By Emily GoddardMay 29 - Kipchoge Keino has been re-elected as President of the National Olympic Committee of Kenya (NOCK) despite facing criticism over the nation's substandard performance at the London 2012 Games.

the race for second vice-president, calling the election "a sham" and leaving his only rival Kenya Weightlifting

By James CrookMay 27 - Gwangju 2015 have announced the South Korean city will host a forum featuring world leaders and youngsters as part of their link-up with the United Nations Office for Sport for Development and Peace (UNOSDP).

journalist with students, and South Korean Olympic gold medallist Jang Mi-ran, who won consecutive weightlifting

By Emily GoddardMay 18 - Tamás Aján has been re-elected as President of the International Weightlifting

Hungarian secured enough votes from the delegates, who represented 138 countries, to beat Italian European Weightlifting

We have to be united and we have to work hard for the future of weightlifting."

member.The other Executive Board members were confirmed as Greek Olympic champion Pyrros Dimas, Indian Weightlifting

Frank Kugler won four Olympics medals in freestyle wrestling, weightlifting and tug of war at St Louis

the heavyweight category in wrestling, bronze in the two hand lift and all-around dumbbell events in weightlifting

By James CrookApril 12 - British Weight Lifting (BWL) have stepped up their recruitment plans, announcing a series of open talent assessment days for 13 to 23-years-old's in search of the next crop of Olympic competitors.

By Tom DegunApril 10 - The Brazilian Paralympic Committee (CPB) have signed an unprecedented $60 million (£39 million/€46 million) four-year deal with Brazilian bank Caixa Econômica Federal in what is believed to be the biggest National Paralympic Committee (NPC) sponsorship agreement ever.

shooting, five-a-side football, seven-a-side football, boccia, goalball, sitting volleyball, sailing, weightlifting

By James CrookApril 8 - British Weight Lifting (BWL) have announced the appointment of Sport England Board member Steve Rowley as their new non-executive chairman.

enhance sport participation over the next four years and build upon 2012 success to deliver competitive weightlifting

the International Olympic Committee but they refused to reverse their decision and the International Weightlifting

By Tom DegunApril 2 - Former Olympic and Commonwealth Games representative Tommy Yule has been named by British Weight Lifting as their new performance director and has been charged with leading the team to success at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games.

for over 20 years, it is an honour to be appointed to lead the high performance programme for Olympic weightlifting

  Zoe Smith is one of Britain’s biggest Rio 2016 Olympic medal hopes in weightlifting following

a promising performance at London 2012 Yule takes over a promising Olympic weightlifting team headed

have been able to recruit someone of the calibre of Tommy to lead the sport forward," said British weightlifting

By Duncan Mackay at the Palace Hotel in LausanneFebruary 12 - Russian weightlifter Oleg Perepetchenov, who won a medal bronze at the Athens Olympics in 2004, has been disqualified for doping after tests of his stored sample found a prohibited substance, it was announced here today.

reacts after failing to make an early lift during the clean and jerk portion of the men's 77 kg category weightlifting

shooting (sic), wrestling), aquatic sports (rowing, swimming), equestrian, modern pentathlon, cycling, weightlifting

By Tom DegunFebruary 9 - The International Weightlifting Federation (IWF) has called on candidates to

Board and Committee office bearers will make a significant impact on the development of international weightlifting

various positions on the IWF bodies will make a significant impact on the development of international weightlifting

By Duncan MackayFebruary 8 - Sports who wanted to be included on the programme for the 2018 Commonwealth Games in the Gold Coast have had their hopes dashed after Australian officials revealed that there would be no additions.

Athletics, aquatics, badminton, boxing, hockey, lawn bowls, women's netball, squash, rugby sevens and weightlifting

(pictured centre) has been re-elected to a second four-year term as President of the Mediterranean Weightlifting

The 49-year-old former weightlifter from Bari was first elected as Mediterranean Weightlifting Confederation

President in 2009.He had previously served as Mediterranean Weightlifting Confederation general secretary

from 2005 to 2008.Buono's re-election came at the Mediterranean Weightlifting Confederation Electoral

Viggo Jensen was Denmark's first Olympic champion, winning a gold medal in the two hand lift weightlifting