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 Court of Arbitration (CAS) yesterday published two Reasoned Decisions outlining that while it was ‘comfortably satisfied’ that Russian bobsledder Alexandr Zubkov committed an anti-doping rule violation (ADRV) at the Sochi 2014 Olympics, it was not satisfied that cross country skier Alexander Legkov had committed an ADRV. Whilst the...
• The Interim Report of the Independent Review of Integrity in Tennis will be published at a press conference in London tomorrow, Lowick Press Office has announced via email. In January 2016, the Association of Tennis Professionals, (ATP), the Women’s Tennis Association (WTA), the International Tennis Federation (ITF) and...
Iran’s National Anti-Doping Organisation (IRANADO) has sanctioned two footballers, three judoka and three weightlifters with doping bans ranging from six months to four years. Footballer Zohreh Meysemi (زهره میثمی), a member of the women’s national team, is understood to have been sanctioned with a four year ban after returning...
Former cyclist Lance Armstrong has paid the US government US$5 million to settle a lawsuit that alleged that he had defrauded the US government, which could have cost him up to $100 million in damages. The lawsuit (PDF below) was originally launched in June 2010 by Armstrong’s teammate on...
• France’s online gambling regulator, ARJEL, has prohibited licensed operators in France from offering odds on Albanian First Division matches involving KF Skënderbeu. On 13 April, the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) upheld the Union of European Football Associations’ (UEFA) ban on the club from competing in the 2016/17 Champions...
Four former athletes have told the US Senate Committee on Commerce, Science & Transportation that sport had failed to prevent and halt the sexual abuse carried out by Dr. Larry Nassar and other officials, in a hearing (video below) held in Washington DC yesterday. A written testimony was also...
The Dutch gambling regulatory authority has arrested five people across eleven locations suspected of being involved in an illegal gambling operation that allowed people to place bets on sports with overseas operators via modified computers with an internet connection. ‘The five are suspected of involvement in the organisation of...
• The World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) has formally acknowledged a 31 January decision of the Paris District Court, which found that the agency and its founding President, Dick Pound, undermined the presumption of innocence of Habib Cisse in its second Independent Commission Report. In the Report, Pound named Cisse,...
The Intelligence and Investigations Department of the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) is to report the findings of an investigation into Romania to the WADA Executive Committee meeting in Montreal on 16 May, a spokesperson has confirmed. WADA suspended the Bucharest Laboratory for six months on 15 February, after it...
Madison Brengle has filed a lawsuit (PDF below) in the Manatee County Court, Florida, alleging that tennis authorities and officials refused to acknowledge a medical condition exacerbated by anti-doping tests involving venipuncture, causing her permanent physical damage. Brengle is seeking damages in excess of US$10 million due to tennis’...
Indian weightlifter Jasvir Kaur has been sanctioned with a four year ban from 28 June 2017 at a hearing on 21 March, the National Anti-Doping Agency of India’s (NADA India) newsletter revealed. It is understood that Kaur, who won gold in the -63kg category at the 2015 national weightlifting...
• USA Gymnastics has launched legal action against seven of its insurers, seeking to maximise the funds it can claim to defend itself against ‘at least nine’ lawsuits connected to the actions of Dr. Larry Nassar. The former USA Gymnastics doctor was sentenced to between 40 and 175 years...
• The Russian Anti-Doping Agency (RUSADA) has announced that two powerlifters have been sanctioned with four year bans, and a weightlifter has been sanctioned with a two year ban. The agency announced that the Powerlifting Federation of Russia has sanctioned Julia Gubenko (Юлию Губенко) with a four year ban...
The President of the International Biathlon Union (IBU) has stepped aside and its Secretary General has been provisionally suspended, whilst investigations continue into allegations that Russian doping cases were covered up in return for bribes. On 10 April, the Austrian Federal Criminal Police searched the IBU headquarters in Salzburg,...
Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) fighter Josh Barnett is taking legal action against a supplement company, alleging that contamination of Genkor’s Tributestin 750 supplement with ostarine cost him almost two years of potentially lucrative fights. Barnett was eventually issued with a reprimand, after the US Anti-Doping Agency (USADA) accepted that...
