Victoria 2026 chief executive Jeroen Weimar has revealed at the Commonwealth Games Federation (CGF) General Assembly here that he expects "three or four additional sports" to be added to the current 16 sports and six Para sports on the initial programme.

cycling, gymnastics, hockey, lawn bowls, netball, rugby sevens, squash, table tennis, triathlon and weightlifting

Commonwealth Games England has named diver Jack Laugher and weightlifter Emily Campbell as flagbearers for the Opening Ceremony, when they will be the last to enter the Alexander Stadium as the host nation.

compete there, having a home crowd is going to be amazing," Laugher said.Campbell, who won heavyweight weightlifting

Indian Olympic Association (IOA) Acting President Anil Khanna has revealed that the inclusion of shooting and wrestling at the Victoria 2026 Commonwealth Games is "heading in the right direction".

cycling, gymnastics, hockey, lawn bowls, netball, rugby sevens, squash, table tennis, triathlon and weightlifting

The United States won three of the first six contests at the Pan American Weightlifting Championships

2kg, and the top six by 8kg.Sisters Natasha and Emily Figueiredo both won medals at the Pan American Weightlifting

Championships ©Brazilian Weightlifting FederationHayley Reichardt won her second straight continental

which there were five athletes in with a chance of the title deep into the session.Moore came into weightlifting

, was third on 85-105-190.The big surprise on day two was Jair Reyes' victory in the men’s 67kg.USA Weightlifting

general secretary and International Weightlifting Federation first vice-president Ursula Papandrea,

Nauru is the third smallest country in the world but boasts a proud Commonwealth Games record that many larger nations would envy.

Auckland in 1990.Nauru is the smallest country in the Commonwealth but has a fantastic medal record in weightlifting

then starting to become involved.Coffa moved to Nauru in the 1990s to set up the acclaimed Oceania Weightlifting

You have to go all the way back to Edinburgh 1970 to find the last time Pakistan won more than two gold medals at a single edition of the Commonwealth Games.

in athletics, aquatics, badminton, boxing, cricket, gymnastics, hockey, judo, squash, table tennis, weightlifting

big hope for Pakistan in the men's javelin ©Getty ImagesNooh Dastgir Butt, meanwhile, won heavyweight weightlifting

Pakistan has a good chance of medals in wrestling, weightlifting, judo and athletics.

 Nooh Dastgir Butt is a Commonwealth Games bronze medallist in heavyweight weightlifting ©Getty

Kenya has long dominated distance running at the Commonwealth Games but will arrive at Birmingham 2022 with a point to prove.

volleyball, boxing, cycling, hockey, judo, lawn bowls, powerlifting, rugby sevens, squash, swimming, weightlifting

treasurer of the National Olympic Committee of Kenya (NOCK) and the secretary general of the country's weightlifting

A New Zealand athlete is isolating after a positive test for COVID-19 prior to competition at the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games, Chef de Mission Nigel Avery revealed here.

I love the way they've dressed city," the Manchester 2002 weightlifting gold medallist said."

Brunei Darussalam has named a team of seven athletes for the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games.

weightlifting.Bakar has an interesting story after moving from football, where he was an under-21 international, to weightlifting

Brunei's Chef de Mission Amal Matjinen to insidethegames.Brunei Darussalam will compete in bowls and weightlifting

Brunei Darussalam will compete in two sports at Birmingham 2022, with most of their attention due to be on the lawn bowls greens.

Bakar has an interesting story after moving from football to weightlifting."

He used to be playing a different sport and I think his moment has come now he is doing weightlifting

He dedicates all of his effort to weightlifting and Birmingham 2022."

The Papua New Guinea Olympic Committee (PNGOC) has taken receipt of PGK626,980 (£150,000/$180,000/€175,000) from the PNG Sports Foundation to support the country's participation in the Commonwealth Games.

an impressive showing at Gold Coast 2018, when the country won a record three medals.This included weightlifting

The National Olympic Committee of Iraq (NOCI) and Anadia have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to allow Iraqi athletes to use sporting facilities in the Portuguese city to prepare for the Paris 2024 and Los Angeles 2028 Olympic Games.

only won one medal at the Olympic Games when Adbul Wahid Aziz claimed bronze in the men's lightweight weightlifting

Hangzhou 2022 organisers have lit up venues to celebrate new dates being announced for the delayed Asian Games.

Asia following a coronavirus-related postponement.Venues at the Xiaoshan Sports Centre - due to stage weightlifting

Fiji has won three gold medals in its Commonwealth Games history but titles in rugby sevens are what the country really wants.

athletes in Birmingham, with rugby joined by athletics, boxing, judo, lawn bowls, squash, table tennis and weightlifting

Fiji's only gold medal at Gold Coast 2018 but she has now switched nationalities to Australia.Other weightlifting

This week, details emerged of the Queen’s Baton's grand entry into Birmingham City Centre for the 2022 Commonwealth Games next Wednesday (July 27).

badminton gold medallist Sylvia Ng was followed by 77-year-old Koh En Tong, Malaysia's bantamweight weightlifting