Sporting leaders back proposals to give more powers to WADA

By Brian Homewood LAUSANNE, Switzerland (Reuters) - The International Olympic Committee (IOC) wants to give more power to the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) in the fight against drug-cheating by athletes, it said on Saturday. The IOC said it was agreed at a meeting of world sports leaders that the WADA should oversee the testing of athletes while sanctions would be decided by the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS). Testing is currently conducted by either national anti-doping agencies or inte