"WADA is very pleased with the decision of the court to release the blood bags," WADA President Craig Reedie told The Associated Press. The 2013 order to destroy the blood bags outraged the sports community. Spanish anti-doping agency director Enrique Gomez Bastida welcomed the court ruling after meeting with the country's top government sports official, Miguel Cardenal. The decision backed an appeal by lawyers for prosecuting parties against a 2013 court ruling that the bags should be destroyed for privacy reasons. MADRID (AP) " A Spanish court ruled Tuesday that blood bags that are key evidence in one of Spain's worst doping scandals should be handed over to authorities for investigation.

Source: New Zealand Herald June 14, 2016 08:37 UTC