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Russia’s athletes suffer for the actions of others
The debate over whether Russian athletes should be allowed to compete at the PyeongChang 2018 Winter Olympics illustrates how the failure of sport’s governance structures allows athletes to be punished...
View ArticleIOC sanctions four Russian athletes as part of Oswald Commission findings
Today, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) has published new decisions from the Oswald Commission hearings, which are being conducted in the context of the Sochi 2014 forensic and analytic doping...
View ArticleIOC sanctions three Russian athletes as part of Oswald Commission findings
Today, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) has published new decisions from the Oswald Commission hearings, which are being conducted in the context of the Sochi 2014 forensic and analytic doping...
View ArticleIOC sanctions three Russian athletes as part of Oswald Commission findings
Today, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) has published new decisions from the Oswald Commission hearings, which are being conducted in the context of the Sochi 2014 forensic and analytic doping...
View ArticleSports Integrity Briefs – 4 December 2017
• Paul Melia, President of the Canadian Centre for Ethics in Sport (CCES), has warned that athlete and public confidence in the governance of sport could be seriously damaged unless the International...
View ArticleIOC suspends Russian NOC & creates a path for clean individual athletes to...
The IOC Executive Board today studied and discussed the findings of the Commission led by the former President of Switzerland, Samuel Schmid, addressing the systematic manipulation of the anti-doping...
View ArticleWADA Statement regarding the IOC’s decision concerning Russia
The World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) supports the International Olympic Committee (IOC’s) decision today to suspend the Russian Olympic Committee with immediate effect; and, to invite individual Russian...
View ArticleStatement of iNADO re: IOC Decision on Russia at PyeongChang
The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has decided to ban Russia from participation at the PyeongChang Olympic Winter Games, provided for participation by athletes who meet strict criteria and...
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IOC decision raises serious questions regarding sport governance
The International Olympic Committee’s (IOC) decision to suspend the Russian Olympic Committee (ROC) raises questions about why sport did not act prior to the Sochi 2014 Winter Olympics, despite being...
View Article22 Russian athletes file appeals at the CAS
The Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) has registered 22 appeals filed by Russian athletes against decisions taken by the Disciplinary Commission of the International Olympic Committee (IOC DC). The...
View ArticleISU says Russian events will proceed as planned
The International Skating Union (ISU) has confirmed that ISU-sanctioned events will go ahead in Russia as planned, despite the International Olympic Committee’s (IOC) decision to suspend the Russian...
View ArticleRussian athletes ask IOC to reconsider anthem & flag ban
The Athletes Commission of the Russian Olympic Committee (Олимпийском комитете России) has asked the International Olympic Committee (IOC) to reconsider its decision to ban use of the Russian anthem...
View ArticleIOC sanctions six athletes and closes one case as part of Oswald Commission...
Today, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) has published new decisions from the Oswald Commission hearings, which are being conducted in the context of the Sochi 2014 forensic and analytic doping...
View ArticleIPC maintains RPC suspension
The International Paralympic Committee (IPC) announced on Wednesday (20 December) that it is maintaining the suspension of the Russian Paralympic Committee (RPC) and will make a final decision on...
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Rodchenkov’s affidavit shows how corruption is embedded in Russian sport
Most people haven’t heard of Norilsk. The Russian city of around 200,000 people is the world’s northernmost city, located inside the Arctic Circle in the Krasnoyarsk Krai region of Russia. It is also...
View ArticleIOC’s Olympic Athlete from Russia Implementation Group releases guidelines
Following a meeting with representatives of the suspended Russian Olympic Committee last week, the Olympic Athlete from Russia Implementation Group (OARIG) has established a list of principles relating...
View ArticleMarket test on commitments of DOSB and IOC
The Bundeskartellamt is currently conducting an administrative proceeding against the German Olympic Sports Confederation (Deutscher Olympischer Sportbund, DOSB) and the International Olympic Committee...
View ArticleSports Integrity Briefs – 28 December 2017
• Portuguese club Rio Ave has expressed its ‘astonishment and indignation’ after television channel SIC reported that four of its players have been charged with match-fixing. ‘As is public knowledge,...
View ArticleSweden’s biathlon coach considers legal action over PyeongChang ban
Wolfgang Pichler, the German coach of Sweden’s biathlon team, is taking legal advice after finding himself banned from the PyeongChang 2018 Winter Olympics due to his involvement with Russian...
View ArticleBanned Russians win at European Speed Skating Championships
Two Russian speed skaters subject to a life ban from the Olympics for doping helped Russia take gold in the women’s team pursuit and silver in the men’s team pursuit at the European Speed Skating...
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