Australian women’s rugby sevens captain Nicole Beck will be the flagbearer for her nation at the Opening Ceremony of the Pacific Games, it has been announced, as  her country prepares to make its inaugural appearance at the event here.

is one of four that both Australia and New Zealand will compete in at the Pacific Games, along with weightlifting

Guam National Olympic Committee Chef de Mission Joey Miranda III is expecting the country's athletes to perform better at next month’s Pacific Games than at the previous two editions of the quadrennial event.

volleyball, boxing, golf, shooting, taekwondo, tennis, track and field, triathlon, va’a, volleyball, and weightlifting

Another raft of venue changes have been unveiled by Boston 2024 as they seek to boost support for their under fire Olympics and Paralympics bid just five days before a Quarterly Board Meeting of the United States Olympic Committee (USOC).

Harambee Park in the Dorchester neighbourhood, wrestling and judo at Boston College’s Conte Forum and weightlifting

New analysis by the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA), has revealed that only three of nearly 2,000 anti-doping rule violations in 2013 were uncovered as a result of blood samples.

Belgium for - are also considerably higher in the table than many would have expected.Cycling with 16, weightlifting

samples.Equivalent proportions in other sports included football at 0.5 per cent, rugby at 1.27 per cent, weightlifting

Commonwealth Games Federation (CGF) chief executive David Grevemberg has completed a visit to Apia to assess the Samoan capital’s final preparations ahead of hosting the Commonwealth Youth Games from September 5 to 11.

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Elguja BerishviliChef de Mission, Georgia

important place on the European sport map.Georgia's Chef de Mission Elguja Berushvili would like to see weightlifting

Seoul 1988 Paralympic Games shot put gold medallist Ernie Guild of Britain will officially start each of the three routes at the upcoming Tour de Vale bike ride, it has been announced.

country to spread the Paralympic message and he also competed in basketball, javelin, table tennis, weightlifting

The Association of International Olympic Winter Sports Federations (AIOWF) and Association of International Olympic Committee (IOC) Recognised International Sports Federations (ARISF) have suspended their memberships with SportAccord.

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Indian Olympic Association (IOA) President N Ramachandran has hit back at the various State Olympic Associations (SOA) and National Federations calling for him to be replaced, accusing them of launching “a deliberate smear campaign”.

union have all supported the move to remove Ramachandran.The Gymnastic Federation of India and Indian Weightlifting

Igor KazikovChef de Mission, Russia

Athletics and weightlifting.8)    How symbolic is it that the first ever European

The Asian Weightlifting Federation (AWF) is facing a call to reschedule this year’s Asian Weightlifting

the new time-slot, September 3 to 12, clashes with the Commonwealth Youth Games, which will include weightlifting

between September 5 and 12.A letter seen by insidethegames, believed to have been written by a senior weightlifting

Malaysia, Pakistan etc may have confirmed their participation in these Games and CWF (Commonwealth Weightlifting

Championships in SeptemberMay 2015:  IWF confirms cancellation of plans to hold 2015 Asian Weightlifting

Championships in KathmanduMay 2015: Asian Weightlifting Championships likely to be moved from stricken

Karate, korfball, orienteering and motor racing have become the first non-Olympic sports to officially register discontent with SportAccord today, while badminton has become the 22nd Olympic one to disaffiliate.

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Phuket in Thailand is to stage this year’s Asian Weightlifting Championships, insidethegames has learnt

The decision was confirmed today in a letter to the Thailand Weightlifting Association (TAWA) from the

Asian Weightlifting Federation (AWF).AWF thanked TAWA for its trust and support, and said it was looking

was huge damage following the earthquake which struck in Nepal at the end of last month, meaning the Weightlifting

year’s Championships.Related storiesMay 2015: IWF confirms cancellation of plans to hold 2015 Asian Weightlifting

Championships in KathmanduMay 2015:  Asian Weightlifting Championships likely to be moved from stricken

Lima has withdrawn as host of the 2017 World Combat Games in a latest blow for SportAccord and its President Marius Vizer.

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Basketball has become the latest sport to suspend its SportAccord membership, increasing the total number to have done so to 21. 

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