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. 

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Name National Governing Body Sanction
Date of Violation
Start date of Sanction
End Date of Sanction
Competitor Violator
Redacted
Rule Violated
UK Anti-Doping Rules Article 2.1 | Presence of a Prohibited Substance or its Metabolites or Markers in an Athlete’s Sample
Sanction
Four-year ban
Sport
Rugby Union
NGB
Welsh Rugby Union - WRU
Substance

Clenbuterol

Substance Class

S1.2 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
Three-year, eight month ban
Sport
Rugby Union
NGB
Welsh Rugby Union - WRU
Substance

Metenolone and metabolite

Action Taken

Three-year, eight month ban

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

Benzoylecgonine

Action Taken

One-year, eight 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

Metabolites of Methasterone and Desoxymethyltestosterone

Action Taken

Two-year ban

Date of Violation
Start date of Sanction
End Date of Sanction
Competitor Violator
Redacted
Rule Violated
FA Anti-Doping Regulation (FAADR) 3 | Presence of a Prohibited Substance or any of its Metabolites or Markers in a Player’s Sample; and FA Anti-Doping Regulation 4 | Use / Attempted Use of a Prohibited Substance or a Prohibited Method.
Sanction
Nine-month ban
Sport
Football
NGB
The Football Association - The FA
Substance

Canrenone

Substance Class

Section S5 Diuretics and Masking Agents

Action Taken

Athlete suspended for nine months from 18 January 2022 to 17 October 2022 inclusive.

Results Management Authority
The Football Association – The FA
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

Ostarine

Action Taken

Four-year ban

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
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 Union
NGB
Welsh Rugby Union - WRU
Substance

Benzoylecgonine (metabolite of cocaine)

Action Taken

Two-year ban

Date of Violation
Start date of Sanction
End Date of Sanction
Competitor Violator
Redacted
Rule Violated
21.2.1 | 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

Methasterone

Substance Class

Section 1.1(a) | Exogenous Anabolic Androgenic Steroids

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
Cycling
NGB
Cycling Time Trials - CTT
Substance

EPO

Action Taken

Four-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

Benzoylecgonine

Action Taken

Two-year ban

Date of Violation
Competitor Violator
Redacted
Rule Violated
FA Anti-Doping Regulation 3 | Presence of a Prohibited Substance or any of its Metabolites or Markers in a Player’s Sample
FA Anti-Doping Regulation 4 | Use / Attempted Use of a Prohibited Substance or a Prohibited Method.
Sport
Football
NGB
The Football Association - The FA
Substance

Salbutamol – inhaled above the permitted threshold

Substance Class

S3. Beta-2 Agonists (2024 WADA Prohibited List)

Action Taken

Reprimand

Results Management Authority
The Football Association – The FA
Date of Violation
Start date of Sanction
End Date of Sanction
Competitor Violator
Redacted
Rule Violated
Refusal or failure
Sanction
Two-year ban
Sport
Rugby Union
NGB
Welsh Rugby Union - WRU
Action Taken

Two-year ban

Date of Violation
Start date of Sanction
End Date of Sanction
Competitor Violator
Redacted
Rule Violated
Article 2.1 | Presence of a Prohibited Substance or its Metabolites or Markers in an Athlete’s Sample.
Sanction
Four-year ban
Sport
Indoor Rowing
NGB
British Rowing - BR
Substance

Terbutaline, clenbuterol and exogenous testosterone.

Substance Class

S3 Beta-1 Agonists and S1 Anabolic Agents.

Action Taken

Disqualification of the Athlete’s results at the 2020 World Rowing Indoor Championships.

Results Management Authority
World Rowing - FISA
Date of Violation
Start date of Sanction
End Date of Sanction
Competitor Violator
Redacted
Rule Violated
Presence
Sanction
Two-year ban
Sport
Boxing
NGB
British Boxing Board of Control - BBBoC
Substance

Dexamethasone

Action Taken

Two-year ban

Date of Violation
Start date of Sanction
End Date of Sanction
Competitor Violator
Redacted
Rule Violated
Presence
Sanction
Four-month ban
Sport
Boxing
NGB
British Boxing Board of Control - BBBoC
Substance

1,3-dimethylbutylamine (DMBA)

Action Taken

Four-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
Scottish Rugby Union - SRU
Substance

Boldenone; Trenbolone; Oxymetholone

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;
2.2 | Use or Attempted Use by an Athlete of a Prohibited Substance or a Prohibited Method.
Sanction
Three-month ban
Sport
Ice Hockey
NGB
Ice Hockey UK - IHUK
Substance

Δ9-tetrahydrocannabinol (‘THC’)

Substance Class

S8 Cannabinoid

Action Taken

A period of Ineligibility of three (3) months (21 June 2022 – 11:59 on Wednesday 21 September 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
Two-year ban
Sport
Rugby League
NGB
Rugby Football League - RFL
Substance

Benzoylecgonine

Action Taken

Two-year ban

Date of Violation
Start date of Sanction
End Date of Sanction
Competitor Violator
Redacted
Rule Violated
World Rugby Regulation 21.2.1 - "Presence of a Prohibited Substance or its Metabolites or Markers".
Sanction
Four-year ban
Sport
Rugby Union
NGB
Rugby Football Union - RFU
Substance
  1. stanozolol metabolites stanozolol-N-glucuronide and epistanozolol-N-glucuronide;
  2. metandienone metabolite 17β-hydroxymethyl-17α-methyl-18-norandrost-1, 4, 13-triene-3-one; and
  3. tamoxifen metabolite 3-hydroxy-4-methoxy-tamoxifen.
Substance Class

S1.1(a) Exogenous Anabolic Androgenic Steroids 

S4.2 Hormone and Metabolic Modulators (Selective Estrogen Reception Modulators) (SERMS))

Action Taken

Four-year ban

Results Management Authority
Rugby Football Union - RFU
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
2.2 | Use or Attempted Use of a Prohibited Substance or Prohibited Method
Sanction
Two-year ban
Sport
Rugby Union
NGB
Welsh Rugby Union - WRU
Substance

Amfetamine 

Substance Class

Section S.6A Stimulant

Action Taken

Athlete banned from all sport for a period of 2 years from 14 June 2022 to 13 June 2024 inclusive

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

Dianabol and Sustanon

Action Taken

One-year, three month ban

Date of Violation
Start date of Sanction
End Date of Sanction
Competitor Violator
Redacted
Rule Violated
Use
Sanction
Two-year ban
Sport
Cycling
NGB
Union Cycliste Internationale - UCI
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
Two-year ban
Sport
Boxing
NGB
British Boxing Board of Control - BBBoC
Substance

Clomifene

Substance Class

Section 4 | Hormone and Metabolic Modulators

Action Taken

Two-year ban

Results Management Authority
UK Anti-Doping - UKAD