been paid to John Lear, the influential coach who worked with some of the biggest names in British weightlifting

I think a distant cousin of the Shah of Iran was in charge of their weightlifting at the time and he

It must be remembered that British Weightlifting, at that time, was a voluntary body."

“Weightlifting was part of John’s soul."

Weightlifting has lost a good man."

He was a weightlifting personality."

Iraqi weightlifter Mohammed Yaseen Mohammed, who competed at two Olympic Games, has died at the age of 57, reportedly due to COVID-19.

final.The Iraqi was often considered one of the best lifters in the Middle East during his prime.His former weightlifting

/HaatIBr9c8 pic.twitter.com/7hujVWQjn8— Lost Olympians (@LostOlympians) June 26, 2020International Weightlifting

He will always be remembered as a hero in the Iraqi weightlifting community and will be greatly missed

I am sending all my condolences to the weightlifting family of Iraq."

USA Taekwondo has announced two new partnerships aimed at improving its relationship with members and providing more sophisticated management technology.

particularly in the United Kingdom and the United States, including Archery GB, British Fencing, British Weightlifting

Sanjita Chanu, the Indian weightlifter who was cleared of doping two and a half years after testing positive, has won a prestigious sports award that was put on hold for her in 2018.

Sanjita has also written to the International Weightlifting Federation (IWF) to complain that she is

had been on the wrong end of a "travesty" ©Getty ImagesSahdev Yadav, general secretary of the Indian Weightlifting

the athlete, I cannot understand it.”Tygart said that he had read the McLaren report on corruption in weightlifting

The International Weightlifting Federation (IWF) will have a new constitution and a new permanent leader

block reforms needed after the recent scandal of corruption.When, on June 4, the McLaren Independent Weightlifting

enforcement agencies have begun investigations into the findings of the McLaren team.The McLaren Independent Weightlifting

now-defunct IWF Oversight and Integrity Commission – Papandrea, Karoliina Lundahl of Finland, the Oceania Weightlifting

The Indian Weightlifting Federation (IWLF) has informed the Sports Authority of India (SAI) that it has

recent flashpoint, with the number of Chinese casualties not confirmed.The IWLF said it had ordered four weightlifting

The Indian Weightlifting Federation has taken the decision that it will not use any equipment made in

The Rowing Federation of India (RFI) has launched an investigation after 22 members of its national under-18 squad tested positive for the same banned substance.

growing sport in India, which won a quadruple sculls title at the 2018 Asian Games.Indian athletics and weightlifting

The General Assembly of the Estonian Olympic Committee (EOK) has re-elected Urmas Sõõrumaa as President of the organisation with his new term expiring in 2024.

medals - four golds, two silvers and a bronze, were won in cross-country skiing.Wrestling, athletics and weightlifting

Chinese Taipei athletes who had been set to compete at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games this year are set to participate in a 12-discipline national sports event in August.

athletes after Tokyo 2020 was postponed to 2021 because of the coronavirus pandemic.Rio 2016 Olympic weightlifting

Eileen Cikamatana, one of the brightest young talents in weightlifting, heads for the Australian Institute

multiple junior world record holder will train at the AIS until a new home is found for the Oceania Weightlifting

in 2001 and has based it in Fiji, Samoa and New Caledonia.He is in discussions with the Australian Weightlifting

silver at the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games.You can read more about the Coffa brothers contribution to weightlifting

If you stood one weightlifting Coffa brother on top of the other they might just about stretch beyond

There is not much of them, but what there is has gone a long, long way in weightlifting - and there is

Paul helped to make weightlifting so popular that on Nauru, the Cabinet would stop its business to discuss

He described Paul as "the father figure of weightlifting in the Pacific region" and added: "Don’t forget

from the early 1980s the boom began.Paul focused on five areas: promotion of weightlifting in schools

Weightlifting in Australia and worldwide was on the front pages of sport.

Russia's freestyle skiing national team will begin training together in early July instead of regionally, head coach Mikhail Nosov has announced.

Russian national squads have eyed July as the appropriate time to resume group training, however the weightlifting

Richard McLaren, known for authoring the report into the state-sponsored doping in Russia, has claimed that match-fixing is the biggest threat to clean sport.

the most prominent figures in anti-doping, having recently uncovered corruption and rampant doping in weightlifting

The Afghanistan National Olympic Committee has signed agreements with four national sports federations to secure Olympic Solidarity funding through to the rearranged Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games.

Agreements have been signed with the federations for taekwondo, weightlifting, athletics and boxing to

Olympic Committee Dr Hafizullah Wali Rahimi signed agreements with four sports federations - taekwondo, weightlifting

Athletes from Afghanistan who are competing in athletics, boxing, weightlifting, surfing, swimming, and

USA Weightlifting is set to expand access to coaching education courses for the black community through

Ten people from the black community will be granted a full scholarship to take a USA Weightlifting level

are looking inward and wondering how we can do more and better support the black community," said USA Weightlifting

other issues prevalent in America.The information will be added to all courses and aims to educate weightlifting

launch of a fund to increase participation of black referees and a revamp of hiring practices within USA Weightlifting