Azerbaijan has been hit by a double blow today after the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) threatened a declaration of non-compliance before a third weightlifter was confirmed as having failed a test following re-analysis of Beijing 2008 samples.

In a statement posted on their website, the International Weightlifting Federation (IWF) revealed how

The lawyer representing suspended Kenyan runner Rita Jeptoo has withdrawn a day before the start of a hearing into her two-year doping ban at the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS).

busy week of CAS cases taken by athletes hoping to be cleared to compete at Rio 2016.Russia's world weightlifting

champion Alexei Lovchev is also appealing a four-year doping ban handed by the International Weightlifting

Reiko Chinen has been appointed as the weightlifting sport manager for the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo

Chinen has been involved in weightlifting more than 30 years having originally started as an athlete.Since

Olympic Games as a technical official.She was also the technical director at the 2014 International Weightlifting

Facebook/Reiko ChinenChinen is a member of the IWF's Technical Committee.She is also a member of the Asian Weightlifting

Federation and Japan Weightlifting Association (JWA) Executive Boards.

having full responsibility to deliver unforgettable Games, I will aim to bring success to JWA, IWF and weightlifting

Samoa Association of Sport and National Olympic Committee chief executive Faamausili Taiva is hopeful that a new elite athletes institute will help improve sporting performances at major events including the Olympic and Pacific Games.

never won an Olympic medal, is hoping to compete in the four sports of athletics, canoeing, judo and weightlifting

Hotfrid to win the women’s over 75 kilograms title on the final day of action at the International Weightlifting

Georgia’s Giorgi Chkheidze delighted the home crowd on the penultimate day of action at the International Weightlifting

Cricket is set to feature at the Durban 2022 Commonwealth Games after the International Cricket Council (ICC) submitted an application for the women’s version of the sport to be included on the programme for the event.

cycling, hockey, judo, lawn bowls, netball, rugby sevens, shooting, squash, table tennis, triathlon, weightlifting

69 kilograms snatch and clean and jerk to claim overall gold with relative ease at the International Weightlifting

China’s Liu Jiawen won the men’s 85 kilograms overall title at the International Weightlifting Federation

snatch, clean and jerk and overall on his way to winning men’s 77 kilograms gold at the International Weightlifting

North Korea's top three seeds all won their men's singles qualifying groups with varying degrees of comfort on the opening day of the International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF) Pyongyang Open.

World Championships, also held in Pyongyang.Last week, Pyongyang was awarded the 2018 Junior World Weightlifting

European bronze medallist Rebekah Tiler is one of two weightlifters along with Sonny Webster that will represent Great Britain at this year’s Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, it has been announced today.

at the Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth Games, finishing fifth ©Getty ImagesTeamGB have won seven Olympic weightlifting

Rebekah and Sonny and their efforts in getting selected to represent Team GB in Rio this summer," said weightlifting

exciting one, and their success at this stage of their athletic careers bodes well for the future of weightlifting

world records on his way to winning the men’s 69 kilograms gold medal on day three of the International Weightlifting

Commonwealth Games gold medallist Richie Patterson is one of two weightlifters along with Tracey Lambrechs that will represent New Zealand at this year’s Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, it has been announced today.

 Nigel Avery and Olivia Baker competed for New Zealand in Sydney, where women’s weightlifting was

Tracey Lambrechs in action at the 2015 World Weightlifting Championships in Houston ©NZOCNew Zealand

Auckland this morning, commending both athletes on their achievement.Mike Reid, President of Olympic Weightlifting

We wish both athletes well for the Games and look forward to what looks to be a bright future for weightlifting

The Rio 2016 weightlifting competition is due to take place at the Riocentro venue from August 6 to 16Men

North Korea’s representatives for this year's Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro are among the leading names set to compete on home soil at the International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF) Pyongyang Open, due to begin tomorrow.

World Championships, also held in Pyongyang.Last week, Pyongyang was awarded the 2018 Junior World Weightlifting