• The Athletics Integrity Unit (AIU) has confirmed that Kenyan Kipyegon Bett has returned an adverse analytical finding (AAF) for erythropoietin (EPO), after was charged with refusing a test earlier this month. Last week, Athletics Kenya announced that an oversight team, designed to combat doping, will consist of personnel from the Criminal Investigation Department, experts from the Ministry of Health, the Attorney General’s Office, Immigration Department, Ministry of Education, Council of Governors, Media Council of Kenya and the Department of Sports.

AIU confirms the issue of a Notice of Allegation against Kipyegon Bett for a violation of Article 2.1 of the Anti-Doping Rules. The #Kenyan #runner is already Provisionally Suspended from all competition for an earlier violation of Article 2.3. #AIUNews https://t.co/Cq4Q2MR0LJ

— AIU (@AIU_Athletics) August 26, 2018

• Former President of the Confederation of Brazilian Football (CBF), José Maria Marin, has been sentenced to four years in prison, reports The Guardian. Marin was one of seven FIFA officials arrested at the Baur au Lac hotel in May 2015. Marin and Juan Ángel Napout, former President of the Latin American football confederation (CONMEBOL), were convicted on charges of racketeering in December last year.

• The E-Sports Entertainment Association (ESEA) League has sanctioned two Counter Strike: Global Offensive players with one year bans for using relatives in an attempt to bypass regulations prohibiting the placing of bets on their own matches. ‘Earlier this season we became suspicious of a team’s behaviour during matches, but lacked any evidence to suggest the users were acting in a malicious manner’, read an ESEA statement. ‘ESEA, during the playoffs, was reached out to by an esports bookmaker, GG.BET, in regards to irregularities in bets placed. In August the information provided indicated that longstanding MDL players Loic “effys” Sauvageau and Victor “cardiac” Kwan both had family members placing bets against their own team in their matches in the MDL division.’

• The International Federation of Football Associations (FIFA) has sanctioned Jibril Rajoub, President of the Palestinian Football Association (PFA), with a 12 month ban for inciting hatred and violence. Rajoub made statements calling on football fans to target the Argentinean FA (AFA) and to burn Lionel Messi jerseys, after a 9 June friendly between the two nations was cancelled. In a statement, the PFA expressed ‘surprise’ at the decision, and said it is considering an appeal.

• The Athletics Integrity Unit (AIU) has decided to take no further action against Sergey Bubka, over allegations that a US$45,000 payment made in 2009 was related to corruption. ‘The AIU has concluded, based on the information currently available to it, that there is no prima facie case of a breach of the applicable IAAF rules by Mr Bubka’, read a statement. ‘The AIU reached the decision after conducting extensive inquiries over almost a year, including analysis of the relevant criminal files of the French financial prosecutor’s office and other information available to the Unit. The AIU takes note that the criminal investigation is ongoing and will continue to monitor any developments in case new evidence arises.’

• Adam Walker of Wakefield Trinity Wildcats rugby league club, has been sanctioned with a 20 month ban after testing positive for a metabolite of cocaine, UK Anti-Doping (UKAD) announced. Walker, a Scottish international, argued that he had consumed cocaine three days prior to his test in a context unrelated to sport.

• The Compliance Review Committee (CRC) of the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) held a 21 August meeting in London to discuss a number of issues. A statement revealed that the Russian Anti-Doping Agency’s (RUSADA) progress in achieving the remaining milestones outlined in WADA’s Roadmap to Compliance will be discussed at the WADA Executive Committee meeting on 20 September.

• The Olympic Council of Asia (OCA) plans to analyse anti-doping results from the last 12 years at events that fall under its jurisdiction, in order to target sports that repeatedly offend for increased testing, reports Reuters. “We want to see which three games [sports] have the highest number (of doping offenders)”, OCA President Sheikh Ahmed Al-Fahad Al-Ahmed Al-Sabah told reporters. “When we know that, we’ll put those under pressure. They will not be in our sports programme, or there will be fewer medals.”

• The World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) has issued a reminder that 14 September is the deadline for submitting feedback to the second phase of the 2021 World Anti-Doping Code Review Process. Any submissions must be filed via WADAConnect.