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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
Redacted	The Football Association - The FA	Two-year ban
Date of Violation 23/11/2019 Start date of Sanction 17/01/2020 End Date of Sanction 16/01/2022 Competitor Violator Redacted Rule Violated Regulation 3(a) FA Anti-Doping Regulations 2019 \| Presence of a Prohibited Substance or its Metabolites or Markers in a Player’s Sample Sanction Two-year ban Sport Football NGB The Football Association - The FA Substance Higenamine Substance Class S.3 Beta-2 Agonists Action Taken Two-year ban Results Management Authority The Football Association – The FA
Redacted	British Boxing Board of Control - BBBoC	Four-year ban
Date of Violation 07/01/2018 Start date of Sanction 14/11/2018 End Date of Sanction 13/11/2022 Competitor Violator Redacted Rule Violated 2.2 \| Use or Attempted Use by an Athlete of a Prohibited Substance or a Prohibited Method Sanction Four-year ban Sport Boxing NGB British Boxing Board of Control - BBBoC Substance Clomifene, anastrozole and testosterone Substance Class Clomifene / anastrozole - Section 4 \| Hormone and Metabolic Modulators Testosterone – Section 1 \| Anabolic Agents Action Taken Four-year ban Results Management Authority UK Anti-Doping - UKAD
Redacted	Rugby Football Union - RFU	Two-year ban
Date of Violation 21/02/2019 Start date of Sanction 16/07/2019 End Date of Sanction 15/07/2021 Competitor Violator Redacted Rule Violated World Rugby Regulation 21.2.9 \| Assisting, encouraging, aiding, abetting, conspiring, covering up or any other type of intentional complicity involving an anti-doping rule violation, Attempted anti-doping rule violation or violation of Regulation 21.10.12.1 by another Person Sanction Two-year ban Sport Rugby Union NGB Rugby Football Union - RFU Substance N/A Substance Class N/A Action Taken Two-year ban Results Management Authority Rugby Football Union - RFU
Redacted	Rugby Football Union - RFU	Three-year, six month ban
Date of Violation 21/02/2019 Start date of Sanction 16/07/2019 End Date of Sanction 15/01/2023 Competitor Violator Redacted Rule Violated World Rugby Regulation 21.2.3 \| Evading, Refusing or Failing to Submit to Sample Collection Sanction Three-year, six month ban Sport Rugby Union NGB Rugby Football Union - RFU Substance N/A Substance Class N/A Action Taken Three-year, six month ban Results Management Authority Rugby Football Union - RFU
Redacted	British Boxing Board of Control - BBBoC	Two-year ban
Date of Violation 28/09/2019 Start date of Sanction 28/09/2019 End Date of Sanction 27/09/2021 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
Redacted	England Boxing - EB	Two-year ban
Date of Violation 29/03/2019 Start date of Sanction 16/05/2019 End Date of Sanction 15/05/2021 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 Two-year ban Sport Boxing NGB England Boxing - EB Substance Furosemide Substance Class S5 Diuretics and Masking Agents Action Taken Two-year ban
Redacted	Welsh Rugby Union - WRU	Three-month ban upon application of 2021 Code
Date of Violation 03/01/2020 Start date of Sanction 03/01/2020 End Date of Sanction 01/01/2021 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 upon application of 2021 Code Sport Rugby Union NGB Welsh Rugby Union - WRU Substance Benzoylecgonine (metabolite of cocaine) Substance Class Section 6(a) \| Non-Specified Stimulants
Redacted	Rugby Football Union - RFU	Two-year ban
Date of Violation 19/02/2019 Start date of Sanction 29/03/2019 End Date of Sanction 28/03/2021 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
Redacted	Welsh Rugby Union - WRU	Four-year ban
Date of Violation 24/09/2019 Start date of Sanction 08/11/2019 End Date of Sanction 07/11/2023 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 Five metabolites of metandienone Substance Class S1.1(a) Anabolic Androgenic Steroid Action Taken Four-year ban Results Management Authority UK Anti-Doping - UKAD
Redacted	Welsh Rugby Union - WRU	Three-month ban upon application of 2021 Code
