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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Former Athletics Kenya officials David Okeyo and Isaac Mwangi have today been cleared of charges that they extorted money from six athletes in return for covering up positive doping tests by the Ethics Board of the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF). The IAAF Ethics Board Panel found that...
• The International Weightlifting Federation (IWF) has announced the suspension of two weightlifters, after they reported adverse analytical findings (AAFs) for prohibited substances. Abdulmuttalip Dokmetas of Turkey returned an AAF for GHRP-6, a prohibited growth hormone releasing peptide. Bosco Miljus of Serbia returned an AAF for LGD 4033, a...
A US Endurance Horse has escaped sanction after the International Equestrian Federation (FEI) accepted that an adverse analytical finding (AAF) for an anti-depressant was most likely caused by contaminated sewage from a Girl Guide camp. In October last year, the FEI suspended FYF Dutch and its rider, Nicki Meuten,...
The International Labour Organisation (ILO) has welcomed a new law that will allow the majority of migrant workers constructing infrastructure for the Qatar 2022 FIFA World Cup to leave the country without obtaining an ‘exit permit’ from their employer. Law No. 13 of 2018, adopted on 4 September 2018,...
• The International Biathlon Union (IBU) announced that it has notified four Russian athletes and the Russian Biathlon Union (RBU) about an anti-doping rule violation (ADRV). In December last year, the IBU announced that reinstatement of the RBU’s membership of the IBU was conditional on no adverse analytical findings (AAFs)...
Igor Sidorkevich (Игорь Сидоркевич), a former head of Russia’s Military Police and two-time Sambo world champion, has been appointed as Russia’s Deputy Minister of Sports. Sidorkevich will be in charge of implementing Russia’s National Anti-Doping Plan (NADP), drawn up in 2017 (PDF below). As previously reported by The Sports Integrity Initiative,...
The Zambia Amateur Athletic Association (ZAAA) disputes a four year ban issued to Kabange Mupopo, who reached the final of the women’s 400m at the London 2017 International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) World Championships. Mupopo was sanctioned with a four year ban from 6 August 2017 after testing...
The Ethics Board of the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) has found that former senior officials at Athletics Kenya diverted payments made by Nike to the national federation for their own personal benefit. The IAAF Ethics Board concluded that former Athletics Kenya President Isaiah Kiplagat (pictured), former Vice...
A South African court has issued an attachment order compelling FIFA to hand over documentation relating to its decision to sanction Leslie Sedibe in relation to three friendly matches played by South Africa ahead of the 2010 FIFA World Cup, which an investigation found had been fixed. The former...
Christian Schenk, who won a decathlon gold medal at the 1988 Seoul Olympics, has admitted doping in his autobiography, ‘Riss – Mein Leben zwischen Hymne und Hölle’. ‘At first, I denied ever having taken banned substances’, writes Schenk in the excerpts, published by Sport Bild Magazine. ‘Then, as a...
• The Athletics Integrity Unit (AIU) has confirmed that Kenyan Kipyegon Bett has returned an adverse analytical finding (AAF) for erythropoietin (EPO), after was charged with refusing a test earlier this month. Last week, Athletics Kenya announced that an oversight team, designed to combat doping, will consist of personnel...
The World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) has approved Pathologists Lancet Kenya to carry out blood analysis, meaning that blood samples will no longer have to be transported to South Africa or Europe for analysis. ‘The practice was expensive and posed serious logistical constraints for the samples to be analysed within...
A 14-month ban issued to Paolo Guerrero, which was temporarily lifted to allow the Peru captain to compete in the 2018 FIFA World Cup Russia, has been re-imposed. ‘FIFA took note of the decision of the Swiss Federal Tribunal to lift the provisional suspensive effect that had been granted...
The South African Football Association (SAFA) has confirmed that one of the candidates in its May Elective Congress survived an assassination attempt. Danny Jordaan (pictured) was reappointed as SAFA President at the SAFA Congress on 26 May after the only other candidate, former referee and General Manager of South...
Inline speed skater Giulia Lollobrigida has returned an adverse analytical finding (AAF) for Amiloride and Hydrochlorothiazide, Italy’s anti-doping agency (NADO Italia) announced. Lollobrigida tested positive for the banned diuretics, both of which can be used to treat high blood pressure, at the Italian Road Championships on 21 July. Francesca...
