Kuala Lumpur: The Asian Football Confederation’s (AFC) ambitions to ensure the highest standards of Safeguarding and the protection of children and young people across the Continent marked a landmark step forward today with the launch of the ground-breaking AFC-FIFA Safeguarding Orientation Webinar.
The four-day arbitration procedure between the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) and the Russian Anti-Doping Agency (RUSADA) before the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) concluded today in Lausanne, Switzerland.
The American Player, Tina Charles, and her agency, Wasserman Media Group LLC filed a claim against the Chinese Club Jiangsu Wutaishan Women Professional Basketball Club for outstanding salaries, bonuses, agent fees, penalties and interest.
The Serbian Player Aleksandar Aranitovic filed a claim against the Serbian Club Basketball Club Partizan Belgrade for outstanding salaries and interest.
The Agent, Thomas Prodromou, filed a claim against the Slovakian-Hungarian Player, Angelica Slamova, for agent fees and interest.
The American Player, Aishah Gameela Sutherland, and her Agent, Lorenzo Gallotti, filed a claim against the Spanish Club Araski AES for outstanding salaries, agent fees and interest.
The International Paralympic Committee (IPC) has published its Accessibility Guide to support the staging of Olympic and Paralympic Games, as well as other events to promote inclusion.
Incident on the field of play which falls within law 12, which was not seen by match officials, but was caught on video
The International Paralympic Committee (IPC) has suspended Colombian Para marathon athlete Francisco Sanclemente for thirteen months after he committed a non-intentional anti-doping rule violation (ADRV).
UK Anti-Doping (UKAD) has today released its quarterly testing report for July - September 2020, covering the period of gradual return of competitive sport to the UK following nationwide lockdown.
The International Paralympic Committee (IPC) has confirmed plans to send up to six athletes to the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games as part of a Refugee Paralympic Team (RPT). The IPC will work with its commercial partners and UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, to create awareness of the plight faced by refugee athletes and send a message of hope to the almost 80 million forcibly displaced worldwide.
A session from Betting on Sports Europe Digital in 2020:
The first meeting of the IWF Reform and Governance Commission was held over the weekend of Saturday 24 and Sunday 25 October, with Darren Charles Kane of Australia selected to start as Chair. The Commission will now be responsible for developing a new constitution and bylaws with a deadline of 22 January 2021. The new governing documents are to be circulated to IWF Member Federations two months prior to the IWF Electoral Reform Congress scheduled for 24 March 2021.
Tournament Operator UCC has officially joined the Esports Integrity Commission (ESIC) as a member, marking an important step in UCC’s development into an organisation utilising internationally recognised integrity codes and regulations. UCC’s membership demonstrates its commitment to maintaining integrity in its esports operations and joining the wider battle against corruption and match manipulation within esports.
The Greek Player, Vasileios Kavvadas, and her Agency, Starvision Enterprise Ltd., filed a claim against the Greek Club, AEK NEA KAE 2014, for outstanding salaries, tax payments, agent fees and interest.
The Swedish-American Player, Regan Magarity, her Agency, Sports International Group and her Agent, Mustafa Bozkurt, filed a claim against the Turkish Club, Hatay Büyüksehir Belediyesi Spor Kulübü for outstanding salaries, bonuses, agent fees, penalties and interest.
The Agent, Hüseyin Ulas Sag, filed a claim against the Turkish Club, Besiktas Jimnastik Kulübü Dernegi, for agent fees, penalties and interest.
The Croatian Player, Mario Delas, filed a claim against the Italian Club, Pallacanestro Varese S.p.A., for outstanding salaries, penalties and interest.
The Tennis Integrity Unit (TIU) has today confirmed that two Bulgarian tennis players have been banned and face significant fines, after being convicted of a number of corruption offences.
The International Betting Integrity Association (IBIA) reported 76 cases of suspicious betting to the relevant authorities during the third quarter (Q3) of 2020.
The US Supreme Court has refused an NFL and AT&T Inc’s DirecTV appeal which called for the court to overrule a lower court decision to revive a lawsuit that accuses them of overcharging for a satellite television package, meaning the lawsuit can move forward.
