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• New Olympic sport selects Sportradar to protect integrity of its competitions FIBA 3×3, the successful discipline that celebrated its Olympic debut at Tokyo 2020 this summer, has become the latest sport to sign up for Sportradar Integrity Services’ Universal Fraud Detection System (UFDS). Sportradar Integrity Services is a unit...
The International Olympic Committee (IOC) and the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) extended their memorandum of understanding (MoU) to further strengthen the cooperation between the two organisations in fighting corruption and crime in sport. The new agreement has a particular focus on preventing youth crime, violence...
The World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) is pleased to publish the following updated Therapeutic Use Exemption (TUE) Physician Guidelines and Checklists, which reflect the latest rule changes regarding injectable routes of administration of glucocorticoids (GCs) coming into force on 1 January 2022 under the 2022 List of Prohibited Substances and...
USADA announced today that Ryan Benoit, of McKinney, Texas, has accepted a 10-month sanction for a violation of the UFC® Anti-Doping Policy. Benoit, 32, tested positive for modafinil and its metabolite, modafinil acid, as the result of a urine sample collected on July 31, 2021 at UFC Fight Night 194....
• Leading European basketball organisations select Sportradar to protect integrity of competitions Two leading basketball league organisations in Europe have signed up for Sportradar Integrity Services’ Universal Fraud Detection System (UFDS). strengthening their integrity protection as the sport continues to grow. Sportradar Integrity Services is a unit of Sportradar (NASDAQ: SRAD) (“Sportradar”...
Today, the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) published its 2020 Annual Report, which outlines the Agency’s activities in 2020 that contributed to a strengthened WADA and global anti-doping system. Under the title ‘Partnering to Deliver Clean Sport in a New Era’, the Annual Report is an important element of WADA’s...
The Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) has issued its decision in the appeal filed by the President of the UAE Athletics Federation, Ahmad Al Kamali, against the decision rendered by the Panel of the World Athletics (WA; formerly IAAF) Ethics Board on 15 December 2020 (the Challenged Decision). In...
• The Office of the Attorney General of Switzerland (OAG) has filed an indictment against the former President of FIFA, Joseph Blatter, and against the former President of UEFA, Michel Platini. Both are accused of unlawfully arranging a payment of CHF 2 million from the FIFA to Michel Platini....
• Sportradar to distribute betting data rights to UEFA’s portfolio of competitions, including the iconic UEFA Champions League and UEFA European Championships • Latest deal adds to Sportradar’s industry-leading portfolio of rights around the world Sportradar (NASDAQ: SRAD), a leading global sports technology company creating immersive experiences for sports...
• Compliance Review Committee also met on 24-25 October As part of a circulatory vote that ended yesterday, the World Anti-Doping Agency’s (WADA’s) Executive Committee (ExCo) approved the 7 October recommendation from the Agency’s independent Compliance Review Committee (CRC) to add the following three National Anti-Doping Organizations (NADOs) to...
Sportradar Group AG (NASDAQ: SRAD) (“Sportradar” or “the Company”), the leading global sports technology company creating immersive experiences for sports fans and bettors, today announced that it has been granted the International Betting Integrity Association’s (IBIA) Data Standards Kitemark, one of the industry’s highest accreditation related to the quality...
USADA announced today that Hillary Tran, of San Bruno, Calif., an athlete in the sport of weightlifting, has accepted a one-year period of ineligibility for an anti-doping rule violation. Tran, 28, tested positive for benzoylecgonine, a metabolite of cocaine, and d-methamphetamine as the result of an in-competition urine sample collected...
World Triathlon has imposed a period of ineligibility of three years on Russian triathlete Alexander Bryukhankov for the presence of EPO in his urine sample on an in-competition doping control on 19 June, 2021, at the Europe Triathlon Sprint & Relay Championships in Kitzbuhel, Austria, in which he finished...
Together with seven special sports federations, Riksidrottsförbundet (RF) has developed anti-match fixing programmes. The programmes entail a clear structure for preventive work, regulations for investigative work and measures such as penalties for match-fixing and illegal betting. “Thanks to anti-match fixing programs, the sporting federations are improving in both proactive...
• A call for a values-based European sports model • More funding channelled from elite sports to grassroots • Player transfers should be better regulated • More gender equality and inclusion in terms of pay and visibility The EU should become more involved with Europe’s sporting landscape to encourage...
