Alan Moore (sports administrator)

In March 2022, during the Russian invasion of Ukraine, Russia bombed a children and maternity hospital in Mariupol resulting in at least three deaths, including a child. The Russian embassy in London claimed that footage of a pregnant woman at the scene of the bombing was staged by a beauty blogger. The claim was repeated on Twitter by Moore, who tweeted that "The girl being carried from the rubble is a blogger who came to the hospital for a ‘shoot’". In another tweet, Moore referenced "the faked maternity hospital victim" while noting that "this has to be the worst time to want to believe in news reporting". The tweets were subsequently deleted and Moore stated that he did not wish to comment specifically on them, telling The Irish Times that "War has to stop, nobody wants war, nobody should die for oil, for politics . . . War is wrong, people need to start speaking". Moore had previously stated that some Russians were "unhappy" that "Putin took the decision to invade their neighbours".

In 2019, Moore was coach of the Russian Native Ladies Gaelic Football at the Renault GAA World Games.

In 2018 in Moscow, Moore participated in a panel discussion at an international forum on "Human Rights and Social Guarantees in the context of Challenges of the 21st Century: International and National Experience". He was also a representative in 2018 at the "International Forum in Kirov: Inclusive Education in Higher Education Institutions", and has moderated other university forums.

In the buildup to the FIFA World Cup 2018, Moore decried Russia's lack of quality footballers and feared for their chances on Newstalk. He used his role as a guest of several "radio and TV shows dedicated to the World Cup" to promote the development of the education system at Russian State Social University (RSSU College). In the build up to the 2018 World Cup, he was part of a campaign to prepare visitors to Russia. His "Champ Talks" project was taken to the Jewish Museum and Tolerance Center and involved a discussion forum on topics related to sports, education and society.

He is director of the International Office of National University of Science and Technology MISiS and is an associate professor at the Financial University under the Government of the Russian Federation, having previously been director of the RSSU Centre of International Relations and director of the Russian State Social University College from 2017 to 2020.

He is a sports journalist, and since 2017 has produced and hosted "Capital Sports" on Capital FM in Moscow. Former tennis player Ekaterina Bychkova co-hosted with Moore in 2017.

His 2013 article, 'The Fear of the Known', discussed doping in tennis.

He moved into sports management and development where he founded Rugby Club Knin in Knin, Croatia. While there, he organised a rugby union exhibition game in March 2007 in which the Croatia national rugby union team played an Irish "touring barbarians" team. He has worked with a number of international sports people and teams, including Vitalia Diatchenko and Marta Sirotkina. He taught Gaelic football to members of the FC Lokomotiv Moscow youth team in 2016. Moore was development officer and director of Maltese Premier League Club Floriana F.C. from 2008 to 2010.

Moore played a range of sports growing up including soccer for a number of local amateur Dublin clubs including St. Mochta's FC. From 1996, he played professionally in Europe, North America and Saudi Arabia. As a boxer, Moore featured for Maynooth University and University College Dublin.

Alan Moore (born 1973) is a retired Irish sportsperson, sports journalist and administrator. Originally from Dublin in Ireland, Moore has lived in Russia since 2007, and (as of 2022) was director of the International Affairs Office of the National University of Science and Technology MISiS in Moscow. As of 2022, he was secretary of Moscow Shamrocks GAC and public relations officer for Gaelic Games Europe.