Sports Integrity: Betting And Corruption – Annual Review 2022/23

Published Friday, 03 March 2023.

The pros & cons of setting up a sports organisation as a charity

Published Tuesday, 28 February 2023.

Ten steps sports organisations must take to better protect children in sport

Published Tuesday, 06 December 2022.

The Difficulties Of Selection, De-Selection And Selection Appeals: Key Considerations For Athletes

Published Wednesday, 09 November 2022.

The Whyte Review Into British Gymnastics: Key Safeguarding Lessons For Sports Governing Bodies

Published Friday, 21 October 2022.

London and Boston Marathons add non-binary category to 2023 races

Public Disclosure Of Disposition Of Anti-Doping Matter Under Rule 14.3.2 – Vane Nyaboke Nyanamba (Ken) (Copy)

Report finds bullying and emotional abuse were commonplace in Dutch triathlon

Lawrence Cherono And Randolph Ross provisionally suspended; both athletes are out of Oregon22

Nijel Amos Of Botswana Provisionally Suspended After Testing Positive

Okagbare's further ban disqualifies Nigeria's 4x100m squad's qualifying time for World Championships

The Okagbare/Lira Doping Case - First Prosecution Under The Rodchenkov Act

Published Thursday, 28 April 2022.

How To Approach ‘ESG Criteria’ When Hosting Major Sports Events

Published Wednesday, 06 April 2022.

A Sport-By-Sport Approach To Participation: How The NCAA Transgender Policy 2022 Impacts Student-Athletes

Published Tuesday, 08 March 2022.

Sports Law in 2022 – Key issues to watch in UK & Ireland

Published Tuesday, 28 December 2021.

Does the Shayna Jack CAS Appeal decision give hope to innocent athletes in contamination cases?

Published Tuesday, 14 December 2021.

World Athletics publishes Online Abuse Study covering Tokyo Olympic Games

• Female athletes were the target of 87% of all abuse

• 65% of all abusive posts warrant intervention from social media platforms

In line with its commitment to making athletics a safe and welcoming environment for everyone, World Athletics today publishes findings of a study conducted during the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games to identify and address targeted, abusive messages sent to athletes via social media.

THE COURT OF ARBITRATION FOR SPORT (CAS) Upholds the appeal of Nikita khakimov

Russian Federation suspension extended by World Athletics Congress

Following presentations from RusAF Acting President Irina Privalova and Chair of the Russia Taskforce, Rune Anderson, the World Athletics Congress has today approved the World Athletics Council’s recommendation that the Russian Federation continues to be suspended while the Council oversees completion of the Russian reinstatement plan.

Andersen presented the Taskforce’s latest report before the Congress vote. All other documents and decisions will be published at the conclusion of the Congress tomorrow.

Name Image & Likeness - How Laws Are Evolving For NCAA Athletes’ Compensation

Published Friday, 12 November 2021.

Athletics coach Rana Reider to be investigated over sexual misconduct claims

Athletics coach Rana Reider set to be investigated by the US Center for SafeSport after multiple complaints of sexual misconduct were made against him.

Reider is a well renowned athletics trainer as he has trained multiple World and Olympic Champions including Tokyo 2020 Olympic 200m gold medallist Andre de Grasse and two-time Olympic champion Christian Taylor.

Athletics Integrity Unit issues charges against Nigerian sprinter Blessing Okagbare in relation to three disciplinary matters

07 OCTOBER 2021, MONACO: The Athletics Integrity Unit (AIU) has issued charges against Nigerian sprinter Blessing Okagbare in relation to three separate disciplinary matters.

The athlete has been charged with the presence and use of a prohibited substance following the detection of Human Growth Hormone in a sample collected out-of-competition on 19th July in Slovakia and reported to the AIU on 30th July. This matter was publicly announced on 31st July when Ms Okagbare was provisionally suspended. She had been scheduled to participate in the semi-finals of the Toko 2020 women’s 100m that day.

Vienna marathon winner disqualified after shoe soles break rules

Ethiopian Derara Hurisa won the Vienna marathon over the weekend but was later disqualified when it was found that his shoe sole violated the rules by being 1cm too thick.

Hurisa won the race with a time of 2:09:22 but less than 45 minutes later he was disqualified when it was discovered that his shoe soles were 5cm thick which is 1cm too thick for the rules. Road running shoes cannot have a sole thicker than 4cm and Hurisa was wearing different shoes to the ones he described on his race form.

No positive tests reported in the re-analysis of long-term storage samples of Australian athletes

There were no positive tests reported in the re-analysis of long-term storage samples of Australian athletes prior to the Tokyo 2020 Olympic and Paralympic games.

