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Chris Ronalds AO SC will head the independent panel of female experts to investigate issues relating to women and girls’ experience and the advancement of swimming for all athletes across the sport. Ms Ronalds is a prominent Sydney barrister who is highly regarded in discrimination and harassment law, employment law...
The International Boxing Association (AIBA) today revealed major developments in its drive to reform boxing with the appointment of independent governance expert Professor Dr. Ulrich Haas and confirmation that a major independent financial audit will be conducted, in addition to Professor Richard McLaren’s independent investigation into refereeing and judging. The...
FINA is pleased to announce that its “Rules on the Protection from Harassment and Abuse” are now in full force and effect and are published on the FINA website, at www.fina.org. These Rules were approved by the FINA Bureau on June 5, 2021 following consultation with athletes, medical professionals,...
• Colombian player admitted charges The International Tennis Integrity Agency (ITIA) has today confirmed that Colombian tennis player Carlos Andrés Sepúlveda Navarro has been banned from the sport for three years after admitting to multiple breaches of the Tennis Anti-Corruption Program (TACP) rules. In addition to the ban, Sepúlveda...
The chairperson of the adjudicatory chamber of the independent Ethics Committee has ratified the plea bargain concluded between Constant Omari Selemani, former President of the Congo DR Football Association, former First Vice-President of CAF and former FIFA Council member, and the chairperson of the Ethics Committee’s investigatory chamber. A formal...
Following today’s publication of the report by the International Testing Agency (ITA) into extensive past anti-doping rule violations in weightlifting, the International Weightlifting Federation (IWF) has acknowledged the findings. As noted in the report, the ITA’s investigation and the various investigations that preceded it have enabled the IWF to...
The World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) welcomes today’s publication of the report by the International Testing Agency (ITA) related to its investigation into historical allegations of mishandling and impropriety by certain officials within the International Weightlifting Federation (IWF), particularly in relation to the IWF’s anti-doping program. WADA’s independent Intelligence and Investigations...
• The International Testing Agency (ITA) publishes a Report on anti-doping rule violations (ADRVs) following a series of allegations of misconduct by the International Weightlifting Federation (IWF), providing an overview of the findings of the investigation into approximately 146 unresolved cases over the 2009-2019 period. The Report notably uncovers...
In an operative decision issued on Monday, the Disciplinary Tribunal found that Sergey Shubenkov of Russia bore No Fault or Negligence for an Anti- Doping rule violation resulting from an out-of-competition sample collected by the Athletics Integrity Unit (AIU) on 15 December 2020 – and therefore would serve no...
The World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) welcomes the ruling of the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) in the case of WADA’s appeal against the Fédération Internationale de Natation (FINA) disciplinary panel decision related to an incident that led to a doping control involving Chinese swimmer Sun Yang not being...
The Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) has issued a new decision in the the appeal arbitration procedure brought by the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) against the Chinese swimmer Sun Yang and the Fédération Internationale de Natation (FINA) in relation to the decision issued by the FINA Doping Panel...
The Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) has issued its decision in the appeal filed by the Nigerian football coach Samson Siasia against the decision rendered by the Adjudicatory Chamber of the Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA) on 11 April 2019 (the Challenged Decision). In such decision, Samson...
This week, my attorneys sought an emergency injunction with the Swiss Federal Tribunal to allow me to run the Olympic Trials while my appeal of the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) decision is pending. Unfortunately this morning, they did not grant our request for the emergency order. The...
In its award of 8 April 2021, the CAS had decided that TAWA athletes would not be allowed to participate in IWF events until 18 June 2021, or an earlier date subject to TAWA satisfying a number of conditions. The matter was considered by the Independent Monitoring Group, which...
• The International Testing Agency (ITA) confirms that the International Weightlifting Federation’s (IWF) Member Federation Independent Sanctioning Panel has imposed a one year suspension against the Romanian Weightlifting Federation as a consequence of numerous anti-doping rule violations (ADRVs). Following its initial announcement about the referral of the case, the...
