Thirty years after they were first held on Maltese soil, the 2023 Games of the Small States of Europe (GSSE) are set to open in Valletta.

Giordano Bruno Reffi declared.The sport programme featured athletics, basketball, cycling, judo shooting, weightlifting

Records  of the Olympic Games that took place 75 years ago reveal that organisers were faced with what has become a very familiar question.

of the nature of its Government," Brundage wrote.The Soviets had become members of the International Weightlifting

Egypt won three more titles at the African Weightlifting Championships in Tunis, including both the men's

 The Tunisian Weightlifting Federation helped him to plan his future as it seeks to find employment

continental championships within five weeks, all of them qualifiers for Paris 2024, and although African weightlifting

Russia's return to international weightlifting appears to be in doubt after strong comments by its National

Federation President Maxim Agapitov, who has accused the International Weightlifting Federation (IWF

next month.He responded by sending a copy of a letter addressed to the IWF yesterday by the Russian Weightlifting

exclusive jurisdiction of the IOC".Agapitov, who has spoken out against the IOC, the IWF and the European Weightlifting

move in the Paris 2024 ranking lists when she won her third continental senior title at the African Weightlifting

Solfrid Koanda dropping down to join in at the next Olympic qualifier in Cuba next month.International Weightlifting

No African woman has ever won Olympic gold in weightlifting, and until Samir’s 69kg bronze medal at Rio

2016 no woman from the Arab world had ever won a weightlifting medal of any colour.While Samir did not

Weightlifters from Egypt, Tunisia and Nigeria made progress in the rankings for Paris 2024 with good performances in two Olympic weight categories at the African Championships here today.

in the Southeast Asian Games.Junyansyah totalled 347kg, the same number he made at the International Weightlifting

nbsp;Both will now be ranked just outside the top 10.Said, 20, was inspired by Sara Samir to take up weightlifting

a village near the Suez Canal that’s close to where Sara Samir is from," said Mahmoud Mahgoub, the Weightlifting

Weightlifting is not a big sport in Nigeria and we get very little support," said Ibrahim."

Indonesia claimed a 5-2 victory over Thailand to win a dramatic and ill-tempered men's football final at the Southeast Asian (SEA) Games in Cambodia.

as the Thais beat the Indonesians by the same scoreline.Nguyen Quoc Toan won the men's 89 kilograms weightlifting

Who knows whether Russia’s onslaught on Ukraine will be over by summer 2024.

title match in Moscow.This is even though some of the standards set at those Games were high - the weightlifting

A weightlifter from Europe, who lost an Olympic qualifying opportunity when an Armenian burned the Azerbaijan flag, finished first in the African Championships here today.

Ceremony.Azerbaijan and Armenia have been involved in long-term conflict and Azerbaijan’s government ordered the weightlifting

qualifiers for Paris 2024, Azerbaijan had lost a chance to improve their rankings, so the International Weightlifting

and raises the Uganda flag after winning a gold medal at the Olympic qualifying event "African Senior Weightlifting

Five retired Russian weightlifters, three of whom lost Olympic silver medals at London 2012 because of doping violations, have been suspended for periods of 18 months to four years for historic offences.

International Testing Agency (ITA), which conducts all anti-doping procedures for the International Weightlifting

Federation (IWF), has informed the Russian Weightlifting Federation of the decisions, according to the

the sport for two years, despite not having competed since 2012 ©Getty ImagesRussia was banned from weightlifting

Women's team sports came to the fore on the penultimate day of the Southeast Asian Games in Cambodia.

Singapore 45-31.Singapore turned the tables to win the women's team foil by seeing off Vietnam 45-23.In weightlifting

In his closing remarks at the 43rd European Olympic Committees (EOC) Seminar in Paris yesterday, the EOC President Spyros Capralos observed: "There was no better way to finish this Seminar than hearing the words from our Ukrainian friends. They remind us that we need solidiarity, we need to work for peace, and I hope that we will all continue working together and providing our help  as we have done up to now for Ukraine."

They are coming from Iran and Syria in swimming, weightlifting, track and field, judo, taekwondo and

countries where the sport was men-only until a few years ago have taken important roles at the Asian Weightlifting

Olympic gold medallist Wang Zhouyu and two men from Nepal and Iraq.Five years ago, women were barred from weightlifting

and Iran.Other key appointments are Olga Solovyeva from Kazakhstan, whose husband is International Weightlifting

Federation ©Brian OliverChina is a willing supporter of developing weightlifting in Asia, and frequently

We are trying to change the culture of weightlifting around Asia and my slogan is ‘work as a family’,

" AWF general secretary Mohamed Alharbi, President of the Saudi Arabia Weightlifting Federation, said

claim the super-heavyweight title and another two continental records on the final day of the Asian Weightlifting

hard-working - if anybody deserves this it’s him," said Eshaq Ebrahim Eshaq, President of the Bahrain Weightlifting

Federation.Eshaq, a member of the Asian Weightlifting Federation Executive Board added: "And what a

We train together and cheer each other on," said Park, who took up weightlifting eight years ago after

We have shown the world again that Asia is the strongest continent in weightlifting, and China the strongest

country," said Yousef Al Mana, President of the Asian Weightlifting Federation who presented Minasyan

North Korea is joining the qualifying programme for weightlifting at next year’s Olympic Games in Paris

Presidents of two European national federations.North Korea has entered a team for the International Weightlifting

All nations need to follow the same rules," said Stian Grimseth, President of the the Norwegian Weightlifting

 It is not clear how many sports it intends to compete in at Paris 2024, where weightlifting is

Norwegian Weightlifting Federation President Stian Grimseth is among officials fearful over the return

In the case of weightlifting, the ITA has taken proactive steps to address the situation by collaborating