LAUSANNE, Switzerland (Reuters) - The World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) is not an independent body and in its current state cannot police sport as it lacks the powers of a global regulator, U.S. Anti-Doping Agency chief Travis Tygart said on Monday. Speaking to Reuters during a WADA meeting in Lausanne, Switzerland, Tygart said as long as sports bodies were represented on WADA, the anti-doping organisation could not deliver on its promise to crack down on cheats. "It is the fox guarding the hen house," Tygart told Reuters when asked whether WADA was independent. It has to be that of a global regulator and then we can see what it costs to fund this," Tygart said. His comments come three days after the United States Olympic Committee issued a position paper calling for an independent global anti-doping agency.

Source: The Star March 13, 2017 13:18 UTC