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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André Cardoso has vowed to clear his name, after the Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI) imposed a four year sanction on the Portuguese cyclist for an anti-doping rule violation (ADRV) involving erythropoietin (EPO). The ADRV resulted from an A sample collected on 18 June 2017, and Cardoso claims that when his...
The International Cricket Council (ICC) has rejected the Pakistan Cricket Board’s (PCB) claim for US$62.9 million in compensation against the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI), after the Indian national team pulled out of the first two of seven scheduled series against Pakistan specified in an April...
The Italian anti-doping agency (NADO Italia) has sanctioned bodybuilder Ivan Pavan with a 14 year ban from 15 November 2018 until 14 November 2032. Pavan was sanctioned for violations of Articles 2.6, 2.7, 2.8 and 4.3.2 of Italy’s Norme Sportive Antidoping (NSA), which involves possession, trafficking, and attempted administration...
• Twenty three athletes have been sanctioned with anti-doping rule violations from approximately 2,000 tests in 2018, the Russian Athletics Federation’s (RusAF) Anti-Doping Coordinator told a conference held last week. Elena Ikonnikova told a 15 November Russian Anti-Doping Agency (RUSADA) conference that the number of ADRVs equated to approximately...
• France’s professional football league (LFP) held a meeting with the Ministry of Sport on 14 November over allegations that Paris Saint Germain attempted to ‘racially profile’ players when recruiting them. The LFP said that it would send a letter to all professional clubs to remind them of their responsibilities, and...
The Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) will not hear an appeal by the Russian Athletics Federation (RusAF) against an International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) decision not to reinstate its membership before 4 December, when the IAAF Council will next consider whether RusAF should be reinstated. RusAF filed...
The World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) has said that an external firm will interview people present at its 20 September Executive Committee meeting to determine whether there is merit to Beckie Scott’s claims that she was “bullied” over her opposition to the reinstatement of the Russian Anti-Doping Agency (RUSADA). However,...
Miroslav Pelta, former Chairman of the Czech football association (FACR), has been charged with bribing former Education Minister, Simonu Kratochvílovou, reports Czech Television. It is understood that Pelta denies the charge, which is that he offered Kratochvílovou the use of an apartment in the centre of Prague for free....
“I think WADA are in a crisis”. That’s the message from British Paralympic powerlifter, Ali Jawad, who has come up with The Alternative, a series of recommendations to improve governance at the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA). Jawad is keen to emphasise that athletes signing up to support his plan...
The Russian Athletics Federation (RusAF) has said that the requirement to compensate the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) for all costs relating to its ongoing suspension is the main stumbling block to RusAF’s reinstatement into international competition. At a meeting with the IAAF Task Force on 7-8 November,...
Lawyers acting for Alex Schwazer have provided emails stolen by Russian hackers to Bolzano prosecutors as an illustration that International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) officials communicated about getting the Cologne Laboratory to support its case against the Italian race walker. Bolzano prosecutors are currently hearing evidence in an...
Sport would benefit from including young people in its governance structures and incorporating their ideas on how to protect the integrity of sport, heard attendees at Young People’s Perceptions of Sports Integrity, which took place yesterday at Loughborough University. Young people put forward their thoughts, ideas and experiences of...
• Young People’s Perceptions of Sports Integrity will take place at Loughborough University today, an investigation organised by the Loughborough Collaboration for Sports Integrity (CSI). At the event, Loughborough University and College students will meet with academics, policymakers and stakeholders in sport in an open dialogue about how policy...
A Special Prosecutor has been appointed by the Public Prosecutor for the Swiss canton of Haut-Valais to investigate links between FIFA President Gianni Infantino and Rinaldo Arnold, Senior Prosecutor for Haut-Valais. Reporters working on the Football Leaks project have alleged that Arnold, who is President of FC Brig-Glis, received...
The Peruvian Football Federation (FPF) has received a letter from FIFA warning that it could be suspended if the Peruvian Congress adopts amendments to a law that would make the FPF subject to national legislation. ‘We have learned that the proposed amendments to the law apparently mandate that in...
