Anti-doping body puts Sri Lanka on non-compliance list

The World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) put Sri Lanka on its non-compliance list on Tuesday, after the country's national anti-doping body failed to address issues in its legal system.

The move makes Sri Lanka the fourth signatory to WADA's code that is currently non-compliant, a list that includes Russia.

The Montreal-based WADA said it put Sri Lanka's National Anti-Doping Organization on a "watchlist" in March.

The organization did not address or dispute WADA's concerns and was therefore suspended "with immediate effect," WADA said.

In addition to Russia and Sri Lanka, the other two signatories that remain non-compliant are the International Federation of Basque Pelota and the International Fitness and Bodybuilding Federation.