The Chinese Taipei Olympic Committee (CTOC) and the Brazilian National Olympic Committee have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) at the 2018 Winter Olympic Games here. 

for future major event host cities.Chinese Taipei's Hsu Shu-ching won an Olympic gold medal gold in weightlifting

The 2018 European Weightlifting Championships will take place next month as planned after the Romanian

Weightlifting Federation stepped in at short notice to save the event.

and believe we will have a good Championships," said Alex Padure, general secretary of the Romanian Weightlifting

But the Sydney 2000 complex is a fine venue, and it has hosted weightlifting before - it was the venue

Hasan Akkus, general secretary of the European Weightlifting Federation (EWF), said: "The venue is fine

October.The original venue was Antalya, but Turkey's one-year suspension, imposed by the International Weightlifting

Tirana was named host city on October 30 - only to withdraw in late January.The board of the Albanian Weightlifting

Commonwealth Games Federation (CGF) director of sport and international federations Matthew Curtain has left the organisation, insidethegames can reveal.

Matthew Curtain had been in charge of weightlifting and powerlifting at London 2012 ©Getty ImagesBefore

joining the CGF, Curtain had been weightlifting competition manager at Glasgow 2014.

 Prior to that he had been weightlifting and Paralympic powerlifting manager at London 2012.

short-term, Curtain will continue to have an active role in sport as a member of the International Weightlifting

respective men's and women's Lifters of the Year for 2017 following an online vote held by the International Weightlifting

Canadian International Olympic Committee (IOC) member Tricia Smith has called for governing bodies to sign-up to rules where they can automatically sanction nations if a certain number of doping cases occur in their sport in that country during a 12-month period.

China was among nine countries banned for one-year last September by the International Weightlifting

The International Weightlifting Federation (IWF) already operates a similar system.Last September they

Olympic Committee (IOC) will target countries with bad doping records to help ensure a drugs-free weightlifting

Weightlifting remains on probation by the IOC and is not assured of remaining on the Paris 2024 programme

details were announced about the 2020 competition in Tokyo.Changes had been proposed by the International Weightlifting

Federation (IWF) itself before being approved by the IOC today.The IOC made it clear that, while weightlifting

The Samoa Association of Sports and National Olympic Committee has signed a deal which will see Yamagata become the host city for the country's athletes prior to Tokyo 2020.

according to Radio NZ.Ele Opeloge is Samoa's only Olympic medallist ©Getty ImagesSamoa won silver in weightlifting

Athletics South Africa (ASA) President Aleck Skhosana says he has received numerous messages from aggrieved athletes over their omission from the country's team for the Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games.

cycling, track cycling, gymnastics, hockey, netball, rugby sevens, shooting, table tennis, triathlon, weightlifting

Two-time Olympic gold medallist Caster Semenya is among the leading athletes to have been selected to compete for South Africa at the Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games.

cycling, track cycling, gymnastics, hockey, netball, rugby sevens, shooting, table tennis, triathlon, weightlifting

Loughborough University have announced that they are continuing their partnership with sport clothing company Kukri.

Currently working with other elite sports organisations such as British Weightlifting, Leicester Tigers

Singapore has chosen 59 athletes to compete at the Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games in Australia, between April 4 and 15.

first four medals, all gold, came from weightlifting.Altogether, Singapore has won eight medals in weightlifting

sports at the Commonwealth Games - badminton, boxing, gymnastics, shooting, swimming, table tennis and weightlifting

International University Sports Federation (FISU) President Oleg Matytsin visited Ashgabat to discuss future cooperation between the organisation and Turkmenistan.

the country's National Olympic Committee.Ashgabat has already been chosen to host this year's World Weightlifting

The declining influence of C K Wu was highlighted in full last week, with the Taiwanese official’s replacement as the Association of Summer Olympic Committees (ASOIF) representative on the International Olympic Committee (IOC) Executive Board revealed.

warning that they need to shape up.The only other International Federation to suffer a similar fate was weightlifting

Melbourne 2006 gold medallist Deborah Acason is among the 16 Australian weightlifters selected to represent the host nation at this year's Commonwealth Games in Gold Coast.

the event in Gold Coast, scheduled to take place from April 4 to 15.She is joined on the Australian weightlifting

94kg weight division at Gold Coast 2018, topped the podium in the 85kg event in New Delhi.Australia's weightlifting

;"Being part of a Commonwealth Games team for the first time is so special and I’m certain our nine weightlifting

The weightlifting competition is really unique and exciting.

The appalling abuse of American Olympic gymnasts, North Korea's Winter Olympic participation and Russian dopers have all been making the headlines this week.

you can bet your life it will be a big talking point when Tokyo 2020 comes around - and the sport of weightlifting

likely take a lot of flak that should be aimed elsewhere.Last Tuesday (January 23), the International Weightlifting

despite him having to return two Olympic gold medals for doping.This is, as far as most people within weightlifting

hero in Kazakhstan despite his reputation in the wider world, has been called "the Lance Armstrong of weightlifting