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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Cornel Borbély was investigating whether FIFA should pursue charges against Vitaly Mutko for his alleged involvement in Russian State doping, prior to his removal as Chairman of FIFA’s Ethics Committee, reports The Guardian. Three senior figures on FIFA judicial bodies have been removed from their posts after raising questions...
• Paolo Guerrero is set to appeal against a one year suspension issued by the International Federation of Football Associations (FIFA) following an adverse analytical finding (AAF) for a metabolite of cocaine. The Peruvian international told El Bocón that cocoa tea is common in Peru, and he suspects that...
Drug Free Sport New Zealand (DFSNZ) has begun sanctioning after an investigation found that approximately 100 athletes had bought prohibited substances from an online steroid website, the owner of which was jailed earlier this year. ‘Dozens of athletes from a range of sporting codes, from weekend club players and...
The Athletes Commission of the Russian Olympic Committee (Олимпийском комитете России) has asked the International Olympic Committee (IOC) to reconsider its decision to ban use of the Russian anthem and flag at the PyeongChang 2018 Winter Olympics. While a statement issued by the Commission rejects the possibility of a...
The International Skating Union (ISU) has confirmed that ISU-sanctioned events will go ahead in Russia as planned, despite the International Olympic Committee’s (IOC) decision to suspend the Russian Olympic Committee (ROC) ahead of the PyeongChang 2018 Winter Olympics. ‘The ISU European Speed Skating Championships in Kolomna and the ISU...
• Figures published by Belgium’s Flanders national anti-doping organisation (NADO Flanders) have revealed that doping is more prevalent in gyms than it is in sport. In the three quarters of the year to date, NADO Flanders has recorded 14 positive tests from 52 doping controls carried out in gyms...
The European Commission has ruled that the International Skating Union (ISU) cannot penalise skaters who take part in competitions not authorised by the ISU, unless it can prove that such a ban is underpinned by a ‘legitimate objective’. Such a legitimate objective includes the protection of athlete health or...
Ironman-winning triathlete Lauren Barnett is suing Classified Nutrition, alleging that its Neurolytes capsules resulted in a positive test for ostarine, reports the Dallas News. Barnett accepted a six month sanction in February after the World Triathlon Corporation (WTC) accepted that her adverse analytical finding (AAF) was due to a...
The South African Football Association (SAFA) has asked for the repayment of US$10 million that was deducted from the ticketing revenue from the 2010 FIFA World Cup to finance a Diaspora Legacy Programme in the Caribbean. In a 2015 indictment, the US Department of Justice (DoJ) alleged that the...
• FIFA has lifted its suspension of the Kuwait Football Association (KFA) after the Kuwait Parliament adopted a new sports law, it announced today. The KFA was originally suspended in October 2015 for violating Articles 14 and 19 of the FIFA Statutes, which refer to the political independence of...
The International Olympic Committee’s (IOC) decision to suspend the Russian Olympic Committee (ROC) raises questions about why sport did not act prior to the Sochi 2014 Winter Olympics, despite being presented with evidence of Russian State doping on numerous occasions. It is understood that Russian State doping dates back to Soviet...
Last month, the Anthem Richmond Marathon disqualified its male and female winners and third place female finisher for attempting to disguise that they had worked with a banned agent, in contravention of its rules. ‘The Anthem Richmond Marathon today announced the disqualifications of Julius Koskei, the top male finisher...
British weightlifter Sonny Webster has alleged that he was twice offered him a 50% reduction in his ban if he admitted to ‘knowingly’ taking ostarine. The Rio 2016 Olympian outlined how he had been issued with a four year ban by UK Anti-Doping (UKAD) after refusing the offer, despite...
• Paul Melia, President of the Canadian Centre for Ethics in Sport (CCES), has warned that athlete and public confidence in the governance of sport could be seriously damaged unless the International Olympic Committee (IOC) bans Russia from the 2018 PyeongChang Winter Olympics at its Executive Board meeting tomorrow....
There could be dire consequences for international sport unless the International Olympic Committee (IOC) bans the Russian Olympic Team from the upcoming Winter Games in South Korea. That’s the message today from Paul Melia, the President and CEO of the Canadian Centre for Ethics in Sport (CCES), on the heels...
