The Sports Integrity Initiative reserves the right to publish media releases on its internet site. Please send your media releases to us by clicking here.
All posts by Media Release
The Sports Tribunal has suspended Batuhan Yazici, a gymnast, for a period of two years after returning a positive test result for the presence of methylphenidate metabolite Ritalinic acid, which is a specified substance prohibited in competition. On 15 November 2019, Mr Yazici was provisionally suspended without opposition. He elected...
USADA announced today that Michel Prazeres of Belém, Brazil, has accepted a two-year sanction for a violation of the UFC® Anti-Doping Policy after testing positive for a prohibited substance. Prazeres, 38, tested positive for exogenous boldenone and its metabolite 5β-androst-1-en-17β-ol-3-one as the result of two out-of-competition urine samples he provided...
In line with the announcement it made on 4 November 2019, the Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI) approved its new regulations on the eligibility of transgender athletes to compete in events on the UCI International Calendar. The decision was made at the meeting of its Management Committee in Dübendorf (Switzerland)...
The Athletics Canada Athlete Council would like to pay tribute to Megan Brown’s incredible courage and strength in publicly disclosing the abuse she suffered in yesterday’s Globe and Mail article. It is hard to comprehend the emotional burden and long lasting negative consequences for sexual abuse victims, and we...
The structural changes undertaken by CAF will not be derailed by misleading reports in some media. The CAF Executive Committee reserves the right to prosecute all authors of false and unsubstantiated claims in the media and social networks. More than 30 years of an outdated and patriarchal management at...
Athletics Canada acknowledges the deeply disturbing allegations in today’s Globe and Mail story concerning former athlete Megan Brown and her ex-coach Dave Scott-Thomas. After learning of these allegations from the University of Guelph’s investigation in late 2019/early 2020, Athletics Canada initiated a complaint into Mr. Scott-Thomas with its independent Commissioner’s...
The SA Institute for Drug-Free Sport (SAIDS) imposed the following sanctions during the period of December 2019 to February 2020: • A twenty (20) month ban from all sport on the International Federation Bodybuilding South Africa (IFBBSA) athlete, Khulekani Mkize, following an anti-doping rule violation. Mr. Mkize tested positive...
USADA announced today that Kaynan Duarte, of San Diego, Calif., an athlete in the sport of Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu, has accepted a one-year suspension for an anti-doping rule violation. Duarte, 22, tested positive for ostarine as the result of an in-competition drug test conducted at the International Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu Federation (IBJJF)...
Football player Conner Duthie has been suspended from all sport for a period of two years following an Anti-Doping Rule Violation (ADRV). Mr Duthie provided a urine sample In-Competition on 16 March 2019, following a SPFL Scottish League One football match between Stenhousemuir FC and Stranraer FC, at Ochilview Park...
The International Paralympic Committee (IPC) has suspended Colombian powerlifter Juan Carlos Ortiz Cardenas for four years for committing an anti-doping violation. The athlete who competes in the up to 54kg class returned an adverse analytical finding for three prohibited substances in a urine sample provided on 22 August 2019 following...
A decision has been issued under the Tennis Anti-Doping Programme (the “Programme”) that Abigail Spears has committed an Anti-Doping Rule Violation under Article 2.1. That decision imposed a period of ineligibility of twenty-two months, commencing on 7 November 2019. Ms. Spears, a 38-year-old player from United States, provided a...
A decision has been issued by the Court of Arbitration for Sport (the “CAS”) that the appeal filed by César Ramirez against the decision issued by the Independent Tribunal that he (a) had committed an Anti-Doping Rule Violation (“ADRV”) under Article 2.1 of the Tennis Anti-Doping Programme (the “Programme”),...
In response to growing media interest surrounding rider Jakob Fuglsang, Alexey Lutsenko and Dr Michele Ferrari, the Cycling Anti-Doping Foundation (CADF), the independent body mandated by the Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI) to define and carry out anti-doping in the sport of cycling, would like to clarify a number of...
The FIFA Disciplinary Committee has found several players guilty of having been involved in match manipulation in violation of art. 69 par. 1 of the FIFA Disciplinary Code (2017 ed.) (unlawfully influencing match results). In particular, given his central role in the conspiracy, the player George Mandela, Uganda, has been...
• Athletes, Sports Organizations and Clean Sport Advocates Stand in Support of Rodchenkov Anti-Doping Act In advance of the Senate Commerce Committee hearing on February 5 on Athlete Safety and the Integrity of U.S. Sport, FairSport wishes to highlight the myths and clarify certain facts in response to comments...
