Sanctions

ADRVs

Icon of person holding up a card to show a ban from sport (like a yellow or red card in sport)Anti-Doping Rule Violations (ADRVs) are published in accordance with the World Anti-Doping Code. All international Athlete Support Personnel (ASP) currently serving a ban can be found in the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) Prohibited Association List.

Redacted sanctions listed on the UKAD website refer to ADRVs in which the Athlete/ASP/other person has served the sanction imposed (i.e. a four-year ban) and is now eligible to participate in sport. 

Sanctions

  • Filters
Name National Governing Body Sanction
Date of Violation
Start date of Sanction
End Date of Sanction
Competitor Violator
Louis Walker
Rule Violated
Article 2.2 (Use or Attempted Use by an Athlete of a Prohibited Substance or a Prohibited Method) and Article 2.6 (Possession of a Prohibited Substance and/or a Prohibited Method by an Athlete or Athlete Support Person).
Sanction
Three-year ban
Sport
Triathlon
NGB
British Triathlon
Substance

Clenbuterol

Substance Class

Section 1.2 of the World Anti-Doping Agency (‘WADA’) 2023 Prohibited List as an Anabolic Agent.

Action Taken

Athlete to serve three (3) year period of Ineligibility

Results Management Authority
UK Anti-Doping - UKAD
Date of Violation
Start date of Sanction
End Date of Sanction
Competitor Violator
Marc Shackley
Rule Violated
2.1 | Presence of a Prohibited Substance or its Metabolites or Markers in an Athlete’s Sample;
2.2 | Use or Attempted Use by an Athlete of a Prohibited Substance or a Prohibited Method.
Sanction
Four-year ban
Sport
Rugby League
NGB
Rugby Football League - RFL
Substance

Clenbuterol 

Action Taken

A period of Ineligibility of four (4) years is imposed (8 October 2021 - 11:59 on 7 October 2025 inclusive). 

Results Management Authority
UK Anti-Doping - UKAD
Date of Violation
Start date of Sanction
End Date of Sanction
Competitor Violator
Matthew Richardson
Rule Violated
2.2 | Use or Attempted Use by an Athlete of a Prohibited Substance or a Prohibited Method.
2.6 | Possession of a Prohibited Substance and/or a Prohibited Method.

Date of violation: On or after 11 February 2019 and/or 14 March 2019.
Sanction
Four-year ban
Sport
Weightlifting
NGB
British Weightlifting - BWL
Substance
  • Nolvadex (drug/brand name for the Prohibited Substance Tamoxifen)
  • Proviron (drug/brand name for the Prohibited Substance Mesterolone
  • Human Chorionic Gonadotropin; and
  • Clomid (drug/brand name for the Prohibited Substance Clomifene).
Substance Class

Under the 2019 WADA Prohibited List:

  • S4.2 Selective Estrogen Receptor Modulator
  • S1.1 Anabolic Androgenic Steroids
  • S2.2 Peptide Hormones
  • S4.3 Other anti-estrogenic substances
Action Taken

Athlete suspended for 4 years from 18 August 2020 to 17 August 2024 inclusive.

Date of Violation
Start date of Sanction
End Date of Sanction
Competitor Violator
Nathan Togun
Rule Violated
2015 ADR 2.5 | Tampering or Attempted Tampering;
2019 ADR 10.12.1 | Prohibition against participation during a period of ineligibility
Sanction
Nine-year ban
Sport
Bobsleigh
NGB
British Bobsleigh & Skeleton Association - BBSA
Substance

NA

Substance Class

NA

Action Taken

A further period of Ineligibility of nine (9) years is imposed (13 November 2022 – 12 November 2031 inclusive).

Results Management Authority
UK Anti-Doping - UKAD
Date of Violation
Start date of Sanction
End Date of Sanction
Competitor Violator
Paul Bird
Rule Violated
Refusal or failure
Sanction
Eight-year ban
Sport
Motor Sport
NGB
Motorsport UK - MSA
Action Taken

Eight-year ban

Results Management Authority
UK Anti-Doping - UKAD
Date of Violation
Start date of Sanction
End Date of Sanction
Competitor Violator
Philip Bowes
Rule Violated
Article 2.1 of the UK Anti-Doping Rules - Presence of a Prohibited Substance
Sanction
Four-year ban
Sport
Boxing
NGB
British Boxing Board of Control - BBBoC
Substance

Ostarine

Action Taken

Four-year ban. Mr Bowes' result in the bout of 2 September 2020 is disqualified.

