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| Filed | Actor | Decision | What changed |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States Olympic and Paralympic Committee | Operation Gold: what a United States medal actually pays | Fixed payments of 37,500, 22,500 and 15,000 dollars by medal, equal for Olympic and Paralympic athletes | |
| Olympic Solidarity Commission | Olympic Solidarity 2025–2028: where the 650 million goes | A plan of 650 million dollars, up ten per cent, split between world, continental and Games-participation programmes | |
| United States Congress | Medal prize money and the million-dollar line in the tax code | Medals and committee prize money are excluded from gross income unless adjusted gross income exceeds one million dollars | |
| International Olympic Committee Session and Executive Board | How an Olympic host is chosen now that there is no ballot | Bidding contests replaced by permanent Future Host Commissions running a continuous and a targeted dialogue; the seven-year rule no longer applies | |
| International Olympic Committee | The Host City Contract became the Olympic Host Contract, and gained human rights | The contract was renamed and human rights obligations referencing the UN Guiding Principles were written in as core requirements | |
| Anti-doping organisations in a registered testing pool | Three missed tests in twelve months: how the window actually moves | Any three missed tests or filing failures inside twelve months is a violation, and the twelve months run from the first of them | |
| United States Congress | The 24-hour reporting duty, and the ten-year limitation behind it | A duty to report suspected child abuse within 24 hours, with criminal exposure for failing it, and a ten-year civil limitation period | |
| Anti-doping organisations and results-management bodies | A provisional suspension is not a ban, and the difference is paid for | One is an interim measure before any finding; the other is a sanction after one, and only the second disqualifies results by itself | |
| Swiss Federal Supreme Court | Article 190: the only grounds on which a CAS award is set aside | An award from the Court of Arbitration for Sport can be challenged only on the five grounds listed in article 190(2) of the Swiss federal statute | |
| World Anti-Doping Agency | What changes in the World Anti-Doping Code for 2027 | A new Code approved on 5 December 2025 replaces the 2021 text from 1 January 2027 | |
| United States Congress | What Congress can do to the USOPC since the 2020 Act | Congress took the power to dissolve the USOPC board and decertify a national governing body, and raised athlete representation to one third | |
| Signatories to the World Anti-Doping Code | Signatory or Delegated Third Party: who actually answers | Only a Signatory is bound by the Code and can be found non-compliant; a contractor acting for one answers to the Signatory | |
| United States Congress | The Rodchenkov Act: whom it reaches, and what it costs | Doping conspiracy at major international competitions made a federal crime carrying up to ten years, fines and forfeiture | |
| World Anti-Doping Agency Compliance Review Committee | Non-compliance is not a sanction: how the compliance standard works | A Signatory is first put on a watchlist with a correction period; only after that does a formal non-compliance proposal follow, appealable to CAS | |
| Parliament of India | India wrote sports governance into statute. Where the interference line now runs | A statutory board recognises federations and a statutory tribunal decides their disputes with the powers of a civil court | |
| World Anti-Doping Agency | Article 10.13.2: when a provisional suspension counts towards the ban | Time served under a provisional suspension is credited only if the suspension was respected, and only from its effective date | |
| International Olympic Committee Executive Board | A suspended National Olympic Committee is not a banned team | Suspension removes the committee's rights, not the athletes' eligibility: they may compete, but not under flag, anthem or national uniform | |
| FIFA Council | When FIFA suspends a federation: which article it uses | Article 16(1) lets the Council suspend a member association with immediate effect, without waiting for Congress to confirm it | |
| International Olympic Committee Executive Board | What the Olympic Movement Code on manipulation actually forbids | A single text covering betting, manipulation, inside information and the duty to report, aligned with the Council of Europe convention | |
| NCAA Division I Council | The NCAA dropped its ban on betting on professional sports. What stayed | Betting on professional sport permitted from 22 November 2025; betting on college sport and sharing inside information still prohibited | |
| International Olympic Committee | Rule 50.2: where an athlete may speak, and where the ban still holds | Guidelines opened the mixed zone, press conferences and social media to expression; the field during competition and the podium stayed closed | |
| International Olympic Committee Executive Board | Rule 41: the three-year wait after representing another country | Three years from the last appearance for the former country, reducible only with the agreement of both NOCs and the International Federation | |
| International Federations and the IOC | Changing national team: the waiting period, sport by sport | Three years under the Olympic Charter, three years in athletics with a review panel, and a match-count test in football | |
| McLaren report · Vladimir Putin | Putin denies state-sponsored doping program, admits Russia has problem with doping | A state programme is denied while a doping problem is acknowledged | |
| Leagues · state regulators | How Sports Betting Shapes Modern Sports Politics and Power | Legal betting changes who writes the rules and who is paid under them | |
| Ari Emanuel · UFC | New UFC owner will meet with president-elect Donald Trump | A promotion’s new owner schedules a meeting with the president-elect | |
| Kosovo police | Kosovo police: IS terror plot against Israel football team foiled | A plot against a national team at a qualifier is reported foiled | |
