October 8 - British Weight Lifting, basking in the success of teenager Zoe Smith (pictured), has joined the Twitter generation in a bid to keep fans up to date with all the latest developments in the sport.

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October 6 - Teenage sensation Zoe Smith has made history by becoming the first English woman to win a weightlifting

Her coach, multi-Commonwealth weightlifting medallist Andy Callard, said: "She was nervous, it was her

athlete to win gold at this year's Commonwealth Games in Delhi with victory in the women’s 48kg weightlifting

By Tom Degun in New Delhi October 4 - Pakistan’s weightlifting team is at war with the

his country’s press after his highly-controversial last-minute decision to snatch the flag from weightlifting

Pakistan weightlifting team manager Rashid Mehmood said: "People back home must have noticed this

September 29 - One of the world’s leading educational groups is backing "young talent" by signing a partnership deal with Commonwealth Games England.

including 13-year-old Alicia Blagg in the diving team, fellow diver 16-year old Tom Daley, and 16-year-old weightlifting

By Duncan Mackay British Sports Internet Writer of the Year September 26 - Milkha Singh, India's best-known athlete, has claimed that officials should stop being dictated to by foreign competitors over conditions in the Athletes Village that has been built for the Commonwealth Games in New Delhi.

They will be followed by 36 more competitors from gymnastics, archery and weightlifting.

  September 23 - Sani Ndanusa has been appointed as the new President of the Nigerian Olympic Committee (NOC) - for the second time in less than a week.

Austin Edeze, the President of the weightlifting federation withdrew to pave way for Chief Solomon Ogba

By Tom Degun September 22 - Fears over the Commonwealth Games in New Delhi and the poor standard of the Athletes’ Village have reached an all-time high as Wales today gave organisers a deadline of tonight to confirm that all venues are fit for purpose while England chairman Sir Andrew Foster stated that the situation is now "on a knife-edge".

The roof collapse was followed by a portion of false ceiling in the weightlifting arena collapsing today

"With yesterday’s news of the bridge collapse and now the roof of the weightlifting venue, we have

By Duncan Mackay British Sports Internet Writer of the Year September 14 - London 2012 have been embarrassingly forced to withdraw a job offer to former Olympic champion Sevdalin Marinov after it was brought to their attention that he was a convicted drugs cheat.

The Bulgarian had been offered the role of technical operations manager for weightlifting during

LOCOG made a job offer to Sevdalin Marinov for the position of Technical Operations Manager for the weightlifting

was formerly married to the daughter of Sam Coffa, the vice-president of the International Weightlifting

He returned to coaching Australia's junior team but Matthew Curtain, the London 2012 weightlifting manager

, was the chief executive of the Australian Weightlifting Federation when Marinov was investigated by

By Duncan Mackay British Sports Internet Writer of the Year September 5 - Sports at the Commonwealth Games in New Delhi due to be held at venues that cannot prove that they are safe to stage them, including athletics, will be cancelled, Indian officials have been warned.

athletics, the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium is also due to stage the Opening and Closing Ceremonies, bowls and weightlifting

September 3 - Four Indian wrestlers, including Rajiv Tomar, and a shot-putter were suspended from next month's Commonwealth Games on home soil after failing drug tests, officials announced today.

The Indian Weightlifting Federation was fined $500,000 (£323,000) by the world governing body

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January 2010: Indian weightlifters escape doping ban from Commonwealth Games November 2009: Indian Weightlifting

By Tom Degun in Singapore August 15 - Japan’s Yuka Sato has made history today by becoming the winner of a gold medal at the Summer Youth Olympic Games as she raced to victory in the women’s triathlon here.

There will be more medals awarded on today in fencing, swimming, taekwondo, weightlifting and wrestling

By Tom Degun July 25 - The International Paralympic Committee (IPC) Powerlifting World Championships started today in Kuala Lumpur with the Opening Ceremony featuring a unique cultural dance from the Kuala Lumpur City Hall Cultural Troupe.

athletes with a disability made its first appearance in 1964 at the second Paralympic Games in Tokyo as weightlifting

Later it changed from ‘weightlifting to powerlifting and now the competition is open to all athletes

July 21 - The Indian Weightlifting Federation (IWF) have been given until the end of next month to pay

International Weightlifting Federation President Tamas Ajan have written to the IWF to tell them

" Related stories January 2010: Indian Weightlifting Federation told they must find money

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youngest athlete selected for England at the Delhi Commonwealth Games when she was named in a 12-strong weightlifting

  In the four years since taking up weightlifting the former gymnast has broken more than 300

  Maggie Lynes, England’s weightlifting team manager, said: "Zoe has demonstrated

  Delhi will be the third Commonwealth Games to feature women’s weightlifting and powerlifting

" Further names are likely to be added to the England weightlifting team for Delhi.