Results Management Authority
UK Anti-Doping - UKAD
Date of Violation
Start date of Sanction
End Date of Sanction
Competitor Violator
Ralph Rainbow
Rule Violated
WRR Regulation 21.2.2 and 21.6.2
21.2.2 – "Use or Attempted Use by a Player of a Prohibited Substance or a Prohibited Method”.
21.2.6 - “Possession of a Prohibited Substance or a Prohibited Method by a Player or Player Support Person”.
Sanction
Four-year ban
Sport
Rugby Union
NGB
Rugby Football Union - RFU
Substance

Human Growth Hormone

Substance Class

S.2 Peptide Hormones, Growth Factors, Related Substances and Mimetics

Results Management Authority
Rugby Football Union - RFU
Date of Violation
Start date of Sanction
End Date of Sanction
Competitor Violator
Redacted by Panel [1]
Rule Violated
2015 UK Anti-Doping Rule Violation: Possession of a Prohibited Substance
Sanction
Two-year ban
Sport
Rugby Union
NGB
Welsh Rugby Union - WRU
Substance

Testosterone

Action Taken

Two-year ban

Results Management Authority
UK Anti-Doping - UKAD
Date of Violation
Start date of Sanction
End Date of Sanction
Competitor Violator
Richard Freeman
Rule Violated
Article 2.6 of the 2009 UK Anti-Doping Rules (Possession of a Prohibited Substance and/or a Prohibited Method)

Article 2.5 of the 2015 UK Anti-Doping Rules (Tampering with any part of Doping Control)
Sanction
Four-year ban
Sport
Cycling
NGB
British Cycling - BC
Substance

Testosterone

Action Taken

A Four-year ban commencing on 22 December 2020 and will end at 23:59 on the 21 December 2024.

 

Results Management Authority
UK Anti-Doping - UKAD
Date of Violation
Start date of Sanction
End Date of Sanction
Competitor Violator
Rob Worrincy
Rule Violated
2.1 (Presence of a Prohibited Substance or its Metabolites or Markers in an Athlete’s Sample)
2.2 (Use or Attempted Use of a Prohibited Substance or Prohibited Method) of the 2021 UK Anti-Doping Rules (ADR)
Sanction
Three-year ban
Sport
Rugby League
NGB
Rugby Football League - RFL
Substance

Ostarine (enobosarm), ibutamoren and GW1516 Metabolites; GW1516-sulfoxide and GW1516-sulfone.

Action Taken

Three year ban

Results Management Authority
UK Anti-Doping - UKAD
Date of Violation
Start date of Sanction
End Date of Sanction
Competitor Violator
Robert Oakley
Rule Violated
2.1 | Presence of a Prohibited Substance or its Metabolites or Markers in an Athlete’s Sample
2.2 | Use or Attempted Use by an Athlete of a Prohibited Substance or a Prohibited Method
Sanction
Three year ban
Sport
Rugby League
NGB
Rugby Football League - RFL
Substance

RAD140;
Ostarine (enobosarm);
LGD-4033 (ligandrol) and its Metabolite dihydroxy-LGD-4033; and
GW1516 Metabolites GW1516-sulfoxide and GW1516-sulfone.

Substance Class

S1.2 of the WADA 2022 Prohibited List as Anabolic Agents.

S4.4 of the WADA 2022 Prohibited List as a Hormone and Metabolic Modulator.

