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 Asian Football Confederation (AFC) has sanctioned four players with life bans for match-fixing offences. Kursanbek Sheratov, a player with Kyrgyzstan’s Dordoi FC, was sanctioned with a life ban for conspiring to ‘manipulate the result of a match in a manner contrary to sporting ethics and support betting...
Peruvian swimmer Mauricio Fiol announced on social media (see below) that he has tested positive for stanozolol for a second time, and so will miss the Lima 2019 Pan American Games. He was due to come in the 4x100m and 4x200m freestyle relays, as well as the mixed 4x100m...
Swiss powerlifter Carole Deiana has been sanctioned with a four year ban for refusing a doping test on 10 March 2018 at the ‘Grand Prix d’Endurance de Pont-de-Claix – benchpress & deadlift’. On 18 February 2019, the French anti-doping agency (AFLD) found that she had violated Article 232-22 of...
The Court of Arbitration for Sport’s (CAS) decision to reject Caster Semenya’s challenge to the Differences of Sexual Development (DSD) Regulations promulgated by the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) is a watershed moment. The issue has exploded beyond the relatively small world of sports regulation because it encompasses...
The Swiss Federal Supreme Court has revoked a 31 May supra-provisional order suspending the application of the International Association of Athletics Federations’ (IAAF) DSD Regulations to Caster Semenya. It has also rejected requests for the provisional suspension of the DSD Regulations from both the South African runner and from...
• Motocross rider Christian Craig is to appeal a two year sanction issued by the international motorcycling federation (FIM) to the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS). Craig announced that he had been sanctioned with a two year ban after testing positive for heptaminol, a stimulant, on 10 March...
The International Swimming League (ISL) has suspended Shayna Jack, who was selected to compete for the Cali Condors in the inaugural edition of the competition, scheduled to begin in October. A statement from the ISL said that Jack has been suspended following her ‘doping violation’, despite the Australian Sports...
Australian swimmer Shayna Jack has blamed contaminated supplements after testing positive for Lingradol (LGD-4033), arguing that she never intended to cheat and vowing to fight to clear her name. Jack tested positive for the developmental selective androgen receptor modulator (SARM) on 26 June, and Swimming Australia provisionally suspended her...
• State gambling operator Svenska Spel has suspended all bets on football matches taking place in Sweden’s 15-team Men’s Division 2 Södra Svealand, after the Swedish football association (SvFF) received reports that 13 matches may have been influenced by betting related manipulation. ‘In many cases, the reports are supported...
A 2018 Study found that none of 33 supplements analysed contained any of 284 substances that feature on the World Anti-Doping Agency’s (WADA) Prohibited List. The Study, conducted by Anti-Doping Denmark (ADD), Team Denmark, the Danish Food & Drug Administration, and the Danish Medicines Agency, involved 33 samples of...
• Professional football has been added to a list of activities that the European Commission considers should be monitored by Member States to prevent money laundering. ‘Professional football’s complex organisation and lack of transparency have created fertile ground for the use of illegal resources’, reads Supranational risk assessment of...
Dillian Whyte was cleared to fight Oscar Rivas in London on 20 July by the British Boxing Board of Control (BBBofC), UK Anti-Doping (UKAD) and the Voluntary Anti-Doping Association (VADA) after returning a positive test, his promoter Eddie Hearn has stated. Hearn announced that the bodies had cleared the...
The 18th FINA World Championships in the Republic of Korea have been largely overshadowed by protests against Sun Yang, the Chinese swimmer who has won two Gold medals. Australian Mack Horton refused to share a podium with him after he won 400m Freestyle Gold on 21 July. Following this,...
The Spanish government has passed legislation creating a National Commission to Combat Manipulation of Sports Competitions and Betting Fraud. The new body will be overseen by Spain’s Ministries of Finance; Interior; and Culture and Sport and will feature representatives from Spain’s Directorate General for the Organisation of Gambling (DGOJ),...
• The Estonian Public Prosecutors Office has confirmed that it is still investigating whether Estonian ski Coach Mati Alaver had persuaded athletes to dope, and whether that constitutes a crime under Estonian law. The Office began investigations in March, after Estonian skiers Karel Tammjärv, Andreas Veerpalu, and Algo Kärp...
