Alan Moore (Russian athlete)

Alan Thomas Patrick John Moore (Born 7 November 1973) is a retired Russian athlete. He is a sports journalist[1] and currently works as Director of the Russian State Social University College.[2] He is co-host of Capital Sports on Capital FM, Moscow.[3]

Having boxed Internationally and played semi-professional football [4] Moore moved into sports management and development while also maintaining his media work. As General Director of Hiberno in Croatia he founded Rugby Club Knin [5] and worked with a number of international sports [6] and business projects. Moore served as Development Officer and Director of Maltese Premier League Club Floriana F.C. in 2008-10.[7][8]

In 2013 his article 'The Fear of the Known'[9] openly discussed 'silent bans' in tennis, which were denied previously [10] and at the time. 3 years later the International Tennis Federation admitted to the same and that such bans would no longer be used.[11] While writing the same article, Alan was investigating systemic failures in anti-doping, specifically in Russia, and interviewed Grigori Rodchenkov in 2012, having met him 2 years previously. Although he reported on Rodchecnkov and his operations in 2012-13, no action was ever taken.[12]

After cooperation with BBC and Buzzfeed, Moore spoke out about issues in sports, including tennis.[13][14]

Moore's work appears in a number of newspapers, magazines and news sources including Championat.com,[15] Sports Daily,[16] Russia Today,[17] Extratime [1] and appears regularly on local and international media including TRTWorld,[17] CCTV [18] and Russia Today - International [19]

He has 1 child,Timur (born 2009).

References

  1. 1 2 "Alan Moore - Back Page Football". Back Page Football.
  2. ↑ "Алан Мур поделился мыслями с международными СМИ". rgsu.net.
  3. ↑ "Capital Sports". SoundCloud.
  4. ↑ "Alan Moore". www.passportmagazine.ru.
  5. ↑ "Rugby Club Knin Prepares For Match Against Sisak - Other Sports - Sports - Dalje.com". arhiva.dalje.com.
  6. ↑ "Naomh Moninne head to Croatia - Independent.ie".
  7. ↑ "Roddy toasts future with a ball O' Malta". 1 July 2009.
  8. ↑ "Floriana In discussions to sign a Russian striker next month - The Malta Independent". www.independent.com.mt.
  9. ↑ "The fear of the known - drugs and matchfixing in football - Back Page Football". 3 February 2013.
  10. ↑ "Agassi admits use of crystal meth". 28 October 2009 – via news.bbc.co.uk.
  11. ↑ "ITF announces end of 'silent bans' for doping in tennis".
  12. ↑ "Meet Dr. Death: How Rodchenkov went from criminal to glorified whistleblower". RT International.
  13. ↑ "Match-Fixers Targeted Half My Players, Says Tennis Manager".
  14. ↑ Pearce, Linda (16 March 2016). "Tennis Integrity Unit defends itself against 'Italian Job' match-fixing allegations". The Sydney Morning Herald.
  15. ↑ "Алан Мур - Авторы". www.championat.com.
  16. ↑ "Football - Me and Russian football".
  17. 1 2 "Alan Moore". RT International.
  18. ↑ Yue, Chen. "Russian Sports Minister Mutko says WADA report offered no concrete violations - CCTV News - CCTV.com English". english.cctv.com.
  19. ↑ RT Producers (9 February 2018). "Alan Moore for RT Intl 090218" – via YouTube.
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