Action Taken

Athlete suspended for 3 years from 6 September 2022 to 5 September 2025 inclusive

Results Management Authority
UK Anti-Doping - UKAD
Date of Violation
Start date of Sanction
End Date of Sanction
Competitor Violator
Rowland Kaye
Rule Violated
2.1 | Presence of a Prohibited Substance or its Metabolites or Markers in an Athlete’s Sample
Sanction
Four year ban
Sport
Rugby League
NGB
Rugby Football League - RFL
Substance

Metabolite of oxymetholone and methasterone

Substance Class

S 1.1 of the WADA 2022 Prohibited List

Action Taken

Athlete suspended for 4 years from 4 March 2022 to 3 March 2026 inclusive.

Results Management Authority
UK Anti-Doping - UKAD
Date of Violation
Start date of Sanction
End Date of Sanction
Competitor Violator
Russell Spiers
Rule Violated
2.1 | Presence of a Prohibited Substance or its Metabolites or Markers in an Athlete’s Sample
2.2 | Use or Attempted Use by an Athlete of a Prohibited Substance or a Prohibited Method
Sanction
Three year ban
Sport
Rugby League
NGB
Rugby Football League - RFL
Substance

Boldenone and its Metabolite 17β-hydroxy-5β-androst-1-en-3-one. 

Substance Class

S1 of the 2022 WADA Prohibited List as an Anabolic Androgenic Steroid (‘AAS’)

Action Taken

Athlete suspended for 3 years from 26 August 2022 to 25 August 2025 inclusive

Results Management Authority
UK Anti-Doping - UKAD
Date of Violation
Start date of Sanction
End Date of Sanction
Competitor Violator
Ryan Forshaw
Rule Violated
2.1 | Presence of a Prohibited Substance or its Metabolites or Markers in an Athlete’s Sample.
2.2 | Use or Attempted Use by an Athlete of a Prohibited Substance or a Prohibited Method.
Sanction
Three-year ban
Sport
Rugby League
NGB
Rugby Football League - RFL
Substance

19-norandrosterone and the following metabolites of metandienone:

  1. 17β-methyl-5β-androst-1-ene-3α,17α-diol (epimetendiol);
  2. 17β-hydroxymethyl,17α-methyl-18-nor-androst-1,4,13-trien-3-one;
  3. 6β-hydroxymetandienone;
  4. 17-epimetandienone.
Substance Class

Section S1.1 Anabolic Androgenic Steroids

Action Taken

Athlete suspended for 3 years from 6 May 2022 to 5 May 2025 inclusive

Results Management Authority
UK Anti-Doping - UKAD
Date of Violation
Start date of Sanction
End Date of Sanction
Competitor Violator
Ryan Snowden
Rule Violated
ADRVs pursuant to Article 2.1 (Presence of a Prohibited Substance or its Metabolites or Markers in an Athlete’s Sample) and 2.2 (Use or Attempted Use of a Prohibited Substance or Prohibited Method) of the 2021 UK Anti-Doping Rules (ADR),
Sanction
Three-year ban
Sport
Rugby League
NGB
Rugby Football League - RFL
Substance

Ostarine (enobosarm); Clenbuterol

Action Taken

A three-year ban commencing on 10 February 2023 ending at 23:59 on the 09 February 2026

Results Management Authority
UK Anti-Doping - UKAD
Date of Violation
Start date of Sanction
End Date of Sanction
Competitor Violator
Shaun Leonard
Rule Violated
ADR Articles 2.2 (Use or Attempted Use by an Athlete of a Prohibited Substance or a Prohibited Method) and ADR Article 2.6 (Possession of a Prohibited Substance and/or a Prohibited Method)
Sanction
Four-year ban
Sport
Cycling
NGB
Cycling Time Trials - CTT
Substance
  • Testosterone
  • Furosemide
  • Amiloride
  • Clenbuterol
Action Taken

The National Anti-Doping Panel imposed a four-year ban, which is deemed to have commenced on 24 June 2020 (the date Mr Leonard was provisionally suspended) and will expire at 23:59 on 23 June 2024. 

Mr Leonard's previous cycling time trial race results on 8 September 2018, 27 April 2019 and 11 May 2019 were disqualified.

