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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A new database of over 10,000 blood values taken from over 2,000 cross-country skiers between 2001 and 2010 has been mailed to journalists, who allege it proves widespread blood doping. The database was sent to journalist Hajo Seppelt, who enlisted help from The Sunday Times and other journalists, as...
US prosecutors have issued subpoenas seeking information from the International Olympic Committee (IOC), the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF), the US Olympic Committee (USOC) and FIFA related to the hosting of international sporting events, reports The New York Times. It is understood that the US Attorney’s Office for...
The global anti-doping system appears compromised ahead of the PyeongChang 2018 Winter Olympics, according to a documentary produced for ARD (video below). Undercover athletes were prescribed prohibited substances by a Swiss doctor shortly before the Games, and experts were able to open and reseal both types of sample collection...
The Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) cannot support the International Olympic Committee’s (IOC) ban on Russians ever sanctioned from doping from competing at the PyeongChang 2018 Winter Olympics, unless it goes against its own jurisprudence. The CAS will announce its decisions on the 39 athletes that have appealed...
Hacking group Fancy Bears has alleged that Canadian sports officials attempted to cover up a doping violation ahead of the Rio 2016 Olympics to allow an athlete to compete, but its evidence fails to back its claim. The hacking group only published selected excerpts of its own evidence that...
New documents obtained by journalists for ARD are alleged to show that Russia operated a ‘doping protocol’ at the Beijing 2008 and London 2012 Olympics, detailing prohibited substances to be used on athletes and urine swapping processes to avoid positive tests. In the documentary, Dr. Grigory Rodchenkov – former...
• The Russian Athletics Federation (RusAF) confirmed that the Russian Anti-Doping Agency (RUSADA) has sanctioned Sabrina Kadasheva with a four year ban, after the middle distance runner returned an adverse analytical finding (AAF) for trimetazidine. It said that sprinter Catherine Vysotsky (Vukolova) had been sanctioned with a warning, after...
The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has invited 169 of the 500 Olympic Athletes from Russia (OAR) that applied to take part in the PyeongChang 2018 Winter Olympics, it told journalists (Reuters) on 27 January. The invitations were issued at the OAR Delegation Registration Meeting (DRM) in PyeongChang and are...
The US Anti-Doping Agency (USADA) has issued public warnings to two athletes who failed to obtain Therapeutic Use Exemptions (TUEs) for use of medication that contains substances that are prohibited in sport. USADA issued a public warning to racquetball athlete Sharon Jackson, after the 28 year old failed to...
The International Weightlifting Federation (IWF) has argued that it had ‘no choice’ but to issue Illya Illyin with a two-year ban, after retests of samples given at the Beijing 2008 and London 2012 Olympics returned adverse analytical findings for stanozolol and dehydrochloromethyltestosterone. However, it appears that the IWF could...
The International Tennis Federation (ITF) has insisted it gave Alizé Cornet the opportunity to present reasons for three missed doping tests, after the French player said that they were due to ‘valuable reasons that the ITF didn’t want to hear’. The ITF today confirmed Cornet was charged on 11...
Fancy Bears today alleged that Scandinavian countries are guilty of an ‘institutional conspiracy’ to gain widespread therapeutic use exemptions (TUEs) for asthma drugs; that sporting bodies have failed to follow up whereabouts failures; and that Berlinger sample bottles are susceptible to breaking. The claims are designed to show that...
The International Olympic Committee (IOC) plans to issue a list of Olympic Athletes from Russia (ROC) invited to compete at the PyeongChang Winter Olympics before the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) issues its decision regarding athletes who have appealed against lifetime bans from the Olympics. A final list...
• Spanish weightlifter Lydia Valentín has been presented with a silver medal by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) almost ten years after the Beijing 2008 Olympics. Retests resulted in 75kg gold medal winner Lei Cao being stripped of her gold medal for doping in August last year. The retests...
Pressure on Dr. Hassan Moustafa, President of the International Handball Federation (IHF), is intensifying after the Pan American Handball Federation (PATHF) alleged that the IHF has broken its own Statutes to split it into two separate entities. The IHF said it had decided to split the federation as ‘handball...
