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Table Tennis England chairman claims future at risk after funding blow

  • Table Tennis

Table Tennis England chairman Sandra Deaton has warned the future of the governing body is "at risk" after they lost access to £9 million ($12 million/€10 million) in Sport England funding.

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USOC announces Best of June honours for Team USA Awards

  • PASO

The United States Olympic Committee has announced its Best of June award winners with Para track and field athlete Breanna Clark, weightlifter Clarence Cummings Jr and the American women’s senior national synchronised swimming team all being named.  

56.71sec to qualify for her first World Championships.Cummings won his fourth consecutive International Weightlifting



Exclusive: Ricci Bitti outlines importance of term limits for International Federation Presidents

  • Summer Sports

All Olympic International Federations should introduce term limits for its Presidents and other key positions as this promotes better governance standards and avoids a monopoly of power around a few individuals, the head of the umbrella group that represents them has warned. 

governance.Hungary's Tamas Aján was re-elected for the fifth time as President of the International Weightlifting

 Hungary's Tamas Aján was elected for a fifth term as President of the International Weightlifting


Aján vows to address weightlifting doping problems highlighted by IOC

  • Weightlifting

International Weightlifting Federation (IWF) President Tamas Aján has claimed the International Olympic

missing the 2024 Olympic Games.All 28 core sports due to appear on the programme at Tokyo 2020, including weightlifting

was himself sent home from Rio 2016 after a failed drugs test.It was also announced last month that weightlifting



Remaining Gold Coast 2018 tickets place on general sale

  • Gold Coast 2018

Remaining tickets for next year's Commonwealth Games in the Gold Coast have been put back on general sale to the public.

smorgasbord of five different sports at the Carrara Sports Precinct including athletics, wrestling, weightlifting


Players receive furry welcome at ITTF Australian Open

  • Table Tennis

Diane the Koala Bear has been offering a furry welcome to several of the world’s leading table tennis players as they arrive in Gold Coast for the 2017 Australian Open.

the players who will be battling for trophies at the Carrara Indoor Sports Stadium, which will host weightlifting


Australian Olympic Committee announces squad for Ashgabat 2017

  • ONOC

The Australian Olympic Committee (AOC) has announced the squad of 18 athletes that will represent the country at the Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games for the first time.

from Oceania in a special collaboration between the two continents.The Australian team will contest weightlifting

international exposure and Games-like experience in Ashgabat, but the opportunity to mix with Asia’s best in weightlifting

Barredo, Jocelyne Francken, Matthew Lydement, Jacob Marquardt, Sofia Zudova and Brandon Wakeling form the weightlifting


USA Weightlifting target high school growth following NFHS agreement

  • Weightlifting

USA Weightlifting has signed a partnership agreement with the National Federation of State High School

As a part of the three-year deal, USA Weightlifting will serve as a partner of the NFHS' Coach Education

This exciting development for weightlifting speaks to our desire to support high schools in integrating

weightlifting, continuing to ensure safety in the weight room and to make the United States the most

active nation among our youth," said Phil Andrews, chief executive of USA Weightlifting."

programmes and USA Weightlifting anticipates "continued growth of the sport in other states"."


Powerlifting referees course held in Manchester

  • Powerlifting News

The fifth World Para Powerlifting referee course of 2017 has taken place in Manchester with 12 officials from across the United Kingdom attending.

Hosted by British Weightlifting over three days, the event discussed topics such as the competition cycle

future major international competitions.”Tom Whittaker, the Paralympic performance director at British Weightlifting


Weightlifting duo from United States handed anti-doping bans

  • Weightlifting

A pair of weightlifters from the United States have been handed anti-doping bans after failing tests towards the end of last year.

found to have two banned substances, GW1516 sulfoxide and GW1516 sulfone, on December 10 at the USA Weightlifting


Updated UK Sport funding figures give boost to Winter Olympic and Paralympic hopefuls

  • Skiing

UK Sport has revealed the updated National Lottery funding figures for governing bodies following an annual investment review as preparations for the Pyeongchang 2018 Winter Olympics and Paralympics continue.

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