| Linda McMahon · WWE | Former WWE CEO Linda McMahon considered for Trump’s Cabinet | A promotion executive is considered for a cabinet post | |
| Russian Ministry of Sport · Fedor Emelianenko | Fedor Emelianenko absent from Ministry of Sports hearing on child MMA | The complainant does not attend the ministry hearing he prompted | |
| Brazilian prison service | Rio Olympics terror suspect found ‘brain dead’ after prison beating | A suspect held over an Olympic plot is found brain dead in custody | |
| Kremlin spokesperson | Putin spokesperson comments on ‘disturbing’ assault on Fedor’s daughter | The presidential press service comments on an attack that followed a public dispute | |
| Russian Ministry of Sport | Russian Ministry of Sports to review Kadyrov’s child MMA fights on October 18 | A ministry sets a date to review child bouts held by a regional ruler | |
| WADA · Vladimir Putin | Following WADA leaks, Putin suggests athletes with TUEs compete in a ‘special category’ | A separate competition category is proposed for athletes holding medical exemptions | |
| Mikhail Mamiashvili · Russian Wrestling Federation | Gangster who heads Russian Wrestling Federation owes 1.9 million to bank | The head of a national federation is shown to carry bank debt | |
| Ramzan Kadyrov · Fedor Emelianenko | Kadyrov claims Fedor ‘realized his mistake,’ demands Chechens remove negative posts | A public demand to delete criticism follows a dispute over child bouts | |
| Nicklaus Design · Government of Turkmenistan | Jack Nicklaus’ company to potentially design Turkmenistan dictator’s golf course | A design contract for a state golf project is under discussion | |
| FIDE · Nazi Paikidze | American chess player boycotts World Championships in Iran to protest Hijab law | A player boycotts a world championship over the host state’s dress law | |
| John McEnroe | Tennis legend John McEnroe: ‘I will vote for Hillary Clinton’ | A champion states his vote publicly and is read politically for it | |
| Ramzan Kadyrov | Chechen dictator Kadyrov: American fighters are afraid to visit Grozny | A ruler’s claim about foreign fighters is used as the frame of his own event | |
| Federation Council · UN Human Rights Council | Russia wants political neutrality in sports on the agenda of the UN Human Rights Council | Political neutrality in sport is proposed for an international human-rights agenda | |
| Chamsulvara Chamsulvarayev | Dagestani wrestler turned ISIS recruiter killed by US drone strike | A former wrestler turned recruiter is killed in a strike near Mosul | |
| Presidential decree · hockey owners | Putin’s Pucks: The oligarchs and politicians behind Russian hockey | State honours map the owners and officials behind a national sport | |
| LDPR · Viktor Sysoyev | Russian nationalist party removes press access to athlete turned politician | A party closes press access to its athlete deputy after one interview | |
| Jeff Monson | UFC vet Jeff Monson angling for posterboy position in Putin’s Far East Initiative | A fighter granted separatist citizenship seeks a role in a state programme | |
| Dana White | UFC President Dana White explains support for Donald Trump | A convention endorsement is explained by the promoter in his own words | |
| Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi | Sisi’s Strategy: Egypt to distract disgruntled youth with sports agenda | A declared “Year of the Youth” is built around a sports agenda | |
| Yulia Efimova · Russian state | Olympic medalist Yulia Efimova sells BMW gifted by Putin | A state medal bonus is resold by the athlete who received it | |
| North Caucasus fighters | Russians Who Weren’t: The Tragic Ancestry of North Caucasus MMA fighters | Deportation history read through the biographies of fighters | |
| Al-Ahram Squash Open | Egypt hosted international squash event to improve image and overcome ‘security fears’ | An international event returns after a decade, framed as repair of the country’s image | |
| Ramzan Kadyrov | MMA hobbyist Ramzan Kadyrov wears medieval armour to celebrate landslide reelection | A re-election is marked with a staged display built around combat sport | |
| State Duma | Legendary freestyle wrestler wins seat in Russia’s State Duma — why this matters | A wrestling champion takes a seat in the lower chamber | |
| Artur Taymazov · State Duma | Olympic Champion stripped of ’08 medal for doping claims seat in Russia’s State Duma elections | An athlete stripped of a 2008 medal stands for parliament | |
| Russian owner · UFC | An in-depth look at the mysterious billionaire who attempted to buy the UFC and promote Fedor | A bid for a promotion and a plan to promote a champion trace back to one owner | |
| Tom Brady · New England Patriots | Tom Brady suggests teammates put ‘politics aside’ for White House visit | Players are asked to separate a White House visit from politics | |
| Mar-a-Lago | How Trump’s Mar-a-Lago golf course transformed into a scenic situation room | A private golf estate is used to handle a security matter in front of guests | |
| U.S. Customs and Border Protection | Muslim U.S. Olympic medalist reveals she was detained by U.S. Customs | An Olympic medallist is held two hours without explanation | |
| Government of Iran · United World Wrestling | Iran reverses decision to ban US wrestling team from 2025 freestyle World Cup | A visa refusal against a national team is reversed in under 48 hours | |
| WME-IMG · White House | UFC to enjoy increased ties to Trump’s White House | A promotion owner’s chief financial officer is put in charge of a new White House group | |
| Office of the Director of National Intelligence | Questions arise after US Intelligence agencies suggest Russia hacked DNC in retaliation for Olympic doping scandal | An intelligence report ties a political hack in part to the Olympic doping case | |
| Dana White · UFC | UFC President Dana White: President-elect Donald Trump calls me ‘twice a month’ | A promoter describes a standing line to the president-elect |
Entries filed under The Brief, against everything filed the same month.
