WADA 'encouraged by sign of progress' from Vladimir Putin

The World Anti-doping Agency is "encouraged by this sign of progress" after president Vladimir Putin admitted Russia's anti-doping system had "failed" and urged it to reform.

The WADA-commissioned McLaren investigation in July 2016 confirmed "institutionalised manipulation of the doping control process in Russia" and a second instalment last December "reconfirmed manipulation and focused on the number of athletes that may have benefited", the global anti-doping body said.