2026 will be a year of reform in Maltese sports, as the Authority for Integrity in Maltese Sport embarks on a process to introduce the licensing of sports facilities, a new sports tribunal, and to reduce bureaucracy, the authority's CEO told The Malta Independent . Speaking in an interview with this newspaper the CEO of AIMS Kevin Azzopardi, a veteran
Maltese sport has seen a spike in positive doping tests in recent weeks, according to AIMS CEO Kevin Azzopardi. Responding to a Malta Independent question, he confirmed that in the last few weeks alone, two Premier League footballers and a regatta rower tested positive for banned substances, while another footballer and two rowers were flagged in earlier
There has been a "major surge" in the number of positive doping tests coming from Maltese sport in recent weeks, Kevin Azzopardi, the CEO of the authority which regulates sport in Malta, told The Malta Independent on Sunday . In an interview with this newspaper, Azzopardi spoke about the work being done to combat doping, match-fixing, and making life