March 18 - At least 43 workers have been killed building venues for the upcoming Commonwealth Games in New Delhi because of dangerous construction sites and a lack of proper safety equipment , a court-appointed panel has discovered.

India's Games organising committee stepped up the pace of work at the venues for athletics, swimming, weightlifting

Weightlifting. Badminton.

January 23 - The Indian Olympic Association (IOA) today said that they would not help the Indian Weightlifting

The International Weightlifting Federation, who gave the IWF the fine after six Indian lifters tested

$30,000 (£18,606), the total amount of fines imposed on the six lifters by the International Weightlifting

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

January 22 - India's weightlifting team will be allowed to compete at this year's Commonwealth Games

in New Delhi after the Indian Weightlifting Federation escaped another ban following a series of

The International Weightlifting Federation (IWF) could have suspended India for up to a year 

Sahdev Yadav, Indian Weightlifting Federation general secretary, said: "We are relieved that at

" The Indian Weightlifting Federation officials had resigned en masse after six lifters tested

Related stories November 2009: Indian Weightlifting Federation step down after doping scandals

January 2 - Bulgaria's weightlifting federation has been stripped of its licence by the Government

Ahead of the 2008 Beijing Olympics, all eight men and three women on Bulgaria's preliminary weightlifting

The lifters denied any wrongdoing but the Bulgarian weightlifting federation was forced, for the first

Weightlifting is Bulgaria's second most successful Olympic sport - behind wrestling - and they have won

Twenty three weightlifting clubs from around the country have formed an alternative Bulgarian national

weightlifting federation, adding they would apply for a licence from the Sports Ministry and the IWF

January 2 - Bulgaria's weightlifting federation has been stripped of its licence by the Government

Ahead of the 2008 Beijing Olympics, all eight men and three women on Bulgaria's preliminary weightlifting

The lifters denied any wrongdoing but the Bulgarian weightlifting federation was forced, for the first

Weightlifting is Bulgaria's second most successful Olympic sport - behind wrestling - and they have won

Twenty three weightlifting clubs from around the country have formed an alternative Bulgarian national

weightlifting federation, adding they would apply for a licence from the Sports Ministry and the IWF

and world champion Hossein Rezazadeh (pictured), the newly-elected caretaker leader of the Iran Weightlifting

The 2000 and 2004 Olympics champion was appointed as the manager and head coach of Iran's national weightlifting

team a few months after he ended his weightlifting career due to an injury in July 2008.

"Hopefully, all experts will help me bring Iran's weightlifting back into contention.

and world champion Hossein Rezazadeh (pictured), the newly-elected caretaker leader of the Iran Weightlifting

The 2000 and 2004 Olympics champion was appointed as the manager and head coach of Iran's national weightlifting

team a few months after he ended his weightlifting career due to an injury in July 2008.

"Hopefully, all experts will help me bring Iran's weightlifting back into contention.

for Australia's team the 2010 Commonwealth Games in New Delhi only a few months after taking-up weightlifting

He said: "Dad didn't want me to do weightlifting.

during the closing ceremony of the 1984 Games and remains Australia's only Olympic gold medallist for weightlifting

;He won two Commonwealth Games gold medals and he's the only Australian - still - to win an Olympic weightlifting

announced recently there seemed something of a U-turn, awarding less favoured sports including water polo, weightlifting

December 16 - Baldev Raj Gulati, forced out as the secretary general of the Indian Weightlifting Federation

Gulati resigned from his post along with all other office bearers after the International Weightlifting

The International Weightlifting Federation, at its Executive Committee meeting in South Korea last month

Related stories November 2009: New elections for weightlifting officials in India set to begin

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By Tom Degun in London December 10 - UK Sport today announced their revised investment figures for all funded sports following a thorough Annual Review process which gave a huge boost to the so-called minor sports ahead of their London 2012 preparations.

The biggest winners of the announcement are water-polo, weightlifting, wrestling, fencing, shooting

November 24 - Former weightlifter Alan Ogilvie (pictured), who won three medals at the 1990 Commonwealth Games and represented Britain in two Olympics, was today jailed for three years for tricking young boys into "cybersex" sessions.

November 23 - The process to elect new officers for the Indian Weightlifting Federation has

  The International Weightlifting Federation is currently analysing the cases and will take a final

    Related stories November 2009: Indian Weightlifting Federation step down after

November 17 - The Indian Olympic Association (IOA) are to hold elections for the Indian Weightlifting

  Suresh Kalmadi, the President of the IOA, said: "The Indian Weightlifting Federation

"   The International Weightlifting Federation will decide whether to ban a worldwide ban

Even if India is only banned from international competition for a year, it would rule them out of weightlifting