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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Athletes will be able to request public hearings at the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS), after the Grand Chamber of the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) rejected (click here to download PDF) Claudia Pechstein’s referral request, meaning that a 2 October 2018 Chamber Judgment becomes final. ‘Following...
Eleven Italian athletes have been subject to anti-doping proceedings in January, according to statements published by Italy’s national anti-doping agency (NADO Italia). Seven athletes were sanctioned with bans ranging from four months to four years, and four athletes were provisionally suspended, after reporting an adverse analytical finding (AAF). The eleven...
• Richard McLaren has confirmed that he has been served with a lawsuit seeking C$6 million (€4 million) in compensation by a group of Russian rowers. It is understood that the rowers argue that since they were prohibited from taking part in the Rio 2016 Olympics on the basis...
The Appeals Committee of the international federation of football associations (FIFA) has partially upheld an appeal by Kalusha Bwalya, former President of the Zambian football association (FAZ), and has reduced his sanction from two years to time already served. In August last year, FIFA found that Bwalya, who was...
• The Russian Athletics Federation (RusAF) has said that it is taking legal advice regarding 12 first instance decisions issued by the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) suspending Russian track & field athletes. ‘In the near future, all the relevant materials will be studied and legal advice will...
Rally driver Paul Bird has been sanctioned with an eight year ban for refusing a test, UK Anti-Doping (UKAD) announced yesterday. The anti-doping rule violation (ADRV) was Bird’s second offence, as he had been sanctioned with a two year ban after testing positive for a metabolite of cocaine and...
The European Club Association (ECA) has elected Nasser Al-Khelaifi as its representative on the Executive Committee of the Union of European Football Associations (UEFA). His appointment to the Executive Committee is due to be ratified at the UEFA Congress meeting in Rome on 7 February. Through his chairing of...
• The International Weightlifting Federation (IWF) has sanctioned Boško Miljuš, a nine-time Serbian champion, with a four year ban after he returned an adverse analytical finding (AAF) for LGD 4033, the Anti-Doping Agency of Serbia (ADAS) announced. Miljuš won Gold in the 69kg category at the 11th International Tournament...
• FIFA and the Brazilian football confederation (CBF) have reached a new agreement on the 2014 FIFA World Cup Legacy Fund, after payments stalled in 2015 due to investigations into former CBF President Marco Polo del Nero. Despite this, he remained as CBF President until FIFA provisionally suspended him...
The Professional Footballers Association of Ghana (PFAG) is to file a complaint with FIFA about mistreatment of a young footballer signed by a Albanian first division club on a year long contract, reports FIFPro. However, his club, FK Bylis, has filed a counter claim with FIFA, and has alleged...
Berlinger Special AG, the Swiss company which makes the sample bottles using for doping controls, has announced a reversal of its March 2018 decision to withdraw from the anti-doping product supply market. The company said that the reversal was due to strong demand for its blood and urine sample...
• The Anti-Doping Agency of Serbia (ADAS) has announced that the country’s handball federation (PCC) has sanctioned Boban Zivkovik of Železničar 1949 with a four year ban from 28 November 2018 for an anti-doping rule violation (ADRV). Zivkovik returned an adverse analytical finding (AAF) for cocaine on 13 May...
Two Russian track and field athletes, two weightlifters, a wrestler and a boxer have been sanctioned for anti-doping rule violations (ADRVs). The Russian Athletics Federation (RusAF) announced that two athletes had been sanctioned with four year bans after they tested positive for meldonium. Marathon runner Vasily Minaev (Василия Минаева)...
The World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) is considering filing an appeal against a 3 January international swimming federation (FINA) decision to clear Sun Yang of charges of evading and tampering with a doping control, reports The Sunday Times. The newspaper reported that the Chinese swimmer smashed a sample bottle and...
The International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) has been successful in its appeal to double a four year ban issued to Rio 2016 Marathon winner, Jemima(h) Sumgong, for tampering with a doping control. A Sport Resolutions Decision (PDF below) found that Sumgong had faked documents relating to treatment with...
