Boxing's future as an Olympic sport remains on shaky ground after International Olympic Committee (IOC) President Thomas Bach said he was "not amused" by the controversy surrounding the International Boxing Association's (IBA) Presidential election.

Weightlifting and modern pentathlon also face the prospect of not featuring at Los Angeles 2028 after

With regards to weightlifting there are no further developments at this moment," said Bach."

mention modern pentathlon but told the IOC Session that there were governance difficulties in boxing and weightlifting

Tokyo 2020 Olympic gold medallist Hidilyn Diaz retained her Southeast Asian (SEA) Games weightlifting

Diaz achieved an Olympic record total of 224 kilograms in the women’s 55kg weightlifting event in Tokyo

having been among several cases in the Thailand team which had led to the nation being banned from weightlifting

Matthew Curtain is returning to his sporting roots to take over the leadership of British Weight Lifting (BWL).

of the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games.He will be Britain’s voting delegate at the International Weightlifting

is an event that has played a large part in Curtain’s professional career.He was sport manager for weightlifting

Federation and has held a chief executive position before, with the Australian Weightlifting Federation.In

His dedication to weightlifting as both an athlete and an administrator makes him the perfect appointment

o take British weightlifting forward at both elite and grassroots level."

The International Olympic Committee (IOC) Executive Board has rubber-stamped six criteria to be used to review disciplines and potential additional sports for the Los Angeles 2028 Olympic Games here.

Angeles 2028, with surfing, skateboarding and sport climbing added to and boxing, modern pentathlon and weightlifting

they represent "youth-focused sports" with "deep roots in California".Boxing, modern pentathlon and weightlifting

The plight of female athletes in Iran has been highlighted by a weightlifter who fled the country’s strict Islamic regime to start a new life in Germany.

the first female weightlifter from Iran to compete at the Olympic Games last year, blames the Iranian Weightlifting

I qualified for the Olympics I should have been paid a reward by three organisations - the national weightlifting

terrible, with very poor welfare facilities even at national team camps.Jahanfekrian blames the Iranian Weightlifting

There is no weightlifting league for females, but there is for males."

, a popular actor who is now in his seventies, said in an interview on Iran’s state television that weightlifting

Iran’s top two female weightlifters have both left their homeland for good and want to compete for Germany.

its women.The other is 17-year-old Yekta Jamali, who "disappeared" last week from the International Weightlifting

InstagramA post shared by Parisa Jahanfekr (@parisa.jahanfekr)Florian Sperl, President of the German Weightlifting

Olympic Games last July.She was unable to compete in Tokyo, however.When she said something the Iran Weightlifting

Commonwealth Games Federation (CGF) President Dame Louise Martin has called on the Indian Olympic Association (IOA) for greater engagement after claiming the organisation had missed regional meetings.

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

Africa is not known for its cold weather, but Lesotho is not like most African countries.

variant.Sebota then hoped to secure qualification to Birmingham at an event in Mauritius, but the International Weightlifting

blocked him after saying it had not received his whereabouts information.This was denied by the Lesotho Weightlifting

Our best [weightlifting] athlete is not coming, he was affected by issues surrounding COVID-19," said

The 17-year-old weightlifter Yekta Jamali "disappeared" while her Iran team-mate was breaking a world record and is believed to be planning a new life in another country.

Jamali is the most successful athlete in the brief history of women’s weightlifting in Iran.She was not

present on the final day of the International Weightlifting Federation (IWF) Junior World Championships

on Tuesday (May 10), since when Jamali appears to have gone into hiding.Officials at Iran’s national weightlifting

the IRNA news agency.She said Ali Moradi, the IRIWF president who oversaw the introduction of women’s weightlifting

state-run television channel, made unfounded - some would say ludicrous - comments about the effects of weightlifting

The Southeast Asian Games (SEA Games) formally opens tomorrow in Vietnam's capital Hanoi after two years of delays as a result of COVID-19, although the first gold medals have already been awarded.

before the pandemic and is a back-to-back SEA Gams champion.Hidilyn Diaz made Olympic history with weightlifting

Alireza Yousefi bettered his own world record with the final lift of a successful 2022 International Weightlifting

Hoza bettered his own world record twice as Ukraine secured a second gold medal at the International Weightlifting

World Youth and Junior Championships in the past year, an impressive performance given that women’s weightlifting

Acting International University Sports Federation (FISU) President Leonz Eder has met the Albanian Prime Minister on a visit to the nation.

has expressed a desire to host FISU competitions in the future.FISU World University Championships in weightlifting

in 2021, and he followed up today with second place at a heavier weight at this year’s International Weightlifting

achievements on the platform for Moldova in the past three years.But, given how mired in doping Moldovan weightlifting

Conflitti.In his roles as president of Moldova’s National Federation (WFRM), President of the European Weightlifting

doping culture that has done so much damage to the sport.Four Moldovans have been banned for life from weightlifting

Antonio Conflitti "wanted to be in control to enforce a zero-doping policy" in Moldovan weightlifting

Weightlifting has become more popular."

Armenia led the medals table at the International Weightlifting Federation (IWF) Junior World Championships