Results Management Authority
UK Anti-Doping - UKAD
Date of Violation
Start date of Sanction
End Date of Sanction
Competitor Violator
Sonny Webster
Rule Violated
Breach of Ban
Sanction
Three-year ban
Sport
Weightlifting
NGB
British Weightlifting - BWL
Substance

Ostarine

Action Taken

Three-year ban

Results Management Authority
UK Anti-Doping - UKAD
Date of Violation
Start date of Sanction
End Date of Sanction
Competitor Violator
Tom Curwen
Rule Violated
2.1 | Presence of a Prohibited Substance or its Metabolites or Markers in an Athlete’s Sample;
2.2 | Use or Attempted Use of a Prohibited Substance or Prohibited Method
Sanction
18 month ban
Sport
Rugby League
NGB
Rugby Football League - RFL
Substance

Amphetamine

Substance Class

S6A of the 2023 WADA Prohibited List as a Non-Specified Stimulant. 

Action Taken

Athlete banned from all sport for a period of 18 months from 6 April 2023 to 5 October 2024 inclusive.

Results Management Authority
UK Anti-Doping - UKAD
Date of Violation
Start date of Sanction
End Date of Sanction
Competitor Violator
Zolani Tete
Rule Violated
2021 UK Anti-Doping Rules

ADR Article 2.1 (Presence)

ADR Article 2.2 (Use)
Sanction
Four-year ban
Sport
Boxing
NGB
British Boxing Board of Control - BBBoC
Substance

Stanozolol

Substance Class

Section 1.1 WADA 2022 Prohibited List | anabolic androgenic steroid

Action Taken

Athlete to serve four (4) year period of Ineligibility

Results Management Authority
UK Anti-Doping - UKAD

Sanctions

  • Filters
Name National Governing Body Sanction
Date of Violation
Start date of Sanction
End Date of Sanction
Competitor Violator
Redacted
Rule Violated
Presence
Sanction
Two-year ban
Sport
Boxing
NGB
Great Britain Boxing - GBB
Substance

Epitrenbolone

Action Taken

Two-year ban

Date of Violation
Start date of Sanction
End Date of Sanction
Competitor Violator
Redacted
Rule Violated
2.1| Presence of a Prohibited Substance or its Metabolites or Markers in an Athlete’s Sample
Sanction
Three-month ban
Sport
Rugby League
NGB
Rugby Football League - RFL
Substance

Benzoylecgonine, a Metabolite of cocaine

Methylenedioxymethamphetamine (MDMA/“ecstasy”)

Tenamfetamine (methylenedioxyamfetamine)

Substance Class

Cocaine is listed under S6.A of the WADA 2023 Prohibited List as a Stimulant.

Methylenedioxymethamphetamine and Tenamfetamine is listed under S6.B of the 2023
WADA Prohibited List as a Stimulant. 

Action Taken

Athlete banned from all sport for a period of three-months.

Results Management Authority
UK Anti-Doping - UKAD
Date of Violation
Start date of Sanction
End Date of Sanction
Competitor Violator
Redacted
Rule Violated
Presence
Sanction
Two-year ban
Sport
Rugby League
NGB
Rugby Football League - RFL
Substance

Oxymetholone (metabolites)

Action Taken

Two-year ban

Date of Violation
Start date of Sanction
End Date of Sanction
Competitor Violator
Redacted
Rule Violated
Presence
Sanction
Four-year ban
Sport
Athletics
NGB
British Athletics - UKA
Substance

Metandienone (metabolite)

Action Taken

Four-year ban

Results Management Authority
UK Anti-Doping - UKAD
Date of Violation
Start date of Sanction
End Date of Sanction
Competitor Violator
Redacted
Rule Violated
Article 10.12.1
Sanction
One-month ban
Sport
Boxing
NGB
British Boxing Board of Control - BBBoC
Action Taken

One-month ban

Date of Violation
Start date of Sanction
End Date of Sanction
Competitor Violator
Redacted
Rule Violated
Presence
Sanction
Two-year ban
Sport
Rugby Union
NGB
Welsh Rugby Union - WRU
Substance

Benzoylecgonine

Action Taken

Two-year ban

Date of Violation
Start date of Sanction
End Date of Sanction
Competitor Violator
Redacted
Rule Violated
ADRV Article 2.1 Presence of a Prohibited Substance or its Metabolites or Markers in an Athlete’s Sample
Sanction
One-month ban
Sport
Ice Hockey
NGB
Ice Hockey UK - IHUK
Substance

Benzoylecgonine (metabolite of cocaine)

Substance Class

Stimulant under Section S6.A of the 2022 WADA Prohibited List and one of four 'Substances of Abuse'.

