Association of Summer Olympic International Federations (ASOIF) President Francesco Ricci Bitti has warned Russia against any "very contentious" plans to stage rebel events outside of the Olympic Movement.

fencing, golf, judo, modern pentathlon, shooting, skateboarding, table tennis, taekwondo, triathlon, weightlifting

Pentathlon United has accused the International Modern Pentathlon Union (UIPM) of disregarding the sport's development in favour of political gain as the latest blow to the governing body's Olympic ambitions.

pentathlon's fate is decided in October.The sport sits in the same category as embattled boxing and weightlifting

International Olympic Committee (IOC) President Thomas Bach has claimed that "naysayers" are being proven wrong over the participation of Russian and Belarusian athletes as neutrals in global sporting competition.

fencing, golf, judo, modern pentathlon, shooting, skateboarding, table tennis, taekwondo, triathlon,weightlifting

Adis Karkelja had a weekend he will never forget.

On Saturday (May 27), he became a national weightlifting champion for the tenth time, and on Sunday (

Hrgović to safety and did not return home until 7AM on Monday (May 29).Adis Karkelja became a national weightlifting

I didn’t do any climbing when I was young, I did weightlifting."

We at the Bosnia and Herzegovina Weightlifting Federation are thankful for our wonderful humanitarian

China's Li Fabin has become a dominant force in the 61 kilograms division of men's weightlifting.

In the past decade weightlifting has had its share of doping, corruption and transgender scandals and

into the qualifying programme for Paris 2024.North Korea had effectively "disappeared" not just from weightlifting

Federation contacted the sport’s governing body, the International Weightlifting Federation (IWF) to

and countless weightlifting fans on specialist social media sites, are entirely justified.

Weightlifting is its number one sport in terms of results but North Korea has won Olympic gold medals

words: "This is a global issue, not a weightlifting issue."

For the second time in six months, a member of the International Weightlifting Federation (IWF) Athletes

The International Weightlifting Federation (IWF) has reacted to the widespread anger over North Korea

Sport to try to stop them competing.Coffa, the Olympic champion Maude Charron from Canada, and USA Weightlifting

situation was beyond its control.Paul Coffa has described North Korea's ability to compete in Paris 2024 weightlifting

The PRK Weightlifting Federation complied with the rules by providing whereabouts information for its

presence in the Paris 2024 qualifying programme was described as "the worst thing that has happened in weightlifting

Paul Coffa, the first coach ever to be inducted into the International Weightlifting Federation (IWF)

Even with the slight improvement weightlifting has made in the last year regarding anti-doping, I still

If you are a coach in weightlifting, which I have been for 58 years, you know very well that if you take

Coffa is general secretary of the Oceania Weightlifting Federation, whose 22 members have not had a single

This is a disgrace, the worst thing that has happened in weightlifting for 20 or 30 years."

The Bahrain Olympic Committee (BOC) has revealed plans for the third edition of the Bahrain Baby Olympics, where competitors aged three to five are set to compete in six sports.

a sprint run, hurdles and kids relay, gymnastics with free body expression, freestyle swimming, and weightlifting

olds.Football, basketball and swimming are scheduled for Monday (May 29) and athletics, gymnastics and weightlifting

North Korean weightlifters, who have not competed or been tested by anti-doping authorities since 2019, will take part in the qualifying programme for Paris 2024.

The news was confirmed today when the International Weightlifting Federation (IWF) published the final

, IWF World Championships medallists and an Asian Games champion.North Korea has won more medals in weightlifting

who "disappear" for long periods, and then comply with short-term doping rules when they return.In weightlifting

A survey conducted on behalf of UK Anti-Doping (UKAD) has found that 69 per cent of British people say "they care enough" to report doping-related suspicions of an athlete or their support staff to the organisation.

University.It will be hosted by Olympic canoeist Helen Reeves and feature speakers including former British weightlifting

When the African Weightlifting Championships officially closed in Tunis on Friday (May 19) the medals

Egypt has a long history in the sport and a formidable weightlifting infrastructure that is strongly

supported by the state.It had five Olympic weightlifting champions between 1928 and 1948 and has had

of the volunteer-run Kenya Amateur Weightlifting Association (KAWA) and a member of his National Olympic

"Weightlifting is loved, but there is no infrastructure for the sport here."

They include partnering with the armed forces to bring in more athletes and improve the weightlifting

not take part in the qualifying programme for next year's Olympic Games in Paris, the International Weightlifting

neutrals were already dead, as far as the IWF is concerned.Maxim Agapitov, President of the Russian Weightlifting

grey uniform free of designs or logos, and will lift as individual neutrals.Russia was banned from weightlifting

Ahmed Abdul Ghaffar has been appointed as Bahrain's Chef de Mission for the re-arranged 2022 Asian Games in Hangzhou.

Khalifa announced that Bahrain will take part in 13 confirmed sports - athletics, handball, boxing, judo, weightlifting

We have certain sports that we target - such as athletics, judo, weightlifting- that we feel we can get