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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• Samsung has said that it did not engage in any illegal lobbying in order to secure votes for PyeongChang’s bid to host the 2018 Winter Olympics. ‘Samsung has never engaged in any illegal lobbying to have PyeongChang win the bidding’, read a statement from the electronics giant, reported News24....
Transparency International (TI) Slovenia has called for the government to take action against unethical practices in sport, particularly against doping and match-fixing. TI Slovenia ‘urged the Ministry of Education, Science and Sport to develop an action plan to ensure integrity of sport in consultation with the public’, it said...
Papa Massata Diack has denied allegations that he was involved in compiling a list of International Olympic Committee (IOC) members that were likely to support PyeongChang’s bid to host the 2018 Winter Olympics in exchange for marketing and sponsorship contracts with Korean company Samsung. Seoul Broadcasting System (SBS) has...
The Tennis Integrity Unit (TIU) has received alerts from gambling regulators and betting operators about 38 tennis matches during the first quarter of 2018, 0.155% of the 24,489 matches played during that period. As can be seen in the table on the right, the majority of those alerts involved...
Dennis Mumble, Chief Executive of the South African Football Association (SAFA), has written to SAFA members alleging that a campaign of misinformation is being waged in order to destabilise the body. ‘The disinformation campaign is on record as saying that their objective is that (i) no elections should take...
The Oceania Football Confederation (OFC) has appointed a lawyer to lead an internal investigation, after an audit commissioned by FIFA into the OFC Home of Football prompted concerns over corruption. OFC President David Chung has resigned and the international federation of football associations (FIFA) has suspended the OFC’s funding...
• The US Centre for SafeSport has suspended taekwondo coach Jean Lopez after finding him guilty of sexual misconduct and sexual misconduct with a minor. It is understood that USA Taekwondo began an investigation into Lopez, the older brother and coach of two-time Olympic taekwondo champion Steven Lopez, three...
Testing figures published by the Russian Anti-Doping Agency (RUSADA) have revealed that seventeen Russian athletes were tested over ten times by RUSADA in 2017. As might be expected, many of the Olympic Athletes from Russia (OARs) that competed in individual sports at PyeongChang 2018 were targeted for numerous tests...
• Maribor police have detained two people on suspicion of theft and resale of substances prohibited in sport. One of the detained is Boris Špes, an employee of the UKC Maribor hospital, reports Večer newspaper, however this has not been confirmed by the hospital or the police. The other...
Rugby player Kalib Hamiora Whakataka has been sanctioned with a two year ban by the New Zealand Rugby Union (NZRU) Judicial Committee, after admitting being one of approximately 100 athletes that ordered prohibited substances through the ‘Clenbuterol NZ’ internet site. In the 2 April decision (PDF below), Whakataka, 30,...
A Progress Report provided to the Compliance Review Committee (CRC) of the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) has outlined that the Russian Anti-Doping Agency (RUSADA) has taken most of the steps required for it to be declared compliant with the World Anti-Doping Code. A WADA spokesperson said that two major...
The European Handball Federation (EHF) has disqualified the Silver medal won by the Russian team at last year’s European Championships for 19 year olds, after three female team members returned adverse analytical findings (AAF) for meldonium last year. However, the Russian handball federation (HFR) escaped its 19 year old...
A monitoring committee appointed by the international federation of football associations (FIFA) on 4 July 2017 has recommended that FIFA Member Associations ask the FIFA Council to immediately suspend the Hellenic Football Federation (HFF). In a 27 March letter to the FIFA Member Associations Committee, the Chairman of the...
Kenyan distance runner Suleiman Simotwo has been sanctioned with a four year ban after returning an adverse analytical finding (AAF) for norandrosterone, a metabolite of nandrolone, at the Vienna City Marathon on 23 April last year. Simotwo will also lose his fifth place finish in the marathon due to...
• The International Weightlifting Federation (IWF) has announced that Sona Poghosyan has been provisionally suspended after returning an adverse analytical finding (AAF) for GHRP-2. The Armenian took bronze in the women’s 75kg category at the 2017 European Weightlifting Championships, which took place in April last year. The IWF also...
