports, from two countries, were involved in anti-doping proceedings that came to light this week. An unfolding investigation in Portugal means that the spotlight is likely to focus on professional cycling once again. Although it has yet to be officially confirmed exactly which...
Twenty nine athletes from ten counties, competing in 13 sports, were involved in anti-doping proceedings that came to light this week. Cases involved a Marathon runner who was provisionally suspended just days before the Oregon 2022 Marathon, two months after he was tested; a doping scandal involving a 3×3...
Eight athletes from eight countries, competing in seven sports, were involved in anti-doping proceedings that came to light this week. The major news is that Nijel Amos, London 2012 Marathon Silver Medal winner, will miss the Oregon 2022 World Athletics Championships due to an adverse analytical finding (AAF –...
Fourteen athletes from five countries, competing in 11 sports, were involved in anti-doping proceedings that came to light this week. Cases included an inline skater who lost his spot at the Birmingham 2022 World Games due to a female infertility drug; and an athlete who received a public warning...
Nine athletes from eight countries, competing in six sports, were involved in anti-doping proceedings that came to light this week. Five of the Decisions underlined why the criminalisation of doping in sport is vital to ensuring that not just the athlete is punished, but also those who facilitate and...
Just four athletes from three counties, competing in four sports, were involved in anti-doping proceedings that came to light this week. Sanctions issued ranged from a thee month ban issued to a Russian amputee footballer, to an eight year ban issued to a Kazakh cyclist who rode for the...
Fifteen people from seven countries, competing in 11 sports, were involved in anti-doping proceedings that came to light in the past week. The 15 sanctioned people included Tamás Aján and Nicu Vlad, who were sanctioned with life bans due to their roles in corrupting anti-doping procedures whilst President and...
1xBet, a betting company that briefly sponsored Chelsea, Tottenham and Liverpool and is run by Russians wanted by law enforcement authorities, is profiting in bizarre fashion from Ukrainian Table Tennis. While Russia continues its war against Ukraine, most sport has ground to a halt. Due to the imposition of...
Nine athletes from six countries, competing in four sports, were involved in anti-doping proceedings that came to light this week. Media attention focused on Jamaican triple and long jumper Sabina Allen, UK doubles tennis player Tara Moore, and three Russian rowers sanctioned on the basis of information retrieved from...
Fifteen athletes from nine countries, competing in 12 sports, were involved in anti-doping proceedings that came to light this week. The continued use of erythropoietin (EPO) in cycling was underlined by a four year ban issued to Marcin Polak, who returned three adverse analytical findings (AAFs – or ‘positive...
Just four athletes from four countries, competing in four sports, were involved in anti-doping proceedings that came to light this week. The major news was that Tandara Caixeta, who plays for Brazil’s volleyball team, has been sanctioned with a four year ban for an anti-doping rule violation (ADRV) involving...
A total of 25 athletes from eleven countries, competing in eleven sports, were involved in anti-doping proceedings that came to light in the past week. Whilst not strictly involving anti-doping, Russia’s plans to prepare a Bill exempting Russia from the effect of Decisions reached by the Court of Arbitration...
Fifteen athletes from eight countries, competing in 12 sports, were involved in anti-doping proceedings that came to light this week. The headline-grabbing news was that Danilo Hondo, who confessed to blood doping in a May 2019 ARD interview, was sanctioned with an eight year ban, five and a half...
Fifteen athletes from five countries, competing in five1 sports, were involved in anti-doping proceedings that came to light this week. The major news was that the Russian Anti-Doping Agency (RUSADA) has sanctioned four Doctors from the Chuvash region with life bans for administering intravenous infusions in excess of the...
Sixteen athletes from nine countries, competing in eight sports, were involved in anti-doping proceedings that came to light this week. Cases involved an Ethiopian marathon runner charged with use of Erythropoietin (EPO); four Pakistani weightlifters who refused tests, as well as an additional two who returned an adverse analytical...
