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Egyptian weightlifting coach banned for life - five years after doping scandal

  • Weightlifting

Khaled Korany, who has been a successful head coach of the Egypt, Saudi Arabia and Tunisia national weightlifting

Testing Agency (ITA), which has formally carried out all anti-doping procedures for the International Weightlifting

His actions had been exposed in a German TV documentary about corruption in weightlifting, which was

broadcast two years ago this month.The International Weightlifting Federation has published details of


Russian weightlifters who won European medals charged with doping violations

  • Weightlifting

Two Russian weightlifters, one of them a World Championship medallist, have been charged with breaking anti-doping rules by the International Testing Agency (ITA) following re-analysis of samples collected in 2012.

athletes have been provisionally suspended, although their last recorded results on the International Weightlifting

continental medals.Only two ROC weightlifters could compete at Tokyo 2020 because of the nation's chequered weightlifting




IWF Athletes' Commission to discuss "bringing down the walls" to open up weightlifting

  • Weightlifting

The International Weightlifting Federation (IWF) Athletes' Commission will talk about ways of making

weightlifting faster and more entertaining for viewers and spectators at a meeting on Monday (January

Association, spoke of his plans to turn this year's World Championships into a "carnival for weightlifting

Association President Zhou Jinqiang is eager to modernise weightlifting ©CWAStian Grimseth, his counterpart

We shouldn’t lose the traditional format but you can make weightlifting more entertaining for example

There are others from before his time, look at Klokov and the empire he has built in weightlifting.

It's a good move from China to suggest changes - weightlifting is such a big sport there."


Queen's Baton Relay visits 2010 Commonwealth Games host Delhi following stay in Bangladesh

  • Birmingham 2022

Concerns over COVID-19 in Ahmedabad have caused organisers of the Queen's Baton Relay to cancel a planned visit to the city as the Baton touched down in India for a four-day stay.

Games Association headquarters in Independence Square.It was carried by Dinusha Hansani Gomes, who won weightlifting

 She did so alongside Melbourne 2006 weightlifting gold medallist Chanthana Vidanage who insisted



FASANOC chief executive Mar hopes for "returns of investment" at major events in 2022

  • ONOC

Fiji Association of Sport and National Olympic Committee (FASANOC) chief executive Lorraine Mar is hoping for "returns of investment", with its outlay on this year's Commonwealth Games and the Pacific Mini Games likely to be considerable.

2018, its best haul since Auckland 1950.Eileen Cikamatana triumphed in the women’s under-90 kilograms weightlifting


China plans a World Championships "weightlifting carnival" and partners up with TikTok

  • Weightlifting

first competition in qualifying for the Paris 2024 Olympic Games is set to be a landmark occasion for weightlifting

The 2022 International Weightlifting Federation (IWF) World Championships, due to take place in Chongqing

in China in October or November, will be "a carnival for the international weightlifting family".That

is the aim of Chinese Weightlifting Association (CWA) President Zhou Jinqiang, who is in the running

It is high time that reforms should be done," said Zhou, who also suggested that weightlifting should

 "We are not showing off but trying to draw attention to weightlifting from the worldwide sports


Two years of turmoil for weightlifting - but is a new world on the horizon?

  • The Big Read

Imagine a future world for weightlifting where athletes are the centre of attention on a completely different

Many in the arena decided to give weightlifting a go after seeing exhibitions to promote the sport, including

We need to sit down with some really clever people, who have never been in a weightlifting hall, to say

These events have been at the forefront of innovation in weightlifting presentation in recent years,

While the US and other nations are changing the way they present weightlifting, "both the people and

The weightlifting competitions of Tokyo 2020 were indeed clean.


WBC President Sulaimán vows to work with IBA to preserve boxing's Olympic berth

  • Boxing

World Boxing Council (WBC) President Mauricio Sulaimán has vowed to work with the International Boxing Association (IBA) as the sport fights to preserve its place on the Olympic programme from Los Angeles 2028.

Boxing - along with weightlifting and modern pentathlon - was left off the International Olympic Committee's



Malaysia

  • Birmingham 2022 Chef de Mission interviews

Malaysia's Chef de Mission for Birmingham 2022 is a rugby man, and clearly remembers his country going up against the might of New Zealand at their home Kuala Lumpur 1998 Commonwealth Games.

swimming, athletics, badminton, cycling, gymnastics, judo, lawn bowls, squash, triathlon, table tennis, weightlifting

medals, two were from badminton, one from diving, one from lawn bowls, one for gymnastics and two from weightlifting



Exclusive: President insists busy IFAF calendar can "showcase what we are capable of" and aid Los Angeles 2028 bid

  • Los Angeles 2028

New International Federation of American Football (IFAF) President Pierre Trochet has argued a busy calendar of events in the next two years is an opportunity to "showcase what we are capable of" as the organisation pursues inclusion at the Los Angeles 2028 Olympics.

IOC.Skateboarding, surfing and sport climbing are set to be added to the core programme for 2028, with boxing, weightlifting