Troubled heavyweight boxer Tyson Fury has failed to turn up to his UK anti-doping hearing in London.
Fury is desperately keen to return to the ring but first must clear his name and get his boxing licence back.
Fury, 29, a former heavyweight champion, and his cousin and fellow heavyweight fighter Hughie, 23, tested positive for the banned steroid nandrolone in February 2015.
Media waited at the hearing location for as long as six hours before leaving in frustration and filing reports of the boxer's absence.
Members of the tribunal were sent home after 3pm but UKAD would not say if the hearing officially started or not.
Athletes accused of anti-doping rule violations do not have to attend hearings in person but Fury was expected at UKAD's London headquarters on Tuesday (NZT) for the opening of proceedings.
Both Hughie and Tyson Fury have strongly denied the nandrolone charge.
The Fury camp have been highly critical of the British Boxing Board of Control and the hearing process.
The anti-doping hearing was expected to last as long as five days given the complexity of the case and the high stakes involved.
Tyson Fury has finally returned to training and appeared serious about his attempts to lose weight and get back into fighting condition, believing he could storm his way back through the heavyweight division.
Fury has not fought since he stunned Wladimir Klitschko in Germany in 2015 to become the unified world champion.
As usual he was active on social media on the day of his scheduled hearing, putting up osts on Instagram of him signing in a car and attending a training session.
Photo by: GETTY IMAGES. Caption: The career of heavyweight boxing star Tyson Fury remains in limbo.