By Tom DegunJune 14 - Sport England has today launched a £32 million ($52 million) National Lottery-funded project to get hundreds of thousands of teenagers and young adults into sport as part of a new programme aiming to fulfil the legacy promise made by London 2012 chairman Sebastian Coe to "inspire young people to choose sport".

The move was also backed by London 2012 hopeful Zoe Smith (pictured) who became the youngest ever weightlifting

By Tom DegunLater this month, those of you lucky enough to have secured tickets to the London 2012 Olympic Games will be informed that you have been successful in the random ballot that decides who the precious pieces of paper go to.Undoubtedly the most sought after tickets will be for the men's 100 metre sprint final where fans are desperate to see the seemingly inevitable Olympic Stadium showdown between reigning champion Usain Bolt and American Tyson Gay who is perhaps the only man who can stop the Jamaican superstar stealing the show at London 2012 as he did in Beijing...

Federation has recognised us since 2003, the European Handball Federation since 2004, the International Weightlifting

By Duncan MackayMay 24 - Another Sri Lankan Commonwealth Games gold medallist is embroiled in a damaging drugs scandal after weightlifer Chinthana Vidanage (pictured), who carried the country's flag in New Delhi last year, tested positive for a banned stimulant and is facing a suspension.

province last month, it has been reported.He has been provisionally suspended by the International Weightlifting

By Duncan MackayMay 14 - Sochi 2014 today celebrated 1,000 days until the start of the Winter Olympics and Paralympcs when it unveiled its mountain-shaped Omega Countdown Clock in front of the main railway station, putting it at the centre of a series of celebrations held across Russia.

which saw thousands of people taking part, including in Volgograd Aleksey Petrov, the 1996 Olympic weightlifting

By Tom DegunMay 13 - Teenage weightlifting star Zoe Smith has claimed a silver medal at the World Youth

The 17-year-old Londoner, who claimed England's first ever female weightlifting medal in the Commonwealth

withdraws funding to top Olympic prospect after they claim she is overweightOctober 2010: Teenage weightlifting

By Duncan Mackay in Kuala LumpurMay 13 - Gold Coast Mayor Ron Clarke has claimed that his city would fit perfectly the ethos of the Commonwealth Games if their bid to host them in 2018 is successful.

preliminary rounds of the men's and women's basketball.The remaining events such as wrestling, boxing, weightlifting

to the new facilities, upgrades will also be done to Runaway Bay Indoor Sports Centre for squash and weightlifting

By Duncan Mackay in Kuala LumpurMay 10 - There is set to be a new push to get Twenty20 cricket into the Commonwealth Games, it has been revealed.

athletics, badminton, men's boxing, hockey, lawn bowls, women's netball, men's rugby sevens, squash and weightlifting

By David GoldMay 1 - USA Weightlifting has announced that Poliquin Performance will sponsor Team USA's

a package to each athlete, which includes podium attire, singlets, a bag, shorts and tee-shirts.USA Weightlifting

By David GoldApril 30 - The Hobart Organising Group for Major Events (HOGME) has released a second concept image for a proposed venue for its proposed bid to host the 2020 Olympics and Paralympics which is doomed to fail.

consumption.The centre will be a multi-purpose venue used for a number of sports, including taekwondo, weightlifting

By David GoldApril 22 - Sarah Robles broke an American Collegiate Record at the National Weightlifting

By Tom DegunApril 17 - Singapore have become the latest nation to confirm they will train in Surrey ahead of the London 2012 Olympic Games.

after the Singapore won its first ever Olympic medal which came when Tan Howe Liang picked up silver in weightlifting

By Mike RowbottomApril 12 - Wrestling has become the latest British sport to be accorded Host Nation Qualification places at London 2012.

swimming, beach volleyball, basketball, table tennis, judo, handball, indoor volleyball, water polo and weightlifting

By Mike RowbottomApril 11 - Eight British fencers will have the opportunity to compete at London 2012 following the latest announcement on Host Nation Qualifications places by the British Olympic Association (BOA).

swimming, beach volleyball, basketball, table tennis, judo, handball, indoor volleyball, water polo and weightlifting

By Emily GoddardApril 10 - Brunel University will play host to the South Korean Olympic team after being named as its official London 2012 training camp following a special ceremony attended by several dignitaries.

with Hwang Kyung-Sun (pictured) claiming victory in the women's 67 kilogram category - two in weightlifting

April 2 - German star Sabrina Mockenhaupt has her eyes already fixed on next year's Olympic Games – and admits she uses a photograph of Paula Radcliffe to inspire her on an almost a daily basis.

have a picture on the wall at home of her going past me and when I'm doing strength training or weightlifting