Non-Specified Substance prohibited In-Competition only.

Action Taken

Athlete has established ingestion or Use occurred Out-of-Competition and has satisfactorily completed a Substance of Abuse treatment program approved by UKAD.

A period of Ineligibility of one (1) month (23 May 2022 – Sunday 26 June 2022)

Results Management Authority
UK Anti-Doping - UKAD
Date of Violation
Start date of Sanction
End Date of Sanction
Competitor Violator
Redacted
Rule Violated
Presence
Sanction
Four-month ban
Sport
Athletics
NGB
British Athletics - UKA
Substance

17-beta-hydroxyestra-4,9-diene-3-one

Action Taken

Four-month ban

Date of Violation
Start date of Sanction
End Date of Sanction
Competitor Violator
Redacted
Rule Violated
Presence
Sanction
Four-year ban
Sport
Weightlifting
NGB
British Weightlifting - BWL
Substance

Stanozolol-N-glucuronide 19-norandrosterone Clomiphene Tamoxifen metabolite 19 Norandrosterone MHA Clomiphene Tamoxifen metabolite

Action Taken

Four-year ban

Date of Violation
Start date of Sanction
End Date of Sanction
Competitor Violator
Redacted
Rule Violated
Presence
Sanction
Six-month ban
Sport
Rugby Union
NGB
Rugby Football Union - RFU
Substance

Hydrochlorothiazide

Action Taken

Six-month ban

Date of Violation
Start date of Sanction
End Date of Sanction
Competitor Violator
Redacted
Rule Violated
2.1 | Presence of a Prohibited Substance or its Metabolites or Markers
Sanction
Four-year ban
Sport
Rugby Union
NGB
Welsh Rugby Union - WRU
Substance

Ostarine

Substance Class

S2 Other Anabolic Agents

Action Taken

Four-year ban

Results Management Authority
UK Anti-Doping - UKAD
Date of Violation
Start date of Sanction
End Date of Sanction
Competitor Violator
Redacted
Rule Violated
Presence
Sanction
Two-year ban
Sport
Wrestling
NGB
British Wrestling Association - BWA
Substance

Tamoxifen

Action Taken

Two-year ban

Date of Violation
Start date of Sanction
End Date of Sanction
Competitor Violator
Redacted
Rule Violated
Presence of a Prohibited Substance or its Metabolites or Markers in a player’s Sample
Sanction
Two-year ban
Sport
Rugby Union
NGB
Rugby Football Union - RFU
Substance

Methylhexaneamine

Substance Class

Specified Stimulants

Action Taken

Two-year ban

Date of Violation
Start date of Sanction
End Date of Sanction
Competitor Violator
Redacted
Rule Violated
Presence; Tampering or Attempted Tampering
Sanction
Four-year ban
Sport
Rugby Union
NGB
Rugby Football Union - RFU
Substance

Clenbuterol

Action Taken

Four-year ban

Date of Violation
Start date of Sanction
End Date of Sanction
Competitor Violator
Redacted
Rule Violated
2015 and 2019 ADR 10.12.1 | Prohibition against participation during a period of ineligibility
Sanction
Eighteen month ban
Sport
Ice Hockey
NGB
Ice Hockey UK - IHUK
Action Taken

A further period of Ineligibility of eighteen (18) months is imposed (17 June 2022 – 16 December 2023 inclusive).

