Weightlifting remains on probation by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) and is not assured of

The International Weightlifting Federation (IWF) was given a December deadline in June to deliver a "

Thomas Bach called for the IOC to do more to address doping problems ©Getty Images"We made the place of weightlifting

We have in fact received such a report, which is showing a plan for improvement of the situation of weightlifting

 "Therefore, we have taken note of this project of IWF but we decided that the status there of weightlifting

We want to see the effects of this plan, and whether it is really appropriate to make weightlifting cleaner

Hosts Vanuatu won both team table tennis titles as the Pacific Mini Games continued in Port Vila.

scoreline.Elsewhere, further gold medals were decided in weightlifting.A number of medals were won in weightlifting

Justin Gatlin, the sprinter who served two doping bans and was booed by the crowd on his way to victory over Usain Bolt at the World Athletics Championships in London in August, served as an inspiration to an Iranian weightlifter who made a remarkable return to his sport after serving an eight-year ban.

offence.After two successful appeals his ban was cut to eight years, and at the International Weightlifting

seemed over and Alihosseini was in despair with two positives and a lifetime ban.But the Iranian Weightlifting

medicine in his years away and, he says, is close to completing a PhD.He was "involved a little bit" in weightlifting

A total of 26 World University Championships have been awarded by the International University Sport Federation (FISU) for 2020.

welcome sailing competition.Grenoble and Strasbourg in France have been awarded the sport climbing and weightlifting

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total of 284kg in the women's over 90kg category on the final day of action at the 2017 International Weightlifting

records on his way to claiming a hat-trick of gold medals on the final day of the 2017 International Weightlifting

women's world champion ©IWFToday's action also saw Sarah Robles become the United States’ first female weightlifting

The International Olympic Committee (IOC) is set to preserve weightlifting’s Olympic status when its Executive Board reconvenes tomorrow to discuss the sport’s future beyond Tokyo 2020, insidethegames understands.

The threat of weightlifting being dropped from the Olympic programme follows a series of doping scandals

Olympic Games in Beijing and London respectively.Thomas Bach, the IOC President, has previously warned weightlifting

had a "massive doping problem".He called for a "satisfactory" report from the International Weightlifting

I intentionally didn’t select people from the weightlifting family," Aján said."

Board here.The Commission determined that while significant improvements have been made in the IWF weightlifting

By Daniel Etchells at the Anaheim Convention Center

Vanuatu 2017 chief executive Clint Flood has admitted the Organising Committee was "surprised" at Tahiti opting not to take part in the Opening Ceremony of the Pacific Mini Games but claimed their decision was "not political".

played.Commonwealth Games gold medallist Dika Toua of Papua New Guinea secured the women's under 53 kilograms weightlifting

Commonwealth Games gold medallist Dika Toua of Papua New Guinea secured the women's under 53 kilograms weightlifting

she recorded a total of 126kg.Toua's younger sister Thelma also enjoyed success on the opening day of weightlifting

Nicaragua enjoyed weightlifting and wrestling success on the first official day of competition at the

Orlando Vásquez delivered men’s 56 kilogram weightlifting gold for the host nation, after producing a

Anastasiia Hotfrid became Georgia’s first female medallist at the International Weightlifting Federation

Sonny Webster, Great Britain’s only male weightlifter at the Rio 2016 Olympics who has called for life bans against doping cheats, has been banned from the sport for four years after testing positive for the prohibited substance ostarine.

day of a two-day meeting in Lausanne at which the International Olympic Committee will decide whether weightlifting

By Daniel Etchells at the Anaheim Convention Center

Olympic weightlifter Edwin Mosquera Roa has died after being shot in the Colombian city of Palmira.

Championships and silver at the 2016 edition.The news of his passing comes during the 2017 International Weightlifting

A ticketing update from Gold Coast 2018 has revealed the Opening Ceremony of next year’s Commonwealth Games is now sold out.

also been sold out, but tickets remain available for all other sessions.It is similar for shooting and weightlifting