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 Russian boxer, shooter and bobsledder have been sanctioned for doping offences, the Russian Anti-Doping Agency (RUSADA) has announced. Sadam Magomedov (Садама Магомедова), three time Russian boxing champion, has been sanctioned with a two year ban for a ‘whereabouts’ violation, RUSADA announced. Under the World Anti-Doping Agency’s (WADA) International Standard...
Dmitry Shlyakhtin (Дмитрий Шляхтин), President of the Russian Athletics Federation (RusAF) met with the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) Task Force on RusAF’s reinstatement on 16 August, to provide an update on steps taken to stop athletes working with banned coaches. However, as the Athletics Integrity Unit (AIU)...
Seven Russian weightlifters have been provisionally suspended by the International Weightlifting Federation (IWF), based on evidence from Richard McLaren’s two Reports into State doping in combination with samples retrieved from the Moscow Laboratory. Earlier this week, the IWF provisionally suspended five, meaning it has charged 13 Russian weightlifters based...
African and women’s football showed increases in matches involving suspicious betting patterns and youth games remain a concern, according to ‘Suspicious Betting Trends in Global Football 2019’, a Report produced by Stats Perform Integrity and Starlizard Integrity Services. The Report analysed 62,250 matches played during 2018, almost 14% more...
• Yang Fangxu (杨方旭) will not be available to help the Chinese volleyball team defend its Rio 2016 Olympic title, after she was sanctioned with a four year ban after returning a positive test for erythropoietin (EPO) on 11 August last year. Her suspension will run until 11 September...
The International Weightlifting Federation (IWF) has provisionally suspended five Russians based on the evidence from Richard McLaren’s two reports into Russian State doping in combination with samples retrieved from the Moscow Laboratory. The five athletes are: • David Bedzhanyan (Дави́д Беджаня́н), who won Golds in -105kg category at the...
The Athletics Integrity Unit (AIU) of the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) has announced that Tatyana Chernova’s results from 17 August 2008 until 5 February 2016 have been annulled. The AIU said that heptathlete has accepted a charge involving use of a prohibited substance based on evidence in...
Two positive tests by athletes competing at the Lima 2019 Pan American Games were confirmed over the weekend, after swimmer Mauricio Fiol confirmed a positive test for stanozolol last week. The Puerto Rico Olympic Committee (PROC) confirmed that its Gold Medal in doubles bowling has been withdrawn, after Jean...
The Zimbabwe government’s Sports and Recreation Commission (SRC) has mandated its Interim Committee appointed to replace the Directors of Zimbabwe Cricket Board (ZCB) will conduct an investigation into the body. A Deed of Settlement was signed between the government and the ZCB last week, after the International Cricket Council...
• KV Mechelen has said that it will lodge a complaint with FIFA alleging unilateral breach of contract by its goalkeeper, Michaël Verrips. ‘After many promises from the entourage of Michaël Verrips, KV Mechelen only received a concrete offer from Sheffield United on Wednesday evening, one day before the...
• Kelly Lindsey and Khalida Popal, Coach and Program Director of the Afghanistan women’s national team, have sent a letter accusing FIFA of dragging its feet on fully investigating serious allegations that Afghan soccer officials sexually abused players. In June this year, FIFA found Keramuudin Karim, former President of...
• There have been 149 cases of doping between 1 January and 1 July 2019, 10% of which (15) involved cycling, according to figures released by the Mouvement Pour un Cyclisme Crédible (MPCC). Weightlifting reported the highest proportion of doping cases, with 33 cases (22% of the total). The...
Criminal charges involving allegations of money laundering and corruption have been field against South African Minister for Transport, Fikile Mbalula, by AfriForum. The non-governmental organisation, which focuses on representing the rights of Afrikaners, asked public prosecutor Busisiwe Mkhwebane to investigate allegations that Sedgars Sport paid for a 2017 trip...
Depending on what you have read this week, you may think that Donell ‘DJ’ Cooper is pregnant, his girlfriend is pregnant, or he has cheated an anti-doping test by substituting his pregnant girlfriend’s urine for his own. Numerous news articles accepted various conclusions, including the National Enquirer, the New...
The Swiss Office of the Attorney General (OAG) has filed an indictment against three former officials of the German football asscoaition (DFB) and a former FIFA official, alleging that they misled the Germany 2006 World Cup Organising Committee about the purpose of a €6.7 million payment. The OAG alleges...
