Japan's Koji Murofushi is hoping to make it third time lucky and be elected onto the International Olympic Committee (IOC) Athletes' Commission following his controversial disqualification from the 2012 race, as the process to choose four new representatives and a raft of other IOC members begins.

was chosen by the Korean Olympic Committee over two other Olympic champions in Beijing 2008 over 75kg weightlifting

International Cycling Union (UCI) President Brian Cookson believes it would be a "tragedy" if track cycling is not part of the Commonwealth Games programme at Durban 2022.

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

Commonwealth Games Federation (CGF) chief executive David Grevemberg revealed here today they are discussing the prospect of cricket featuring at Durban 2022.

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

Hosts India were the dominant force at the 2015 Commonwealth Weightlifting Championships in Pune, claiming

’s Apolonia Vaivai won  women’s 69kg crown.Papua New Guinea is set to host next year's Commonwealth Weightlifting

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The number of positive results returned by worldwide anti-doping activity in 2014 was 10 per cent down on the previous year despite an increase in tests carried out, according to figures released by the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA).

highest proportion of positive tests were equestrian with 1.8 per cent,  golf with 1.6 per cent and weightlifting

China’s Liao Hui enthralled his home crowd at the International Weightlifting Federation (IWF) Grand

Six cities have submitted a bid to host the 2018 International Weightlifting Federation (IWF) World

host will then be chosen at the meeting in Houston, Texas, which takes place ahead of the 2015 World Weightlifting

Championships, which run from November 20 to 28.Each city has pedigree in hosting weightlifting events

Belarus, Turkey and Uzbekistan.Related storiesAugust 2015: Bidding process for 2018 IWF World Weightlifting

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Discussions on adding new sports to the programme for Durban 2022 are due to begin in the next fortnight and be concluded by the beginning of next year, Commonwealth Games Federation (CGF) chief executive David Grevemberg has told insidethegames.

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

The Bahrain Olympic Committee (BOC) and representatives of nine of the country's sports associations have held their first co-ordination meeting to discuss issues ahead of the upcoming Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) Games in Saudi Arabia.

schedules and venues.Bahrain will be competing in athletics, football, basketball, volleyball, handball, weightlifting

Michele Ferrari, the physician who supplied Lance Armstrong with performance-enhancing drugs, is among 61 Italians named on a World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) blacklist of 114 coaches, doctors and other sports support staff involved in anti-doping violations.

physio, and basketball doctor Yuriy Voronchikhin.Kolesnikov is suspended until October 20, 2018, while weightlifting

As many as 21 sports could feature at the Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games here in 2017, with 19 officially confirmed at a Coordination Commission meeting today at which preparations were widely praised.

joined by 18 from Oceania.As expected, there will also be a hefty combat sport presence, with muay thai, weightlifting

Six lecturers have been announced for a seminar being held by the Bahrain Olympic Committee (BOC), with the event forming part of this year’s Shaikh Nasser bin Hamad Al Khalifa Scientific Research Award.

compete in athletics, football, basketball, table tennis, handball, bowling, karate, swimming, goalball, weightlifting

Robert Louis Stevenson is a name the vast majority of us will all recognise.

in all honesty, the swimming arena wouldn’t have appeared out of place in Glasgow or even London.The weightlifting

venue, opened for legendary coach Paul Coffa, secretary general of the Commonwealth Weightlifting Federation

South Africa held off a late rally from Australia to seal boy’s rugby sevens gold with a 31-20 victory as sporting action at the 2015 Commonwealth Youth Games here came to a pulsating conclusion.

night of swimming finalsSeptember 2015: England's Tiler produces outstanding display to bag Samoa 2015 weightlifting

Australian Jack Bowen stunned Asian youth champion Gaurav Solanki to secure boy’s flyweight gold as Northern Ireland enjoyed their best day of the Commonwealth Youth Games by sealing a hat-trick of titles here.

night of swimming finalsSeptember 2015: England's Tiler produces outstanding display to bag Samoa 2015 weightlifting