Tributes have been paid to former Olympic weightlifting champion Imre Földi after the Hungarian died.

“With Földi’s death, the weightlifting world lost one of its all-time greatest champions and Hungary

its most successful weightlifter ever,” a statement from the International Weightlifting Federation said

“Our sympathy goes to the family and the Hungarian Weightlifting Federation.”Imre Földi celebrating his

South American nations have taken part in a seminar aimed at helping to grow weightlifting in the region

The seminar was arranged by the Argentinean Weightlifting Federation (AWF), under the framework of the

International Weightlifting Federation’s (IWF) development programme.Local experts covered key development

Quinones, who is also the Peruvian Olympic Committee President.The seminar was designed to help grow weightlifting

I felt a mixture of satisfaction and despair earlier this week when it was revealed that Russia's Tatyana Chernova had tested positive for banned drugs following a re-analysis of her sample from the 2008 Olympics in Beijing and the bronze medal she had won in the heptathlon would be stripped away from her and awarded instead to Britain's Kelly Sotherton.

positive at both Olympics, meaning a total of 173 athletes have been sanctioned.In the men's 94 kilogram weightlifting

Thomas Wesselhoff has been named as the President of the Swedish Weightlifting Federation (SWF) after

The 2017 Asian Kickboxing Confederation (WAKO Asia) Championships will begin in Ashgabat tomorrow, serving as a test event for this year's Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games in Turkmenistan's capital.

 The Senior Asian Weightlifting Championships started at the Weightlifting Arena on Sunday (April

Former national champion Azzam Al-Zubi has been elected President of the Jordanian Weightlifting Federation

Atma Maharaj has been re-elected as the President of Weightlifting Fiji at the national federation’s

Maharaj has led the federation since 2008 and has also held positions at the Commonwealth and Oceania Weightlifting

Fiji Association of Sports and National Olympic Committee (FASANOC).Ritesh Ratiram was confirmed as Weightlifting

decision to step down as the organisation’s vice-president.Yee is now expected to continue his support of Weightlifting

s efforts in his role as a life member.Manueli Tulo will serve as the athlete representative on the Weightlifting

at the Fiji Sports Awards.He won gold in the men’s 56 kilogram category at the 2016 Australian Open Weightlifting

The International Olympic Committee (IOC) have promised to ensure full gender equality on a 50-50 basis at the 2020 Games in Tokyo, an Executive Board member has proclaimed.

men's 200m.The lightweight men’s rowing four is set to be replaced by the open women’s four.Boxing and weightlifting

A series of events are being staged at the Ashgabat Olympic Complex to test out the facilities before the Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games are held there.

September 17 to 27 in Turkmenistan’s capital city.The competitions being held will be the Senior Asian Weightlifting

Belarus' Kanstantsin Kurouski marked the end of the International Weightlifting Federation (IWF) Youth

South-American one-two in the women's 69 kilograms competition as action continued today at the International Weightlifting

Marshall Islands National Olympic Committee (MINOC) President Ken Kramer received a recognition award from Oceania National Olympic Committees (ONOC) secretary general Ricardo Blas.

Oceania Sport Education Programme (OSEP) projects in the country.Courses to support beach volleyball and weightlifting

While the Commonwealth Games Federation (CGF) are in a state of flux regarding the destination of the 2022 event, following the stripping of rights from Durban, the organisation must be glad that Gold Coast 2018 has been humming along nicely in the background.

complete, with the smell of fresh paint still lingering in the air as the badminton, powerlifting, weightlifting

Maurus broke the under-77 kilograms world record on another day of American success at the International Weightlifting

world record on his way to retaining his continental title on the final day of action at the European Weightlifting