From May 28 to 30, Sirius University of Science and Technology hosted two significant events related to sports medicine: the 12th International Scientific and Practical Conference on Sports Medicine named after Andrey Zimin and SPORTMEDFORUM-2025.

We are pleased to announce that we have helped Nordic Combined athlete Nikita Lysenin receive the minimum possible sanction in a case of an anti-doping rule violation (ADRV) — a six-month suspension, of which less than four months remain to be served.

The 3rd CAS Model 2025 – an important educational event for upcoming professionals in the sports law sector - came to its conclusion in Moscow.

We previously succeeded in defending an athlete at RUSADA DAC. The elite athlete in question was charged with violation of article 4.4 of the Russian Anti-Doping Rules (Whereabouts Failures by an Athlete). The maximum sanction for the said ADRV is 2 years of the period of ineligibility.

Half a year ago Clever Consult legal team successfully defended Maxim Antonenko at RUSADA DAC. Instead of being imposed with a lengthy suspension the Para athletics athlete was reprimanded.

Unfortunately, it was not the conclusion of the story. The above decision was appealed and reviewed at the National Center of Sport Arbitration (NCSA).

In June 2024,the International Paralympic Committee (IPC) notified Egor Kuzmin of their preliminary decision suggesting his ineligibility for the Paralympics due to an alleged non-compliance with the established IPC criteria.

Several samples collected in the past year from members of Tolpar junior ice hockey team (affiliated with Salavat Yulayev team from Ufa) reportedly contained traces of prohibited substances.

Recently, RUSADA Disciplinary Anti-Doping Committee (DAC RUSADA) conducted two hearings to address cases of anti-doping rule violation (ADRV) involving athletes classified as protected persons. 

Not only athletes, but legal professionals as well, are getting ready for the Olympic Games.

The Clever Consult legal group was included by the Publishing House Kommersant in its ranking of Legal Services Market Leaders 2024 for best industry practices in the area of “Tourism and Sports” in the “resolution of key disputes in the industry” nomination, Band 1. 

During a recent hearing, the RUSADA Disciplinary Anti-Doping Committee (DAC RUSADA) deliberated on the case involving a prominent athlete charged with violation of cl. 4.4 of the All-Russian Anti-Doping Rules.  The prescribed sanction for this ADRV is a two-year period of ineligibility.

In February 2023, Maxim Antonenko, a Russian Para athletics athlete, was notified of an adverse analytical finding.  The analysis of the athlete's sample showed a significant concentration of a prohibited substance. Our legal team successfully resolved this complex matter thus preventing the athlete from being imposed with a possible sanction of four-year period of ineligibility. 

Having lost a case on procedural grounds in National Center of Arbitration for Sport (NCAS), the Presidium of a certain All-Russian Sports Federation (due to confidentiality reasons, the name cannot be revealed) has opted to hold Official X accountable for their disrespectful remarks towards another Official (“Official Y”). The NCAS, in its decision, did not address either the existence of the violation itself or other relevant details (such as fault).

The Clever Consult legal team added another impressive success to their record.In the dispute between Avtodor basketball club and VTB United League, our lawyers have successfully fought for the interests of the latter.

By having the decision of the Dispute Resolution Chamber of the Russian Football Union (RFU) set aside, Clever Consult successfully defended Chayka football club (FC Chayka) in CAS and managed to secure fair settlements of disputes between the club and its former players, Marat Apshatsev and Artem Fedchuk.