Anti-Doping notification: Russian athlete Vladimir Turbayevskiy

World Triathlon hereby reports that Russian athlete Vladimir Turbayevskiy has been suspended of competition after the decision of the CAS Anti-Doping Division that finds him guilty of an ADRV pursuant to Article 2.2 of the Anti-Doping rules (ADR) in connection with abnormalities in the haematological module of the Athlete Biological Passport (ABP) based on abnormalities detected in blood samples collected in June and July 2014 and in August 2020 all of which indicate blood manipulation.

Sport And Anti-Doping – Annual Review 2022/23

Sport And Anti-Doping – The Year In Review 2022

Published Thursday, 02 March 2023.

Doping Cases Arising From The Moscow Laboratory Data Disclosure (Natalya Antyukh & Aleksandr Shustov)

Published Wednesday, 18 January 2023.

The difficulties of athlete selection appeals: Key Considerations For Governing Bodies

Sportsperson running over the running track

Published Wednesday, 09 November 2022.

Trademarked For Success – What Can Athletes Learn From Usain Bolt’s Legendary Victory Celebration?

Published Thursday, 27 October 2022.

Navigating Name, Image & Likeness - Tips For College Athletes, Brands & Universities

Photo by Francisco Lerma on Unsplash

Published Thursday, 20 October 2022.

Public Disclosure Of Disposition Of Anti-Doping Matter Under Rule 14.3.2 – Vane Nyaboke Nyanamba (Ken)

UKAD maintains its high quarterly anti-doping testing numbers

Presence/Use of a Prohibited Substance (EPO) Article 2.1 and Article 2.2

AIU Announces a Robust and Innovative Testing Programme for Oregon 2022 in Partnership with USADA

Decision Of The Athletics Integrity Unit In The Case of Mr Joel Maina Mwangi

Top 10 Tips For Launching An ‘Independent Review’ In Sport

Published Monday, 16 May 2022.

Crossing The Line - Reflections On The Salazar, Brown & Nike Oregon Project Scandal

Published Wednesday, 27 April 2022.

Summary of the proceedings pending before the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) relating to Appeals of Russian athletes, federations and teams

Safeguarding Athletes: Why World Athletics' New Policy Raises The Bar

Published Wednesday, 16 February 2022.

A Summary Of 2021’s Key Sports Law Cases From The CAS & SFT

Published Thursday, 23 December 2021.

A guide to the regulation of transgender athlete participation in sport

Published Friday, 03 December 2021.

Results & Evaluation of Pro Bono Legal Services at the Tokyo 2020 Games

Published Friday, 26 November 2021.

Incomplete, Unclear & Contradictory...How CAS & the Swiss Federal Tribunal Approach Pathological Arbitration Clauses

Published Friday, 19 November 2021.

World Athletics and EBU agree to renewal of long-running media rights agreement

World Athletics and the European Broadcasting Union are delighted to announce that they have extended and enhanced their long-running media rights partnership for all the events in the top-tier World Athletics Series.

World Athletics announces Safeguarding Policy

Alexander Bryukhankov sanctioned with three-year suspension after a positive doping case

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 in the 5th place in the Final B.

CAS Bulletin 2021/1

In this Olympic year, the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) has opened two temporary offices in Japan for the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games (the Games) which have been postponed due to the coronavirus pandemic and have been held this year from 21 July to 8 August 2021.

U.S. Track & Field Athlete Eliud Ngetich Accepts Sanction for Anti-Doping Rule Violation

USADA announced today that Eliud Ngetich, of El Doret, Kenya, an athlete in the sport of track and field, has accepted a two-year period of ineligibility for an anti-doping rule violation committed under the 2009 version of the World Anti-Doping Code.

ITA reports that gymnast Martina Dominici accepted 3-year period of ineligibility for presence of prohibited substances

THE INTERNATIONAL TESTING AGENCY (ITA) REPORTS THAT THE ARGENTINIAN GYMNAST MARTINA DOMINICI HAS ACCEPTED A THREE-YEAR PERIOD OF INELIGIBILITY AFTER TESTING POSITIVE FOR TWO ANABOLIC ANDROGENIC STEROIDS.

The CCES Completes Testing of Team Canada Prior to Tokyo 2020 Paralympics

The Canadian Centre for Ethics in Sport (CCES) has successfully completed its pre-Games testing program prior to the 2020 Paralympic Games in Tokyo. We would like to wish all members of Team Canada good luck and we hope the Games are a safe and healthy experience for everyone.

• Female athletes were the target of 87% of all abuse

• 65% of all abusive posts warrant intervention from social media platforms

THE INTERNATIONAL TESTING AGENCY (ITA) REPORTS THAT THE ARGENTINIAN GYMNAST MARTINA DOMINICI HAS ACCEPTED A THREE-YEAR PERIOD OF INELIGIBILITY AFTER TESTING POSITIVE FOR TWO ANABOLIC ANDROGENIC STEROIDS.

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