Russia misses WADA lab data deadline

Russia has missed the deadline to hand over data from its anti-doping laboratory in Moscow, the World Anti-Doping Agency confirmed on Tuesday.

A statement from WADA read: "The December 31 2018 deadline - by which time the Russian authorities had to provide access to the data - has elapsed without the data having been retrieved."

WADA will now refer the matter to the independent compliance review committee, which has its next meeting on January 14.

WADA president Sir Craig Reedie said: "I am bitterly disappointed that data extraction from the former Moscow Laboratory has not been completed by the date agreed by WADA's ExCo in September 2018.

"Since then, WADA has been working diligently with the Russian authorities to meet the deadline, which was clearly in the best interest of clean sport."