Russia’s world champion Aleksei Lovchev is reportedly facing a lengthy doping ban after his B-sample allegedly came back positive.

revealed that Russia was poised to lose at least one quota place at Rio 2016.Under the International Weightlifting

USA Weightlifting have announced that they are seeking nominations for two vacant positions on their

representative is also being sought on the judicial, competition and coaching committees, with USA Weightlifting

Beach volleyball will make its debut on the Commonwealth Games programme at Gold Coast 2018, it has been announced. 

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

Willian Ozuna has been re-elected for a second four-year term as President of the Pan-American Weightlifting

Ozuna, who is also President of the Dominican Republic Weightlifting Federation, was the sole candidate

International Weightlifting Federation President Tamás Aján addressed the officers of the Pan American

Weightlifting Federation, including Colombia's Ana Camacho, the first woman ever to be elected to the

with Puerto Rica's Andres Vargas and America's Kyle Pierce.The Congress was attended by International Weightlifting

general secretary, who died last year.His son, Eddie Suarez Rojas, addressed the Congress and thanked the weightlifting

The New Zealand Olympic Committee (NZOC) has paid tribute to weightlifter George Newton, who has passed away aged 79.

The NZOC's thoughts and prayers are with the Newton family and the weightlifting community at this time

Rio 2016 remain confident that the Olympics Aquatics Stadium will be ready in time to stage a swimming test event in April following concerns raised by the International Swimming Federation (FINA) that it may have to be held elsewhere due to not being fully completed in time.

face a free-for-all.Badminton, boxing, equestrian, hockey, rugby sevens, shooting, table tennis and weightlifting

Spectators who have bought tickets for this year's Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro will not be assigned specific seats for many events after Brazilian officials decided to introduce a general admission policy.

sports affected will be badminton, boxing, equestrian, hockey, rugby sevens, shooting, table tennis and weightlifting

The first gold medal at this year's Olympics in Rio de Janeiro is likely to be won once again in the women's 10 metre air rifle.

Gold medals will also be decided in judo, archery, cycling, fencing, swimming and weightlifting on day

Russia is poised to lose at least one weightlifting quota place for this summer's Olympic Games in Rio

Bulgaria following 11 cases in 2015, while Romania has already forfeited a quota place.Russia, the weightlifting

A 16-year-old Brazilian world youth champion is among the latest raft of weightlifters to have failed doping tests, the world governing body has announced while also banning two more Russians.

snatch event, returned an Adverse Analytical Finding for anabolic agent boldenone, an International Weightlifting

so after a fourth place finish at the Pan American Games ©Getty ImagesThe number of doping cases in weightlifting

International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) President Sebastian Coe has held meetings with Albanian Prime Minister Edi Rama and the country’s Minister of Education and Sports Lindita Nikolla at the start of a two-day visit to Tirana.

including 1500 metres 2013 Summer Universiade bronze medallist Luiza Gega and former world junior weightlifting

Bulgaria’s Stanka Zlateva, the two-time Olympic silver medal-winning freestyle wrestler who recently retired, has claimed she was once offered cash to lose a World Championship final but declined to do so. 

unsuccessful appeal to the Court of Arbitration for Sport following an initial verdict by the International Weightlifting

A call for former Gold Coast Mayor Ron Clarke to be remembered by renaming the city's Carrara Sports Precinct is gathering support. 

venue precinct for the Games and due to host the Opening and Closing Ceremonies, athletics, badminton, weightlifting

Bulgaria's weightlifters remain banned from competing at this year's Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro following a decision announced by the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) today.

The International Weightlifting Federation (IWF) President Tamás Aján ruled in November that

qualification period, a decision exclusively revealed by insidethegames.That prompted the Bulgarian Weightlifting

months as they were already suspended for doping.The country has a terrible record of doping within weightlifting

participating in the Olympics are very good because this punishment contradicts existing International Weightlifting

Wushu will be included at the 2017 Islamic Solidarity Games in Baku, the sport’s governing body has confirmed.

badminton, diving, equestrian, fencing, handball, karate, table tennis, taekwondo, swimming, volleyball, weightlifting