Egypt returned to international competition at this month’s International Weightlifting Federation (IWF

We are looking forward to co-operating with the ITA to fix previous mistakes," said Egyptian Weightlifting

August 2019, when the multi-sport African Games – at which Egypt was by far the strongest nation in weightlifting

first female Olympic medallist in any sport.She was also the first woman from any Arab country to win a weightlifting

nbsp;"We have a real will to cooperate with international organisations to improve the reputation of weightlifting

Details of five additional competitions for weightlifters hoping to qualify for the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham have been finalised.

as many countries and lifters as possible," said Paul Coffa, general secretary of the Commonwealth Weightlifting

categories.The total athlete quota of 180 places is exactly 50 per cent more than the number allocated to weightlifting

place in a non-Commonwealth nation for the first time, running concurrently with the International Weightlifting

Games to date for weightlifting.The outright winners who qualified directly for Birmingham 2022, where weightlifting

At the start of 2021, I identified seven non-Tokyo 2020 areas to keep an eye on throughout the duration of the year: Thomas Bach, Protests and activism, Athlete representation, athlete welfare, the European Olympic Committees, the Commonwealth Games and increased female representation.

The International Boxing Association and International Weightlifting Federation (IWF) are particular

The International Modern Pentathlon Union (UIPM) has appointed four experts in media and marketing to its 5th Discipline Working Group, as the organisation pushes forward with finding a replacement for riding. 

Olympic Games in Los Angeles.The IOC offered a "pathway" to modern pentathlon - as well as boxing and weightlifting

The World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) has published its anti-doping rule violations (ADRVs) report for 2019, with Russia and Italy responsible for the most cases.

of ADRVs, with 272 recorded.Athletics was second on 227, followed by cycling in third on 179, while weightlifting

Ten weight categories for the Paris 2024 Olympic Games have been agreed upon by the International Weightlifting

Tokyo quota was already 64 down on Rio 2016, where 260 athletes competed in 15 weight categories – so weightlifting

and effective change in culture," IOC President Thomas Bach said two weeks ago when he announced that weightlifting

boxing and modern pentathlon all had work to do if they wanted to be on the programme in 2028.Bach said weightlifting

and boxing were the IOC’s "problem children", adding that, while weightlifting was on the programme

The International Weightlifting Federation (IWF) will restart its electoral process from scratch and

further delays in holding the elections, and that eligibility rules should be strictly adhered to if weightlifting

Agapitov had defamed Adamfi, had abused his office - at the time he was Interim President of the European Weightlifting

deeply offended Mr Adamfi was taken from Richard McLaren's independent report (the McLaren Report into Weightlifting

Maxim Agapitov, the Russian who was replaced as leader of the European Weightlifting Federation (EWF)

Agapitov was found to have defamed Attila Adamfi, the former director general of the International Weightlifting

the EWF website four days after it was written in August, but the video titled Say No Doping, Save Weightlifting

Commission.Dimas, a triple Olympic gold medallist for Greece who is now performance director for USA Weightlifting

Curtain, left, and Attila Adamfi, right, are involved in the dispute with Maxim Agapitov ©Saudi Arabia Weightlifting

complaint that his reputation had been damaged in a letter by Phil Andrews, chief executive of USA Weightlifting

Committee (IOC) President, will be ringing in the ears of delegates tomorrow when the International Weightlifting

delay was a factor in Bach’s comments, which he made less than two weeks ago when he announced that weightlifting

Weightlifting is still on the programme for Paris, but nothing can be taken for granted because, as Bach

Technical Committee, Sam Coffa has been criticised for ignoring Thomas Bach's demands regarding doping in weightlifting

Antonio Conflitti is the new President of the European Weightlifting Federation (EWF).

Conflitti, who has overseen a change of culture in weightlifting in Moldova, aims to do the same in a

, after he used the EWF website to make personal criticisms of rival delegates in the International Weightlifting

IWF) elections, which were later postponed indefinitely.Conflitti's influence in reforming Moldovan weightlifting

and end the infighting that has divided European weightlifting.His influence in reforming Moldovan weightlifting

took charge three years ago when Iuri Dudoglo, a serial doper, was banned for life, at which point weightlifting

A new President of the European Weightlifting Federation will be elected tomorrow - the third different

attacks against rival candidates, from Britain and Hungary, in the (since postponed) International Weightlifting

police officer, and Nedim Masic from Bosnia and Herzegovina, who has four decades of experience in weightlifting

suitability as a leader, has overseen a clean-up and improved results as President of the Moldovan Weightlifting

diplomas from Georgia and the United States, and wrote a thesis on "the marketing value of the main weightlifting

The 2021 International Weightlifting Federation (IWF) World Championships came to a spectacular close

Azerbaijan's President Ilham Aliyev has again been re-elected as President of the National Olympic Committee of the Republic of Azerbaijan (AZMOC), extending a tenure which has now lasted 24 years.

Nagorno-Karabakh conflict rumbles on.Aliyev also wrote personally to disgraced former International Weightlifting

Three sports which have been part of the Olympic Movement for more than a century may well find themselves excluded from Los Angeles 2028.

The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has given weightlifting, boxing and modern pentathlon until

safe.Weightlifting and boxing were last week dubbed "problem children" by IOC President Bach.At the 1896 Olympics, weightlifting

The Organising Committee of the Solomon Islands 2023 Pacific Games has launched a funding programme to support National Federations aiming to compete at the Games.

Sports Council (NSC) and the National Olympic Committee of Solomon Islands (NOCSI).The Solomon Islands Weightlifting