Fiji has named a squad of 592 for this year's Pacific Games in the Solomon Islands - and will compete in 23 sports.

nines, sailing, swimming, table tennis, taekwondo, tennis, touch rugby, triathlon, va'a, volleyball and weightlifting

Syrian athletes and officials have hailed hosts China as they arrive in Hangzhou for the Asian Games looking to "show the world that Syria is a country of peace and love".

first featuring at Bangkok 1978.Athletes are expected to compete in athletics, boxing, equestrian, weightlifting

The 2024 European Weightlifting Championships are moving from Turkey to another nation next February.

which successfully hosted this year's continental showpiece - is said to be interested too.The European Weightlifting

This would be the first ever Olympic qualifying competition in Bulgaria, where weightlifting is a big

Bulgaria has one of the biggest names in weightlifting in Karlos Nasar ©ITGTurkey’s letter of withdrawal

was accepted by the Board, which also voted to follow the International Weightlifting Federation’s (

of the country’s support for Ukraine in the conflict against Russia.Bulgaria has not hosted a major weightlifting

The International Weightlifting Federation (IWF) is consulting with members in the first step towards

all at the end of the Championships, were busier than ever.Eshaq Ebrahim Eshaq, President of Bahrain Weightlifting

federation presidents Marcus Stephen from Oceania, left, and Yousef Al Mana, right, from Asia ©Bahrain Weightlifting

President Mohammed Jalood, centre, in Riyadh ©Brian OliverEshaq Ebrahim Eshaq, President of the Bahrain Weightlifting

Riyadh, where there were a number of surprises.In the men’s events, Weeraphon Wichuma from Thailand made weightlifting

Swimmer Nguyễn Huy Hoàng is set to lead Vietnam's delegation at the Hangzhou 2022 Asian Games as flagbearer on Saturday's (September 23) Opening Ceremony.

sports.High expectations have been placed on sports such as speak takraw, xiangqi, shooting, cycling, karate, weightlifting

A weightlifter who won eight international gold medals before taking a senior role in Iran’s National Olympic Committee has died aged 96.

Lasha Talakhadze had to work hard to win his seventh straight world title, and he will have to work harder to hold off his challengers, according to his coach.

Nearly every day has been a Mother’s Day at the IWF World Championships in Riyadh - because there are so many mums among the 354 taking part here.

 Without family support she would never have enjoyed the weightlifting career that brought her many

Jenny Schumacher, chair of the USA Weightlifting Board, mother, masters weightlifter, and in Riyadh as

China’s women showed the rest of the world how to do it at the International Weightlifting Federation

Some were on the way back from injury, others preferred to focus on the Asian Games, where weightlifting

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Brian Oliver Akbar Djuraev, left, and team-mate Ruslan Nurudinov, right, celebrate with Uzbekistan Weightlifting

in the 109 kilograms head-to-head between two Olympic champions from Uzbekistan at the International Weightlifting

Nurudinov would drop to 102kg so that both could try to qualify at different weights.But Uzbekistan Weightlifting

before we make any final decisions," Makhmudov said.Nurudinov struggled with cutting down at the Asian Weightlifting

China had its worst result of the International Weightlifting Federation (IWF) World Championships when

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Monique Araujo, centre, one of the two Weightlifting Refugee Team members in Riyadh, thanked IWF for

strongest electrician suffered a shock when she bombed out of the women’s 87 kilograms at the International Weightlifting

coach Patric Bettembourg, was in tears after making 105-126-131 in the B Group.Araujo, one of the two Weightlifting

I always felt in my heart that I would come back to weightlifting and the IWF helped me to do it.

moving to the United States to escape abuse and persecution in her native Brazil, and had to give up weightlifting

her lead at the top of the Olympic rankings and claimed China's seventh victory at the International Weightlifting