Date of Violation 26/10/2019 Start date of Sanction 26/10/2019 End Date of Sanction 01/01/2021 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 upon application of 2021 Code Sport Rugby Union NGB Welsh Rugby Union - WRU Substance Benzoylecgonine (metabolite of cocaine) Substance Class Section 6(a) \| Non-Specified Stimulants
Redacted	UK Athletics - UKA	Three-month ban upon application of 2021 Code
Date of Violation 27/05/2019 Start date of Sanction 27/05/2019 End Date of Sanction 07/01/2021 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 upon application of 2021 Code Sport Athletics NGB UK Athletics - UKA Substance Benzoylecgonine (metabolite of cocaine) Substance Class Section 6(a) \| Non-Specified Stimulants
Redacted	Welsh Rugby Union - WRU	Two-year ban
Date of Violation 20/10/2018 Start date of Sanction 20/10/2018 End Date of Sanction 19/10/2020 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 Two-year ban Sport Rugby Union NGB Welsh Rugby Union - WRU Substance Cocaine metabolite benzoylecgonine Substance Class S6a Stimulants Action Taken Two-year ban
Redacted	Rugby Football Union - RFU	Four-year ban
Date of Violation 16/11/2019 Start date of Sanction 10/01/2020 End Date of Sanction 09/01/2024 Competitor Violator Redacted Rule Violated 21.2.1 \| Presence of a Prohibited Substance or its Metabolites or Markers in a Player’s Sample Sanction Four-year ban Sport Rugby Union NGB Rugby Football Union - RFU Substance Substances Anabolic Androgenic Steroids Androsterone; Testosterone and least one of the Adiols (5αAdiol and/or 5βAdiol); Etiocholanone; 5α-androstane-3α,17β-diol (5αAdiol); and 5α-androstane-3α,17β-diol (5αAdiol) and 5β-androstane-3α,17β-diol (5βAdiol) Hormone and Metabolic Modulators Clomiphene and its metabolite hydroxy-methoxy-clomiphene; and Anastrozole and its metabolite hydroxy-anastrozole Substance Class Section 1.1(b) \| Endogenous Anabolic Androgenic Steroids (when administered exogenously); and Section S3 \| Beta-2 Agonists Action Taken Four-year ban Results Management Authority Rugby Football Union - RFU
Redacted	Rugby Football Union - RFU	Four-year ban
Date of Violation 25/03/2019 Start date of Sanction 10/05/2019 End Date of Sanction 09/05/2023 Competitor Violator Redacted Rule Violated World Rugby Regulation 21.2.1 (Presence) & World Rugby Regulation 21.2.2 (Use and Attempted Use) Sanction Four-year ban Sport Rugby Union NGB Rugby Football Union - RFU Substance 17α-epitrenbolone (metabolite of Trenbolone), 2α-methyl-5α-androstan-3α-ol-17-one (metabolite of Drostanolone), Anastrazole. Substance Class S1.1a Exogenous Anabolic Androgenic Steroid, S4 Hormone and Metabolic Modulators. Action Taken Four-year ban Results Management Authority Rugby Football Union - RFU
Redacted	The Football Association - The FA	One-year ban
Date of Violation 31/01/2019 Start date of Sanction 31/01/2019 End Date of Sanction 31/01/2020 Competitor Violator Redacted Rule Violated Regulation 3(a) FA Anti-Doping Regulations 2019 \| Presence of a Prohibited Substance or its Metabolites or Markers in a Player’s Sample Sanction One-year ban Sport Football NGB The Football Association - The FA Action Taken One-year ban
Redacted	The Football Association - The FA	Four-year ban
Date of Violation 01/04/2019 End Date of Sanction 13/01/2024 Competitor Violator Redacted Rule Violated FA Rule E25 for a breach of Regulation 7(a) of The FA’s Anti-Doping Regulations - ‘Tampering or Attempted Tampering with any part of Doping Control’. Sanction Four-year ban Sport Football NGB The Football Association - The FA Substance N/A Substance Class N/A Action Taken Four-year ban Results Management Authority The Football Association – The FA
Redacted	UK Athletics - UKA	Two years, four months
