"No-one told you when to run, you missed the starting gun". This line from Time by Pink Floyd seemed apt this week.

million).To satisfy the needs of basketball, boxing, cycling, fencing, gymnastics, judo, handball, weightlifting

Azerbaijan's Hanna Skydan delighted her home crowd by winning gold in the women's hammer throw on the opening day of athletics at the Islamic Solidarity Games in Baku.

won with a Games record total of 348kg, 28kg clear of the rest of the field at Shuvelan district's Weightlifting

Dominik Dörr, a member of the International Weightlifting Federation's (IWF) Medical Committee,

Anastassiya Ibrahimli struck weightlifting gold for hosts Azerbaijan as action continued today at the

Competing in the women's 69 kilograms category at the Weightlifting Arena, Ibrahimli lifted 100kg in

Belarus' capital Minsk has reportedly been selected to host the 2018 European Olympic Committees (EOC) General Assembly.

European Games during the 2016 EOC General Assembly in the city last October.Plans to include archery and weightlifting

joined by the Commission's deputy chairman Zlatko Mateša, who confirmed plans to include archery and weightlifting

Turkey dominated the opening day of action in the pool at the Islamic Solidarity Games in Baku today, winning five of the seven gold medals on offer.

due to be awarded in artistic and rhythmic gymnastics, handball, judo, karate, shooting, swimming and weightlifting

Two of the men aiming to unseat the most powerful figure in world weightlifting want the sport’s governing

Antonio Urso, the Italian President of the European Weightlifting Federation, and former Olympic champion

from Romania, are seen as the strongest challengers to Tamás Aján to take control of the International Weightlifting

 He advocates a complete overhaul of communications within weightlifting, which has suffered a damaging

to the Olympic programme, and China’s rise to become a weightlifting superpower.

 Weightlifting then produced 49 positives - half the all-sports total - in the retesting of Olympic

The 2017 Islamic Solidarity Games in Baku have officially started following a glamorous Opening Ceremony in the Azerbaijani capital this evening.

and blind judo, karate, shooting, swimming, table tennis, taekwondo, tennis, volleyball, water polo, weightlifting

medals are due to be awarded tomorrow in rhythmic gymnastics, judo, karate, shooting, swimming and weightlifting

Plans to include archery and weightlifting on the programme for the 2019 European Games in Minsk were

Craig complete the delegation.BelTA has reported that Matesa confirmed plans to include archery and weightlifting

today's discussions.Archery was part of the programme at the last European Games, at Baku in 2015, but weightlifting

Today we have discussed sports issues and, following Belarus' initiative, we plan to include weightlifting

Three countries have withdrawn from the 2017 Islamic Solidarity Games, which are set to begin in Azerbaijan’s capital Baku tomorrow. 

and blind judo, karate, shooting, swimming, table tennis, taekwondo, tennis, volleyball, water polo, weightlifting

Enrique Montero has been elected as President of the Brazilian Weightlifting Federation.

Kazakh weightlifter Ilya Ilyin has claimed "I will be the next" after three of the country's weightlifters were handed bans following positive drug tests from the 2012 Olympic Games in London.

support for his compatriots Maiya Maneza, Zulfiya Chinshanlo and Svetlana Podobedova.The International Weightlifting

notified last October they would be stripped of their gold medals from the women’s 63 and 75 kilogram weightlifting

Parkour has emerged as another contender for inclusion on the Summer Olympic programme after being discussed by the group responsible for proposing new disciplines and events today.

 Additional weight categories for women have been proposed in weightlifting and boxing - with no

USA Weightlifting has announced the launch of nationwide athlete development camps in an effort to identify

Led by regional administrators, USA Weightlifting affiliated clubs will host two-day camps for athletes

This is a terrific opportunity to introduce people to the athletic benefits of Olympic Weightlifting,

" USA Weightlifting director of programme development Suzy Sanchez said."

As a region administrator, Walker will help recruit USA Weightlifting-affiliated clubs to host the camps

as well as handle local-level questions about the events.USA Weightlifting clubs can also earn cash

Malta's Josmond Caruana was elected as the European Small Nations' general secretary for weightlifting

portfolio of positions which also includes being both President and general secretary of the Malta Weightlifting

Association since 2009.He is also a member of the European Weightlifting Federation Technical Commission

, a vice-president of the European Union Weightlifting Commission and an Executive Board member of Commonwealth

Weightlifting.Josmond Caruana is also President of the Malta Weightlifting Association ©Malta Weightlifting

AssociationCaruana replaces Cyprus Weightlifting Federation President Andreas Roumbas in his European