Results Management Authority
UK Anti-Doping - UKAD
Date of Violation
Start date of Sanction
End Date of Sanction
Competitor Violator
Redacted
Rule Violated
Presence
Sanction
Two-year ban
Sport
Rugby League
NGB
Rugby Football League - RFL
Substance

Oxandrolone and metabolite epioxandrolone

Action Taken

Two-year ban

Date of Violation
Start date of Sanction
End Date of Sanction
Competitor Violator
Redacted
Rule Violated
Refusal or failure
Sanction
Four-year ban
Sport
Athletics
NGB
British Athletics - UKA
Action Taken

Four-year ban

Results Management Authority
UK Anti-Doping - UKAD
Date of Violation
Start date of Sanction
End Date of Sanction
Competitor Violator
Redacted
Rule Violated
Presence
Sanction
Two-year ban
Sport
Rugby Union
NGB
Scottish Rugby Union - SRU
Substance

Methylenedioxymethamphetamine (MDMA)

Action Taken

Two-year ban

Date of Violation
Start date of Sanction
End Date of Sanction
Competitor Violator
Redacted
Rule Violated
Presence
Sanction
Two-year ban
Sport
Rugby Union
NGB
Welsh Rugby Union - WRU
Substance

Clomiphene

Action Taken

Two-year ban

Date of Violation
Start date of Sanction
End Date of Sanction
Competitor Violator
Redacted
Rule Violated
2.1 | Presence of a Prohibited Substance or its Metabolites or Markers in an Athlete’s Sample.
Sanction
Three month ban
Sport
Rugby Union
NGB
United Rugby Championship
Substance

Cocaine

Substance Class

S6A of the WADA 2022 Prohibited List as a stimulant

Action Taken

Athlete suspended for 3 months from 31 May 2022 to 31 August 2022

Results Management Authority
UK Anti-Doping - UKAD
Date of Violation
Start date of Sanction
End Date of Sanction
Competitor Violator
Redacted
Rule Violated
Presence
Sanction
Six-month ban
Sport
Athletics
NGB
British Athletics - UKA
Substance

17-beta-hydroxyestra-4,9-diene-3-one; 17-alpha-methyl-5-alpha-androstane-3-alpha,17-beta-diol

Action Taken

Six-month ban

Date of Violation
Start date of Sanction
End Date of Sanction
Competitor Violator
Redacted
Rule Violated
Possession; Trafficking; Aiding and Abetting; Encouraging
Sanction
Eight-year ban
Sport
Rugby Union
NGB
Rugby Football Union - RFU
Substance

Multiple substances

Action Taken

Eight-year ban

Date of Violation
Start date of Sanction
End Date of Sanction
Competitor Violator
Redacted
Rule Violated
Presence
Sanction
Two-year ban
Sport
Rugby League
NGB
Rugby Football League - RFL
Substance

Methylhexaneamine

Action Taken

Two-year ban

Date of Violation
Start date of Sanction
End Date of Sanction
Competitor Violator
Redacted
Rule Violated
2.1 | Presence of a Prohibited Substance or its Metabolites or Markers in an Athlete’s Sample
Sanction
Three month ban
Sport
Rugby League
NGB
Rugby Football League - RFL
Substance

Benzoylecgonine, a metabolite of cocaine.

Substance Class

Section S6.A Stimulant

Action Taken

A period of Ineligibility of three (3) months is imposed. However, redacted is afforded credit for the time he has spent provisionally suspended. His period of Ineligibility is therefore deemed to expire at midnight on 30 January 2023.

Cocaine is listed under section S6A of the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) 2022 Prohibited List as a stimulant. It is a non-specified substance that is prohibited In-Competition only. The 2022 Prohibited List also identifies cocaine as a ‘Substance of Abuse’.

The UK Anti-Doping Rules (ADR), which implement the 2021 World Anti-Doping Code for sports in the UK, set out specific rules on how ADRVs related to Substances of Abuse should be managed. Shorter bans of three months are available for such substances when found In-Competition, if their ingestion takes place Out-of-Competition and in a context unrelated to sport performance.

Results Management Authority
UK Anti-Doping - UKAD
Date of Violation
Start date of Sanction
End Date of Sanction
Competitor Violator
Redacted
Rule Violated
Attempted Use
Sanction
Two-year ban
Sport
Rugby Union
NGB
Rugby Football Union - RFU
Substance

hGH

Action Taken

Two-year ban