Date of Violation 18/10/2018 Start date of Sanction 08/05/2019 End Date of Sanction 24/01/2022 Competitor Violator Redacted Rule Violated 2.5 \| Tampering with any part of Doping Control Sanction Two years, four months Sport Athletics NGB UK Athletics - UKA Substance N/A Substance Class N/A Action Taken Four-year ban (see here for more information) Ban from sport reduced to two years and four months Appeal dismissed Results Management Authority UK Anti-Doping - UKAD
Redacted	Scottish Football Association - SFA	Three-month ban upon application of 2021 Code
Date of Violation 16/03/2019 Start date of Sanction 16/03/2019 End Date of Sanction 08/01/2021 Competitor Violator Redacted Rule Violated 2.1 \| Presence of a Prohibited Substance or its Metabolites or Markers in a Player’s Sample Sanction Three-month ban upon application of 2021 Code Sport Football NGB Scottish Football Association - SFA Substance THC metabolite carboxy-THC Substance Class S8 Cannabinoid
Redacted	Rugby Football League - RFL	Two-year ban
Date of Violation 08/02/2019 Start date of Sanction 08/02/2019 End Date of Sanction 07/02/2021 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 Rugby League NGB Rugby Football League - RFL Substance Cocaine metabolite benzoylecgonine Substance Class S6a Stimulants Action Taken Two-year ban
Redacted	British Boxing Board of Control - BBBoC	Four-year ban
Date of Violation 27/04/2018 Start date of Sanction 25/05/2018 End Date of Sanction 24/05/2022 Competitor Violator Redacted Rule Violated 2.1 \| Presence of a Prohibited Substance or its Metabolites or Markers in an Athlete’s Sample Sanction Four-year ban Sport Boxing NGB British Boxing Board of Control - BBBoC Substance Benzoylecgonine (metabolite of cocaine) Substance Class S6a non-Specified Stimulant Action Taken Four-year ban Results Management Authority UK Anti-Doping - UKAD
Redacted	Rugby Football Union - RFU	Two-year ban
Date of Violation 17/04/2019 Start date of Sanction 17/04/2019 End Date of Sanction 16/04/2021 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 Higenamine and its metabolite coclaurine Substance Class Section S3 \| Beta-2 Agonists Action Taken Athlete suspended for 2 years from 17 April 2019 to 16 April 2021 inclusive
Redacted	Basketball England - BE	Three-month ban upon application of 2021 Code
Date of Violation 19/05/2019 Start date of Sanction 19/05/2019 End Date of Sanction 01/01/2021 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 upon application of 2021 Code Sport Basketball NGB Basketball England - BE Substance Cannabis metabolite carboxy-THC Substance Class S8 Cannabinoids
Redacted	Basketball England - BE	Four-year ban
Date of Violation 10/03/2019 Start date of Sanction 10/03/2019 End Date of Sanction 09/03/2023 Competitor Violator Redacted Rule Violated 2.1 \| Presence of a Prohibited Substance or its Metabolites or Markers in an Athlete’s Sample Sanction Four-year ban Sport Basketball NGB Basketball England - BE Substance Ostarine Substance Class S1.2 Other Anabolic Agents Action Taken Four-year ban Results Management Authority UK Anti-Doping - UKAD
Redacted	Rugby Football Union - RFU	Four-year ban
Date of Violation 21/02/2019 Start date of Sanction 12/06/2019 End Date of Sanction 11/06/2023 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 stanozolol metabolites stanozolol-N-glucuronide and epistanozolol-N-glucuronide; metandienone metabolite 17β-hydroxymethyl-17α-methyl-18-norandrost-1, 4, 13-triene-3-one; and 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
Redacted	British Boxing Board of Control - BBBoC	Four-year ban
Date of Violation 03/11/2018 Start date of Sanction 03/11/2018 End Date of Sanction 02/11/2022 Competitor Violator Redacted Rule Violated 2.1 \| Presence of a Prohibited Substance or its Metabolites or Markers in an Athlete’s Sample Sanction Four-year ban Sport Boxing NGB British Boxing Board of Control - BBBoC Substance Exogenous administration of: 1) androsterone; and 2) etiocholanone (metabolites of testosterone) Substance Class S1.1(b) Endogenous Anabolic Androgenic Steroids (when administered exogenously) Action Taken Four-year ban Results Management Authority UK Anti-Doping - UKAD

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