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The Sport Integrity Global Alliance (SIGA) is announcing today the White Paper on Sport Integrity as part of the global coalition’s #SIGASTRIVES action plan. The White Paper on Sport Integrity is a key component of the SIGA reform agenda and their global strategy. It marks the first time that Sport...
The Malta Gaming Authority (MGA) has recently established a data-sharing agreement with the Swedish Football Association (SvFF). The SvFF is the governing body for football in Sweden. The objective of the SvFF is to make sure that football in Sweden always adheres to laws and regulations that govern all...
USADA announced today that Kelvin Gastelum, of Huntington Beach, Calif., has accepted a nine-month sanction for his second violation of the UFC® Anti-Doping Policy (UFC APD) and received a five-month reduction to his sanction following the successful completion of a drug treatment program. Gastelum, 28, tested positive for 11-nor-9-carboxy-tetrahydrocannabinol (Carboxy-THC)...
• ACB has banned national team player Shafiqullah Shafaq from all forms of cricket for a period of six years after he accepted four charges related to the breaching of the ACB Anti-Corruption Code. Afghanistan Cricket Board (ACB) has banned national team player Shafiqullah Shafaq from all forms of...
Following on from its COVID-19 guidance of 20 March, today the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) issued updated guidance for Anti-Doping Organizations (ADOs) focused on the resumption of athlete testing as deconfinement leads to the restart or return to normal of doping control programs in a number of countries around...
• Brazilian suspended for 12 months and forfeits her silver and bronze medals won at the 2019 Parapan American Games The International Paralympic Committee (IPC) has banned Brazilian Para swimmer Patricia Pereira dos Santos for 12 months and stripped her off the medals won at the 2019 Parapan American...
USADA announced today that Robert Ortiz, of Brockport, N.Y., an athlete in the sport of weightlifting, has accepted a 12-month suspension for his second anti-doping rule violation. He accepted a 16-month sanction in 2018 for his first violation following a positive in-competition test for the stimulant 1,4‐dimethylpentylamine. Ortiz, 28,...
• 21-year old Egyptian ranked 820 ATP singles committed 21 breaches of anti-corruption rules Egyptian tennis player Youssef Hossam has been banned from professional tennis for life following his conviction on multiple match-fixing and associated corruption charges. Independent Anti-Corruption Hearing Officer Jane Mulcahy QC imposed the lifetime sanction following a...
The University of Louisville has received a Notice of Allegations from the NCAA and a redacted copy of the document is linked here. The university is currently reviewing the allegations and will prepare a response, which will be provided to the NCAA within 90 days. Story Links NCAA Notice...
The Australian Sports Anti-Doping Authority (ASADA) today acknowledged the decision of the Queensland Rugby League (QRL) to sanction athlete Cade Maloney for the presence and use of a prohibited substance. Mr Maloney returned an Adverse Analytical Finding (AAF) from an out-of-competition doping control test on 15 August 2019. His sample...
The Australian Sports Anti-Doping Authority (ASADA) CEO David Sharpe says he is honoured to be appointed the Chief Executive Officer of Sport Integrity Australia (SIA) which opens on July 1. “I am enormously honoured to be appointed as the inaugural CEO of Sport Integrity Australia and I would like to...
At a meeting of Premier League Shareholders today, clubs discussed possible steps towards planning to resume the 2019/20 season, when it is safe and appropriate to do so. It was reiterated that the thoughts of all are with those directly affected by the COVID-19 pandemic. Furthermore, the Premier League’s priority is...
The World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) announces today that the Agency’s independent Intelligence and Investigations (I&I) team has completed its investigation of 298 Russian athletes that WADA I&I targeted as part of its ongoing ‘Operation LIMS’1 probe into institutionalized doping in Russia and has provided detailed case packages to a...
• Bank Hapoalim B.M. and Hapoalim (Switzerland) Ltd. Enter Into Three-Year Non-Prosecution Agreement Bank Hapoalim B.M. (BHBM), an Israeli bank with international operations, and its wholly owned subsidiary, Hapoalim (Switzerland) Ltd. (BHS), have agreed to forfeit $20,733,322 and pay a fine of $9,329,995 to resolve an investigation into their...
• International Paralympic Committee has referred the matter to the Union Cycliste Internationale for them to determine further sanction The International Paralympic Committee (IPC) has disqualified Brazilian Para cyclist Soelito Gohr from the 2019 Parapan American Games in Lima, Peru, after he committed an anti-doping rule violation (ADRV). As the...