The Board of Appeal of Classification (BAC) – the independent body that considers, and where deemed appropriate, conducts hearings regarding athlete classification appeals – has added Jennifer Oghenewaire from Nigeria and Felipe Cárdenas from Colombia to its panel of members.
Decisions in the cases of World Athletics against Elena Orlova and World Athletics against Elena Ikonnikova have been issued by the Disciplinary Tribunal.
The World Anti-Doping Agency’s (WADA’s) arbitration procedure with the Russian Anti-Doping Agency (RUSADA) will be heard before the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) from 2-5 November in Lausanne, Switzerland.
FIFPRO is aware that a number of Ukrainian players have received life bans from professional football by the Disciplinary and Ethics Committee (‘DEC’) of the Football Federation of Armenia. We are concerned that players are being sanctioned on the basis of reports of so called sports data providers, without any substantial evidence.
The Football Association has launched a diversity code, with the aim of increasing BAME and female representation in the sport.
Stats Perform, the SportsTech leader in data and AI technology, pledges full support of today’s announcement by the International Betting Integrity Association (IBIA) issuing a set of minimum standards governing the procedures for the collection of sporting event data for betting.
As the United Nations (UN) celebrates its 75th anniversary, the President of the International Olympic Committee (IOC), Thomas Bach, has hailed the collaboration between the two organisations, while also emphasising the role that sport can play in fostering global solidarity in the face of the coronavirus crisis.
Crystal Palace defender Mamadou Sakho has accepted “substantial” damages from the World Anti-Doping Agency after it alleged that he had taken a prohibited substance.
The Chilean Player Ziomara Esket Morrison Jara filed a claim against the Hungarian Club DVTK Kosarlabda KFT for outstanding salaries, flight reimbursement, tax certificates and interest.
The Bosnian Player, Marica Gajic, and her Agent, Lluis Túnez García, filed a claim against the Turkish Club, Hatay Büyüksehir Belediyesi Spor Kulübü for outstanding salaries, flight reimbursement, tax certificates, agent fees, penalties and interest.
The Agent, Lluis Tunez Garcia, filed a claim against the American-Montenegrin Player, Markeisha Cherte Gatling, for agent fees and interest
The Agent Alexandre Atinkpahoun filed a claim against the Cameroonian Player Alexis Wangmene for agent fees and interest.
Kuala Lumpur: The Asian Football Confederation’s (AFC) commitment towards strengthening the professional landscape of Asian football was further underlined after the AFC Club Licensing Task Force approved the revisions to the AFC Club Licensing Regulations at its first meeting held online today.
2019/20 was a year like no other in the history of European club football. COVID-19 had a seismic impact on the world and even brought football to a complete standstill. This year’s Annual Report outlines ECA’s key activities during and prior to the pandemic and includes messages from the ECA Chairman, ECA CEO, UEFA President, and ECA Independent Executive Board Member Michele Centenaro.
The World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) is pleased to announce that the African nation of São Tomé and Príncipe has become the 190th State Party to ratify the UNESCO International Convention against Doping in Sport (UNESCO Convention). This leaves just five countries worldwide that have yet to complete their ratification of the UNESCO Convention.
Decisions in the cases of World Athletics against Elena Orlova and World Athletics against Elena Ikonnikova have been issued by the Disciplinary Tribunal.
The RFU is bringing charges against 13 Barbarian FC players who will appear before an online independent disciplinary panel.
A decision in the case of the International Tennis Federation (ITF) against Ashley Kratzer has been issued by the ITF Independent Panel. Sport Resolutions is the independent secretariat to the Independent Panel.
World Rugby has announced the appointment of Chris Synnott as Head of Broadcast and Media Rights Sales. With a focus on expanding the media rights sales strategy of leading properties such as the men’s and women’s Rugby World Cups, Synnott starts with the international federation in December.
The International Testing Agency (ITA), together with the Global Association of International Sports Federations (GAISF), has assisted a vast number of International Sports Federations throughout the past year to adapt and harmonise their anti-doping rules in light of the incoming 2021 World Anti-Doping Code.
The New Zealand Ice Hockey Federation has withdrawn its women’s national team that was entered to participate in the IIHF Ice Hockey World Championship program due to the COVID-19 pandemic and the travel restrictions.