Alan Moore (sports administrator)
Alan Thomas Patrick John Moore (born 7 November 1973) is a semi-retired Russian athlete. He is current Treasurer of Moscow Shamrocks GAC[1] and PRO for Gaelic Games Europe (GGE PRO in Ulyanovsk). He is a sports journalist[2] and currently Director of the RSSU Centre of International Relations [3] having been Director of the Russian State Social University College from 2017–19.[4] Since April 2017 to present he is Producer and host of Capital Sports on Capital FM, Moscow.[5] From 2017-18 former tennis star and current Eurosport commentator Ekaterina Bychkova co-hosted with Alan.
As an International boxer Moore remains the most titled Irish University boxer in history with 6 Irish and 6 British + Irish University Senior Championship titles. He played semi-professional football [6] before moving into sports management and development while also maintaining his media work. As General Director of Hiberno in Croatia he founded Rugby Club Knin [7] and worked with a number of international sports [8] and business projects. Moore served as Development Officer and Director of Maltese Premier League Club Floriana F.C. in 2008–10.[9][10]
In 2013 his article 'The Fear of the Known'[11] openly discussed 'silent bans' in tennis, which were denied previously [12] and at the time. 3 years later the International Tennis Federation admitted to the same and that such bans would no longer be used.[13] 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.[14]
After cooperation with BBC and Buzzfeed, Moore spoke out about matchfixing issues in sports, including tennis.[15][16]
In the buildup to the FIFA World Cup 2018, where Alan worked as a commentator at Luzhniki Stadium, he decried Russia's lack of quality footballers and feared for their chances on Newstalk Radio.[17] He used his opportunity at the World Cup to promote the developing education system at Russian State Social University (RSSU College).[18]
Moore's work appears in a number of newspapers, magazines and news sources including Championat.com,[19] Sports Daily,[20] Russia Today,[21] Extratime [2] and appears regularly on local and international media including TRTWorld,[21] CCTV [22] and Russia Today - International [23]
He has 2 children, Annalisa (born 2005) and Timur (born 2009).
Notable guests on Capital Sports include:
References
- ^ "Moscow GAA". Gaelic Games Europe.
- ^ a b "Alan Moore - Back Page Football". Back Page Football.
- ^ https://en.rgsu.net/international/centre-of-international-affairs/
- ^ "Алан Мур поделился мыслями с международными СМИ". rgsu.net.
- ^ "Capital Sports". SoundCloud.
- ^ "Alan Moore". www.passportmagazine.ru.
- ^ "Rugby Club Knin Prepares For Match Against Sisak - Other Sports - Sports - Dalje.com". arhiva.dalje.com.
- ^ "Naomh Moninne head to Croatia - Independent.ie".
- ^ "Roddy toasts future with a ball O' Malta". 1 July 2009.
- ^ "Floriana In discussions to sign a Russian striker next month - The Malta Independent". www.independent.com.mt.
- ^ "The fear of the known - drugs and matchfixing in football - Back Page Football". 3 February 2013.
- ^ "Agassi admits use of crystal meth". 28 October 2009 – via news.bbc.co.uk.
- ^ "ITF announces end of 'silent bans' for doping in tennis".
- ^ "Meet Dr. Death: How Rodchenkov went from criminal to glorified whistleblower". RT International.
- ^ "Match-Fixers Targeted Half My Players, Says Tennis Manager".
- ^ Pearce, Linda (16 March 2016). "Tennis Integrity Unit defends itself against 'Italian Job' match-fixing allegations". The Sydney Morning Herald.
- ^ "Team 33 | "It's probably the worst group of players Russia could pick from"". www.98fm.com.
- ^ "Alan Moore: "We foster and educate, we inspire and support"". en.rgsu.net.
- ^ "Алан Мур - Авторы". www.championat.com.
- ^ "Football - Me and Russian football".
- ^ a b "Alan Moore". RT International.
- ^ Yue, Chen. "Russian Sports Minister Mutko says WADA report offered no concrete violations - CCTV News - CCTV.com English". english.cctv.com.
- ^ RT Producers (9 February 2018). "Alan Moore for RT Intl 090218" – via YouTube.