Dick Pound has 'little faith' in Olympic summit

Veteran sports official Richard 'Dick' Pound has slammed critics of the world anti-doping agency, saying they know "absolutely nothing" about the organisation before admitting he has "little faith" in the duscussions set to take place at next week's Olympic Summit in Lausanne, Switzerland, because of a lack of 'diversity' among attendees.

The founding President of WADA, believes all those present are "the usual suspects" who are "clearly not thinking differently over a broad range of issues." Pound was responding to IOC executive board member Sergei Bubka's claim that a 'thorough review' of WADA  is in order to ensure value for money and to restore the confidencd of clean athletes.

Bubka had claimed a slow response to State sponsored doping allegations in Russia since 2010, and the recent hackings by the "fancy bears' group had shown how WADA's policies and governance "must be changed" in order to increase efficiency.

Pound insists they were unable to act earlier and that greater responsibility lies with international federations and other stakeholders.