Alan Moore (Russian athlete)

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.

For other people named Alan Moore, see Alan Moore (disambiguation).
With Alec Peters

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
  1. "Moscow GAA". Gaelic Games Europe.
  2. "Alan Moore - Back Page Football". Back Page Football.
  3. https://en.rgsu.net/international/centre-of-international-affairs/
  4. "Алан Мур поделился мыслями с международными СМИ". rgsu.net.
  5. "Capital Sports". SoundCloud.
  6. "Alan Moore". www.passportmagazine.ru.
  7. "Rugby Club Knin Prepares For Match Against Sisak - Other Sports - Sports - Dalje.com". arhiva.dalje.com.
  8. "Naomh Moninne head to Croatia - Independent.ie".
  9. "Roddy toasts future with a ball O' Malta". 1 July 2009.
  10. "Floriana In discussions to sign a Russian striker next month - The Malta Independent". www.independent.com.mt.
  11. "The fear of the known - drugs and matchfixing in football - Back Page Football". 3 February 2013.
  12. "Agassi admits use of crystal meth". 28 October 2009 – via news.bbc.co.uk.
  13. "ITF announces end of 'silent bans' for doping in tennis".
  14. "Meet Dr. Death: How Rodchenkov went from criminal to glorified whistleblower". RT International.
  15. "Match-Fixers Targeted Half My Players, Says Tennis Manager".
  16. Pearce, Linda (16 March 2016). "Tennis Integrity Unit defends itself against 'Italian Job' match-fixing allegations". The Sydney Morning Herald.
  17. "Team 33 | "It's probably the worst group of players Russia could pick from"". www.98fm.com.
  18. "Alan Moore: "We foster and educate, we inspire and support"". en.rgsu.net.
  19. "Алан Мур - Авторы". www.championat.com.
  20. "Football - Me and Russian football".
  21. "Alan Moore". RT International.
  22. Yue, Chen. "Russian Sports Minister Mutko says WADA report offered no concrete violations - CCTV News - CCTV.com English". english.cctv.com.
  23. RT Producers (9 February 2018). "Alan Moore for RT Intl 090218" – via YouTube.
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