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Royal London One-Day Cup
Middlesex v Hampshire
7 June 2016
Radlett, Hertfordshire
Sports Integrity Initiative: Australian police investigating NRL match-fixing allegations
Match-Fixing, Sports LawPolice in New South Wales, Australia, are investigating allegations of match-fixing in the National Rugby League (NRL), Australian newspaper The Daily Telegraph reports.
The investigation reportedly concerns two games in 2015 involving Manly Sea Eagles – one against South Sydney Rabbitohs and the other against Parramatta Eels. All three clubs are based in Sydney.
BBC County Cricket: Specsavers County Championships – Middlesex v Somerset, 22 – 25 May 2016
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BBC County Cricket: Specsavers County Championships – Gloucs v Glam, 15 – 18 May 2016
Radio, Specsavers County Championships, SportSports Integrity Initiative: A timeline – The Anti-Doping Agency of Kenya
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• This article was originally published in the Sports Integrity Initiative internet journal on 13 May 2016. To access the original, please click here.
Sports Integrity Initiative: Perera acquittal a worry for WADA and athletes alike
Doping, Sports LawSri Lankan international cricketer Kusal Perera has had his provisional suspension lifted with immediate effect after the International Cricket Council (ICC) withdrew all disciplinary charges yesterday. The turnaround comes after the WADA-accredited laboratory in Qatar withdrew its original Adverse Analytical Finding after further investigations found that the cause of the finding may have been naturally generated. ‘We wish to make it clear that there is no evidence that Mr Perera has ever used performance-enhancing substances,’ the ICC said in a statement.
Sports Integrity Initiative: Cricket South Africa joins Australian challenge to ICC on concussion subs
Governance, Sports LawOn the day of an independent review commissioned by Cricket Australia into the death of international batsman Phillip Hughes, an investigation by The Sports Integrity Initiative has learnt that the governing body of cricket in South Africa will introduce a concussion substitute policy into its domestic first-class competition. Earlier today Cricket Australia announced that it too would formally propose a concussion substitute be allowed in first-class matches.
Sports Integrity Initiative: Behind the headlines – WADA’s Doping Report
Doping, Sports LawThe World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) published its second annual Anti-Doping Rule Violations (ADRVs) Report on Wednesday evening, revealing a number of remarkable statistics. Not all of these, however, were immediately noticeable.
There are a number of headline findings, but the data also throws up some more interesting statistics that need a bit more digging to get to.
Sports Integrity Initiative: Match-fixing – the threat from the shadows
Doping, Sports LawMatch-fixing rarely makes the headlines, as those sportsmen involved are generally not high profile enough to rate media interest. The greatest danger lies, as it always has, in lower level, less well publicised and funded sports, where earning a living is a continuous struggle. This environment provides a constant battle for the authorities, but now the increased professionalism in women’s sport provides fertile new ground for corruption.
The Roar: The rise of the silent assassins
Features, Print, Sport, The RoarThis World Cup has been a coming of age tournament for T20 cricket, and no one is to thank more for this than the ‘dot-ball annihilators’ of the game.
Isabelle Westbury 