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 US Department of Justice (DoJ) is seeking US$1.2 million from Johan Bruyneel, the former Director of the US Postal cycling team, in a new lawsuit alleging that he defrauding the US government through sponsorship payments that paid his salary whilst the team was doping, reports USA Today....
Decisions issued by the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) show that two Russian distance runners who tested positive for the same prohibited substance have been sanctioned with two year bans, despite one case representing a second offence. When samples were taken from Yelizaveta Grechishnikova (Елизавета Гречишникова) and Ksenia...
Chris Froome’s exoneration has highlighted that the World Anti-Doping Agency’s (WADA) limits on inhaled salbutamol could be unenforceable. This is because the cyclist’s case has shown that a urine test alone cannot indicate whether an athlete has inhaled salbutamol at above WADA’s permitted limit; and because producing a pharmacokinetic...
The Russian Athletics Federation (RusAF) has sent out a reminder to athletes not to work with banned coaches. The reminder lists Viktor Chegin, Vladimir Kazarin, and Dr. Sergey Portugalov as being subject to lifetime bans. It also lists Vladimir Mokhnev, the former coach of athlete and whistleblower Yuliya Stepanova,...
• The Russian Wrestling Federation has sanctioned wrestler Gadji Gamzatov (Гаджи Гамзатова) with a four year ban for violating its doping rules, the Russian Anti-Doping Agency (RUSADA) has announced. It is understood that Gamzatov will lose the gold he won in the -92kg category at the 2018 European Freestyle...
AC Milan has appealed to the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS), after the Union of European Football Associations (UEFA) sanctioned the Italian club with a one year ban from its competitions for breaches of its Club Licensing and Financial Fair Play Regulations (CLFFP). In a statement, the Italian...
• The deadline for responses to the Tennis Independent Review Panel (TIRP) Report has been extended until 25 July. In April, the TIRP published its Interim Report, which found that restricting the sale of lie data at lower level matches could be key to preserving the integrity of tennis....
Two Italians have been banned and six have been provisionally suspended, Italy’s national anti-doping agency (NADO Italia) has confirmed. Giulia Cima was sanctioned with a ten year ban for violations of Articles 2.8 and 4.3.2 of Italy’s Norme Sportive Antidoping (NSA), which covers administration or attempted administration of a...
The International Federation of Football Associations (FIFA) has attempted to dismiss allegations that it knew the sample of a Russian footballer had been swapped 18 months ago, and failed to do anything about it. The Mail on Sunday reported that the Russian Ministry of Sport covered up an adverse analytical finding...
Spain’s National Police has arrested six athletes which they allege are part of a criminal organisation designed to supply performance enhancing substances to countries including Spain, Morocco, France, and Italy. Police said that the organisation was divided into two branches involving a Moroccan based in Zaragoza and an Ethiopian...
The Australian Human Rights Commission (Commission), The Australian Sports Commission and the Coalition of Major Professional and Participation Sports (COMPPS) are developing federal Guidelines for national sporting organisations on the inclusion and participation of trans, gender diverse and intersex people in sport. The Guidelines are designed to provide guidance...
• Italian distance runner Roberto Barbi, who was previously successful in appealing a life ban issued in 2008 for a second doping offence, has had his ban increased for competing whilst disqualified. In his appeal, Barbi was successful in reducing his ban until 2024. Italy’s national anti doping organisation...
The South Australian Economic and Finance Committee is to examine the extent of online sports betting, and whether further regulation is needed to protect the integrity of sport. “Many betting agencies are opening up sports betting markets on local amateur sporting events, raising future match-fixing concerns in sports where...
The Union of European Football Associations (UEFA) Appeals Body has rejected an appeal from KF Skënderbeu player Bajram Jashanica against a two year doping ban issued by UEFA’s Control, Ethics and Disciplinary Board (CEDB) on 22 February. ‘The KS Skenderbëu player Bajram Jashanica has been punished for using a...
South African athlete Caster Semenya has challenged the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) Differences of Sex Development (DSD) Regulations at the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS). ‘Caster Semenya seeks a ruling from CAS to declare such regulations unlawful and to prevent them from being brought into force’,...
