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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Footballer Mamadou Sakho has launched a £13 million lawsuit against the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA), reports the Evening Standard, alleging that a provisional suspension for higenamine damaged his career. Sakho was provisionally suspended in 2016 after testing positive for the substance, however UEFA was forced to drop the case...
Dominik Baldauf and Max Hauke have been sanctioned with four year bans after being found guilty of anti-doping rule violations (ADRVs) including blood doping. The two Austrian cross country skiers were caught as part of a coordinated police raid into a doping network in February. Hauke was apprehended in...
The European Commission has requested details of all sponsorship contracts concluded by Nike’s European Operations headquarters with athletes and sporting teams from 2006-17, after concluding that the Netherlands provided illegal State Aid through Advanced Pricing Arrangements (APAs) with the sportswear company that resulted in it paying less tax. The...
Athletes competing in rugby union, ice hokey, cycling, swimming and cross country skiing have been sanctioned for doping offences, the Russian Anti-Doping Agency (RUSADA) announced. Rugby union player Dmitry Gritsenko (Дмитрия Гриценко), who plays for the RC Kuban and has competed for the national team, was sanctioned with a...
Ninety five percent of 1,324 Spanish footballers from 88 teams questioned by researchers from the University of Granada were unaware of the existence of the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA), and 97.4% were unaware of its Prohibited List. Just under half (46%) of those questioned are understood to be professional...
• Sérgio Cabral, the former Governor of Rio, has testified that he paid US$2 million in bribes to secure the hosting of the Rio 2016 Olympics, reports Bloomberg. It is understood that Cabral, who is serving a 15 year prison sentence, told prosecutors that Lamine Diack, former President of...
A warrant for the arrest of former professional baseball player Lee Yeo-sang, 35, has been issued after he was found to have injected steroids into youth baseball players based at his academy, the Korean Ministry of Food and Drug Safety (MFDS) announced. The MFDA said that ten items including...
• Ilyas Nurgaliyev (Ильяс Нургалиев), an 800m runner, has been sanctioned with a two year ban for an anti-doping rule violation (ADRV) involving oxilofrine (methylsynephrine), the Russian Athletics Federation (RusAF) announced. Nurgaliyev returned an Adverse Analytical Finding (AAF) on 21 July 2018 at the Russian Championships in Kazan, and...
Three powerlifters, three weightlifters, three track and field athletes, and a blind athlete have been sanctioned with anti-doping rule violations, the Russian Anti-Doping Agency (RUSADA) has announced. The Russian Athletics Federation (RusAF) has sanctioned middle distance runner Natalia Khokhlova (Хохлову Наталью) with a two year ban from 12 November...
An indictment by French prosecutors against Lamine Diack, former President of the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) and his son, Papa Massata Diack, has alleged that British athletes, including a Gold medalist and ‘sports icon’, were involved in blood doping at the London 2012 Olympics. Journalists said the...
• The International Cycling Union (UCI) has opened an investigation into Patrick Van Gansen (pictured), General Manager of the Healthmate – Cyclive Team. In an Open Letter published by Wielerflits, ‘multiple’ former team riders backed four cyclists who had accused Van Gansen of inappropriate behaviour. In a statement of...
The Chilean Olympic Committee (COCH) has ‘disaffiliated’ the Chilean Cycling Federation (FECI), after reports of maladministration and concealment of information culminated with the provisional suspension of two cyclists for doping. The CNCD has threatened to report the COCH to the International Cycling Union (UCI) for violation of Article 6.6...
• Eunice Jepkirui Kirwa has been sanctioned with a four year ban after admitting using erythropoietin (EPO), the Athletics Integrity Unit (AIU) of the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) announced. The full decision (PDF below) reveals that the Kenyan, who competes for Bahrain, initially argued that she had...
Three footballers have been sanctioned with four year bans for ordering prohibited substances over the internet, the Austrian anti-doping commission (ÖADR) has announced. It found that Yasir Akpinar of RSV Wienerfeld, which was relegated from the Oberliga A at the end of this season, had bought testosterone and nandrolone...
The Russian Anti-Doping Agency (RUSADA) has opened cases against 33 athletes for potential anti-doping rule violations, following an investigation into information that a ‘prohibited method’ had been used in a sports school in the Republic of Chuvashia. The investigation involved interviews with 140 people, and over 60 cases of...
