By Paul OsborneFebruary 5 - Patrick Baumann, secretary general of the International Basketball Federation (FIBA), has spoken out over UK Sport's decision to withdraw funding from Basketball in Britain, expressing his frustration.

also been told their funding will be reduced to zero by UK Sport: synchronised swimming, water polo, weightlifting

LondonFebruary 4 - UK Sport has withdrawn its funding for basketball, synchronised swimming, water polo, weightlifting

Sports like weightlifting and fencing, where people celebrate and smile a lot, are also good for this

By Gary AndersonFebruary 2 - Weightlifting qualification criteria for the Rio 2016 Olympic Games has

Robles vows to compete at Rio 2016 despite two-year drugs banJuly 2013: New logo unveiled ahead of World Weightlifting

candidates to Executive Board and CommitteesJanuary 2013: Brazil look to hire convicted drug trafficker as weightlifting

By Paul OsborneJanuary 29 - Hungarian Attila Adamfi has been appointed the International Weightlifting

I am committed to continue the modernisation of weightlifting with respect to the tradition of our sport

By Nick ButlerJanuary 21 - With Sochi 2014 less than three weeks away, Russia's appalling doping record has been further marked by a dozen athletes from seven sports failing tests in addition to the case involving swimming world record holder Yulia Efimova.

But, after a month bringing multiple cases in weightlifting and cycling as well as one in figure-skating

, the latest failures involve three athletes from shooting and athletics, as well as two from weightlifting

By Gary AndersonJanuary 20 - Kioomars Hashemi has been elected as the 10th President of the National Olympic Committee (NOC) of the Islamic Republic of Iran - with his predecessor not receiving a single vote.

Los Angeles 1984 Games which it boycotted.The country has been traditionally strong in the sports of weightlifting

By Zjan ShirinianJanuary 20 - "Significant damage" has been done to the floor of the Copper Box, the venue which hosted handball at the London 2012 Olympics, after a fitness event was held there at the weekend.

The "Battle of London" event, which included gymnastics and weightlifting during two "gruelling days"

By Gary AndersonJanuary 15 - American weightlifter Sarah Robles has been handed a two-year ban by the United States Anti-Doping Agency (USADA) after failing three drugs tests, but has vowed to return and compete at Rio 2016.

out-of-competition and two in-competition urine samples collected by both USADA and the International Weightlifting

I still have a lot to give as an athlete, and I plan on returning to weightlifting, with hopes to participate

this story at [email protected] StoriesApril 2011: Robles breaks record at US Weightlifting

By Nick ButlerJust two years after the inaugural Asian multi-sports event in Manila, teams from Siam and Malaya were forced to abandon their journey to Shanghai for the 1915 Far Eastern Games such was the danger of submarine attack during the ongoing First World War.China, Japan and the Philippines however chose to ignore this danger and compete anyway and a trend of using friendly competition to overcome adversity has defined Asian sport ever since.Unrest, through the Second World War and trouble in Korea, Vietnam and the Middle East today, has indeed choreographed an Asian century which has strived for harmony...

schools for under-12s, while effort is being made to incorporate athletes from the top Iranian sports of weightlifting

By Gary AndersonJanuary 1 - Glasgow and its people will soon get their moment to shine, according to Glasgow 2014 chief executive David Grevemberg as he delivered a rallying cry today ahead of the Commonwealth Games, due get underway in less than seven months time.

Kelvingrove Lawn Bowls Centre, rugby sevens at Ibrox Stadium, squash at the Scotstoun Sports Campus, weightlifting

By Gary AndersonDecember 31 - London 2012 Olympian Jack Oliver has been named as the British Weight Lifting (BWL) Athlete of the Year for 2013.

title after a year of consistent performances, which saw him hold his own at the International Weightlifting

nbsp;strong tip for success at the Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth Games.Rebekah Tiler took the Young Weightlifting

who represents BWL on the IWF Executive Board, was recognised for his many years of service to weightlifting

an administrator in the sport for more than 20 years and has been a member of the IWF and European Weightlifting

By Duncan MackayDecember 26 - Myanmar will host the 7th ASEAN ParaGames at the Wunna Theikdi Sports Complex in Naypyidaw after Singapore gave up staging the event, it has been announced.

ParaGames.Events will include athletics, swimming, volleyball, football, basketball, goalkeeping, chess, boccia, weightlifting

Russian sport has ended on a further sour note with the announcement that eight athletes, six from weightlifting

known of the athletes is 22-year-old Kolomiets, 22, a silver medallist at the 2011 World Junior Weightlifting

By Gary AndersonDecember 20 - The Pan American Weightlifting Federation has awarded hosting rights for

the 2014 Junior Pan American Weightlifting Championships to the United States.

Nevada from March 31 to April 6 and will feature some of the best under-20 athletes in the world.USA Weightlifting

We are delighted the Pan American Weightlifting Federation has given the United States the opportunity

USA Weightlifting has also announced that it will hold an Open Championship to run alongside the Junior

Pan American Weightlifting Championships and revealed that it will stage a Junior International Camp

We would like to thank the USA Weightlifting Federation for the development of our sport by hosting the