• Paolo Guerrero is set to appeal against a one year suspension issued by the International Federation of Football Associations (FIFA) following an adverse analytical finding (AAF) for a metabolite of cocaine. The Peruvian international told El Bocón that cocoa tea is common in Peru, and he suspects that is how his AAF occurred. ‘The FPF regret and confirm its solidarity with the plight that has befallen Paolo Guerrero’, read a Peruvian football federation (FPF) statement. ‘We reiterate our feelings about the personal and professional qualities of Paolo. We value your immense contribution to our team as captain and leader. It is important to add that the decision may be appealed by his lawyers to the FIFA Appeal Committee. We trust in the judicial bodies of the system of world football.’

• Victoria Police are investigating claims that a match involving Melbourne City’s U20 team was fixed. “Detectives from the Sporting Integrity Intelligence Unit and Crime Command are investigating allegations of match fixing”, a Victoria Police spokesperson told SBS’ The World Game. “The investigation into the matter, which relates to a sporting event in Victoria last year, remains ongoing and as such it would not be appropriate to comment further at this time”.

• The International Biathlon Union (IBU) has relegated the Russian Biathlon Union (RRF) to ‘provisional membership’, following the International Olympic Committee’s (IOC) decision to suspend the Russian Olympic Committee (ROC). The RRF thanked the IBU for not cancelling upcoming IBU events in Tyumen, Uvat and Khanty-Mansiysk.

• The International Skating Union (ISU) has said that it disagrees with a European Commission ruling that its eligibility rules breach European competition law. The ISU disputed the Commission’s contention that bans on athletes who compete in competitions not authorised by the ISU were driven by commercial considerations. ‘The ISU eligibility rules have never been used to further the commercial interests of the ISU – a recognised not for profit organisation – or to block independent organisers’, read an ISU statement. ‘The ISU will now review the decision carefully and reserves its right to file an appeal before the European Courts’.