| Month | In The Brief | On the register | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| 23 | 23 | ||
| 2 | 2 | ||
| 3 | 3 | ||
| 13 | 13 | ||
| 12 | 12 | ||
| 4 | 4 | ||
| 3 | 3 |
Jurisdictions named on the register, The Brief first.
| Jurisdiction | In The Brief | Entries | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 21 | 21 | |
| Russia | 19 | 19 | |
| International | 16 | 16 | |
| Chechnya | 4 | 4 | |
| Egypt | 2 | 2 | |
| Iran | 2 | 2 | |
| Albania | 1 | 1 | |
| Azerbaijan | 1 | 1 | |
| Brazil | 1 | 1 | |
| Dagestan | 1 | 1 |
Offices, bodies and people named on the register, The Brief first.
| Actor | Entries | Section | An entry |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States Congress | 4 | Money & Ownership | Medal prize money and the million-dollar line in… |
| International Olympic Committee Executive Board | 3 | Geopolitics | A suspended National Olympic Committee is not a… |
| Ramzan Kadyrov | 3 | Athletes & Power | Kadyrov claims Fedor ‘realized his mistake,’… |
| UFC | 3 | Money & Ownership | New UFC owner will meet with president-elect Donald… |
| Dana White | 2 | Governance | UFC President Dana White explains support for… |
| Fedor Emelianenko | 2 | Governance | Fedor Emelianenko absent from Ministry of Sports… |
| International Olympic Committee | 2 | Mega-events | The Host City Contract became the Olympic Host… |
| Russian Ministry of Sport | 2 | Governance | Fedor Emelianenko absent from Ministry of Sports… |
| State Duma | 2 | Governance | Legendary freestyle wrestler wins seat in Russia’s… |
7 of 60 entries name a figure. Scope: the whole register, The Brief first.
| Figure | Actor | Entry |
|---|---|---|
| A BMW and over 1 million rubles (approx. $15,600) per medallist | Yulia Efimova · Russian state | Olympic medalist Yulia Efimova sells BMW gifted by… |
| Nearly 2 million rubles in bank loans | Mikhail Mamiashvili · Russian Wrestling Federation | Gangster who heads Russian Wrestling Federation… |
| USD 37,500 gold, USD 22,500 silver, USD 15,000 bronze | United States Olympic and Paralympic Committee | Operation Gold: what a United States medal actually… |
| USD 650,000,000 for the 2025–2028 plan | Olympic Solidarity Commission | Olympic Solidarity 2025–2028: where the 650 million… |
| USD 1,000,000 threshold; USD 500,000 for married filing separately | United States Congress | Medal prize money and the million-dollar line in… |
| USD 20,000,000 a year to the Center for SafeSport | United States Congress | What Congress can do to the USOPC since the 2020 Act |
| USD 250,000 for an individual, USD 1,000,000 for a non-individual | United States Congress | The Rodchenkov Act: whom it reaches, and what it… |
Federations, statutes, offices and who holds them
15 entries
Boycotts, flags, neutral status and state image
7 entries
Owners, sponsors, rights and public funding
11 entries
Doping, anti-doping bodies, courts and fixing
7 entries
Athletes under political pressure, and acting within it
12 entries
Games, championships, bids, security and legacy
5 entries
How betting law redraws authority in sport
3 entries
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