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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Italy’s national anti-doping tribunal (TNA) has sanctioned the captain and medic of Serie A side Benevento, after a spray designed to heal a would resulted in an adverse analytical finding (AAF). The TNA issued a four year ban to Benevento’s medic, Walter Giorgione, expiring on 15 January 2022, and...
The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) has held that the public interest in maintaining the ‘whereabouts’ requirements within the World Anti-Doping Agency’s (WADA) Anti-Doping Administration and Management System (ADAMS) outweighs any restriction of athlete rights under the European Convention of Human Rights. However, it appears that the judgment...
India’s national anti-doping agency (NADA India) has increased the number of tests it carried out by 7% from 3,359 in 2016 to 3,594 during 2017, the agency reported via email. During the 2017 year, it reported 69 anti-doping rule violations (ADRVs), which means that 1.92% of tests carried out...
The Russian athletics federation (RusAF) has launched an investigation after over 30 athletes withdrew from a regional Siberian championship in Irkutsk, following the arrival of anti-doping officers to conduct testing. ‘The VFLA asked the organisers of the competition for the official documents’, read a RusAF...
The Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) has granted the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) a second extension to a deadline that would declare its Hyperandrogenism Regulations as void, unless it submits supporting evidence. A CAS statement issued today reveals that on 29 September 2017, the IAAF submitted...
Evidence has emerged that Russian athletes competed at the Open Baltic Masters Championships in Estonia and at the World Masters Games in New Zealand last year. Russian track and field athletes are currently ineligible for international competition, as the Russian Athletics Federation (RusAF) has been suspended by the International...
It is understood that the organisers of the Carlsbad Marathon are considering denying winner Mary Akor prize money due to a two year sanction imposed in 2013 after she returned an adverse analytical finding (AAF) for clenbuterol. The winner of the Marathon is due prize money of US$1,500, however...
A mix up over whereabouts requirements forced the Lotto Soudal cycling team to withdraw Belgian cyclist Bjorg Lambrecht from the Tour Down Under, 13-21 January, where he was due to make his professional debut. The International Cycling Union (UCI) argued that by not informing the Cycling Anti-Doping Foundation (CADF)...
• The International Paralympic Committee (IPC) said it would provide an update on the Russian Paralympic Committee’s (RPC) suspension on 29 January. A press conference will be held in Bonn, Germany, as to whether the RPC has met the criteria required for it to be reinstated in time for...
Former FIFA Executive Committee member Mohammed bin Hammam has admitted that a €6.7 million corrupt payment in connection to the awarding of the 2006 FIFA World Cup to Germany was put through his accounts. “The €6.7 million flowed into my account, yes”, he told ZDF. “But I would like...
Three former officials dismissed by the South African Sports Confederation and Olympic Committee (SASCOC) have published an Open Letter disputing the reasons for their dismissal, and have alleged corruption at SASCOC. On 9 January, SASCOC dismissed its CEO Tubby Reddy, Chief Financial Officer Vinesh Maharaj, and staff member Jean...
Evidence from five different betting monitoring companies supported FIFA’s to ban Ghanaian referee Joseph Lamptey for life for match-fixing last year, a judgment published by the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) has revealed. In September 2017, FIFA received confirmation that the CAS had rejected Lamptey’s appeal against his...
Italy’s national anti-doping agency (NADO Italia) has sanctioned two athletes with a four year ban, and one athlete with a two year ban. In addition, NADO Italia also announced the provisional suspension of two athletes for adverse analytical findings (AAFs – positive tests). Cyclist Anna Grazia Martena has been...
Hackers have registered spoofed domains mimicking those of the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA), the US Anti-Doping Agency (USADA) and the Olympic Council of Asia (OCA), ThreatConnect has discovered. ‘These suspicious domains have consistencies with other previously identified Fancy Bear infrastructure and raise the question of a broader campaign against...
• Italy’s national anti-doping tribunal (TNA) has provisionally suspended boxer Marika Caccavale after she returned an adverse analytical finding (AAF) for furosemide. Caccavale tested positive at the Campionati Assoluti Elite Maschili e Femminili 2017 on 7 December, read a statement from Italy’s national anti-doping agency (NADO Italia). • Austrian...
