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Regulation & Governance
Motorsport UK chairman accuses FIA of lack of transparency, ‘shift of the moral compass’
Motorsport UK chairman David Richards has again criticized the governance of FIA president Mohammed Ben Sulayem and described a “disregard for the very real concerns” raised by Richards and others that the FIA’s governance and constitutional organization is becoming “ever more opaque and concentrating power in the hands of the President alone.”
9 Apr 2025
Competition
Liberty Media to get unconditional EU approval for MotoGP deal, sources say
Liberty Media, which owns Formula One, is set to secure unconditional EU antitrust approval for its 3.5-billion-euro ($3.8 billion) acquisition of MotoGP owner Dorna Sports, people with direct knowledge of the matter said.
8 Apr 2025
Integrity
Five banned in tennis fixing scandal
The International Tennis Integrity Agency confirmed this week the sanction of a handful of French players for committing violations against the sport's Anti-Corruption Programme, all linked to a criminal case processed in 2023 involving a Belgian match-fixing organisation.
7 Apr 2025
Finance
Premier League clubs rely on £1bn of player sales to offset stubborn losses
Premier League football clubs relied on player sales worth £1bn in an effort to balance the books last season, as rising costs and a cooling media rights market exposed stubborn financial fragilities within the world’s richest league.
4 Apr 2025
Anti-doping
Umberto Ferrara, Jannik Sinner’s trainer during doping case, says he warned of clostebol risks
Jannik Sinner’s former trainer has said that he was “completely aware” of the risk of contamination from the healing spray at the center of the world No. 1’s positive doping tests and subsequent three-month ban from tennis.
4 Apr 2025
Anti-doping
Kamila Valieva's attorneys ask court to revisit doping case
Attorneys for Russian figure skater Kamila Valieva are taking her doping case back to court, arguing the World Anti-Doping Agency withheld and altered evidence that could have proven her contamination claim during the hearing that resulted in her four-year suspension.
27 Mar 2025
Politics
World Athletics extends Russia and Belarus ban
The global governing body for the sport decided on Tuesday to maintain the suspension on athletes from both countries, originally imposed since March 2022, due to the war in Ukraine. The measure will remain in place until further notice, Sebastian Coe confirmed at a press conference in London.
27 Mar 2025
Anti-doping
WADA extends intelligence and investigations offensive to Oceania
A World Anti-doping Agency programme aimed at building cooperation with law enforcement in Europe led to seizures of more than 25 tonnes of performance-enhancing drugs (PEDs) and officials now hope to see a similar impact in Oceania and Asia.
2 Mar 2025
Regulation & Governance
IOC grants provisional recognition to World Boxing
The Executive Board (EB) of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) provisionally recognised World Boxing (WB) as the International Federation (IF) within the Olympic Movement governing the sport of boxing at world level, during a remote meeting held today.