Isabelle Westbury is a freelance journalist who writes for the SII. Her focus is on politics and sport, especially cricket. She has written for a number of publications including The Guardian, The Times, The Independent, The Daily Mail and The Sun, and broadcasts on cricket for the BBC. She has an undergraduate degree from Oxford University, where she was President of the Oxford Union, as well as a postgraduate degree in law. She is also Middlesex CCC women’s cricket captain.
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The Italian football club Calcio Catania, which narrowly avoided relegation from Serie B at the end of last season, is facing the prospect of demotion to the Lega Pro and the deduction of five points following the uncovering of match-fixing at the club. The National Football Federation’s (FIGC) Federal...
Two players of the Australian Football League (AFL) club Collingwood, Lachlan Keeffe and Josh Thomas, have accepted two-year bans after testing positive for the banned substance clenbuterol. The bans are backdated to their provisional suspension by the AFL in March earlier this year. Collingwood released a statement saying that,...
The Ghana Football Association’s (GFA) Ethics Committee is to investigate allegations of match-fixing between two teams in the country’s second tier of professional football. In a statement on its website, the GFA said that officials from two teams in the Ghana National (GN) Bank Division One League, Wa African United...
The Federazione Italiana Tennis (FIT) has banned Daniele Bracciali (pictured) and occasional doubles partner Potito Starace for life for match-fixing. The FIT handed down a €40,000 fine to Bracciali and a €20,000 fine to Starace. The ruling comes following the conclusion of lengthy disciplinary proceedings against the two players,...
In a summer that has seen the governance of ‘the beautiful game’ dragged through the gutter and back again, integrity in the sport of football is more important than it ever has been. Simon Barker, the Assistant Chief Executive of the Professional Footballers Association (PFA) responsible for managing contractual,...
The Central Commission for Discipline Inspection of the ruling Communist Party of China is investigating Pan Zhichen, the head of China’s national volleyball program, reports Reuters. According to the news agency, the corruption commission said in a statement on Tuesday that Pan had been placed under investigation for ‘suspected...
The Mumbai Cricket Association (MCA) Vice-President has told reporters that the MCA has rejected former Rajasthan Royals and Mumbai cricketer Ankeet Chavan’s request to appeal against the Board of Control for Cricket in India’s (BCCI) decision to ban him for life for spot-fixing while playing for the Rajasthan Royals franchise...
Tom Danielson, an American professional cyclist who rides for the Cannondale-Garmin team, has revealed that he failed a doping test for synthetic testosterone. In a series of statements on his official Twitter page, Danielson wrote, ‘Tonight has been one of the worst nights of my life. While I was...
Greek prosecutors have charged 85 defendants for their alleged involvement in match-fixing in Greek football, according to local reports. According to the AFP, there were originally 158 defendants implicated in match-fixing in Greek football which occurred between 2010 and 2011, but only 85 of them were charged. It is reported that...
A lawyer acting on the behalf of the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) has filed a petition in the Sindh High Court in Karachi, Pakistan, demanding that the former Pakistani cricketer Danish Kaneria pay them costs of £249,000, the Sports Integrity Initiative can confirm. The ECB’s anti-corruption operational...
Basketball’s international governing body, the International Basketball Federation (FIBA), has suspended the Russian Basketball Federation (RFB) from FIBA due to ‘interference’ from the ‘old management’ of the RFB, which has reached an ‘unacceptable point’ in the running and conduct of the RFB. On Wednesday the RFB published a letter...
The National Football League (NFL) has upheld their decision to suspend New England Patriot’s quarterback Tom Brady. In May Brady was suspended without pay for the first four games of the 2015 football season for conduct “detrimental to the integrity of the NFL”. NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell said in...
Cricket is unique. It is considered the world’s second most popular sport. Yet, unlike football, some of the biggest countries in the world – the USA, China, and Germany for instance – barely know it even exists. Earlier this summer the FIFA corruption scandal made headlines the world over and...
The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) will uphold the life ban on Indian cricketers S. Sreesanth and Ankeet Chavan, despite spot-fixing charges being dropped by a New Delhi court on Saturday. ‘Any disciplinary proceeding or decision taken by the BCCI is independent to any criminal proceeding and...
The Pan American Sports Organization (PASO) has confirmed that four athletes have failed drugs tests at the Toronto 2015 Pan American Games. Organisers of the 2015 games stated that three athletes tested positive for anabolic steroids while one tested positive for a banned stimulant. On Friday, Mexican weightlifter Cinthya Dominguez...
