A woman walks into the head office for the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) in Montreal, Quebec, Canada on November 9, 2015. REUTERS/Christinne Muschi/File Photo
(Reuters) - The World Anti-Doping Agency named Richard McLaren to lead an independent investigation into allegations of a doping cover-up at the Sochi Olympics on Thursday following concerns about a conflict of interest.
The Canadian law professor and sports lawyer was a member of WADA's three-person independent commission which last year which exposed widespread doping and corruption in Russian athletics.
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