Philippine Sports Commission (PSC) chairman William Ramirez revealed he was hopeful the country could earn two gold medals at next year's Olympic Games in Tokyo.

 Ramirez claimed Rio 2016 Olympic weightlifting silver medallist Hidilyn Diaz and world gymnastics

 Rio 2016 Olympic weightlifting silver medallist Hidilyn Diaz is on track to qualify for Tokyo 2020

Athletes from Russia have taken over from Italians as those responsible for the most confirmed anti-doping rule violations (ADRVs), according to new statistics made public by the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA).

half of the ADRVs.These are bodybuilding (261), cycling (221), athletics (193), powerlifting (164) and weightlifting

Taiwanese television network ELTA TV is set to dedicate three channels to coverage of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games.

centre, became the fifth Chinese Taipei athlete to secure an Olympic gold medal when she triumphed in weightlifting

history including five golds.At Rio 2016, Chinese Taipei picked up three medals, with two coming in weightlifting

The International Weightlifting Federation (IWF) held a technical officials seminar in Tokyo ahead of

outlined the International Federation "flow" at the Tokyo International Forum, which will serve as the weightlifting

important parts of each role.Chinen also explained the IWF's video playback technology.The Japanese Weightlifting

Young Qatari athletes including Youth Olympic Games gold medallists have been named onto a new working group created by the Doha 2030 Asian Games bid committee.

110 metres hurdles and 200m, respectively, at the 2018 Youth Olympics in Buenos Aires.Former junior weightlifting

The rift in weightlifting has been exposed again by the International Olympic Committee's (IOC) decision

The decision was labelled by Tom Goegebuer - a triple Olympian and former member of the International Weightlifting

Maxim Agapitov, President of the Russian Weightlifting Federation and an IWF Board member, said the reduction

Goegebuer, who is President of the Belgian Weightlifting Federation, said: "The IOC wants to create quotas

for new sports, and with all the bad news in weightlifting they have been given the perfect reason to

It might even get worse with a complete removal of weightlifting if the right people are not in charge

the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris, with the organisation instead confirming a reduction of events in weightlifting

 A final programme of 329 events will feature at Paris 2024, down from 339 from Tokyo 2020.Weightlifting

The International Olympic Committee (IOC) Executive Board is set to confirm the Paris 2024 programme at its latest remote meeting tomorrow following a host of submissions from International Federations for the inclusion of new events and disciplines.

year's Olympics and Paralympics.It is also expected to receive updates on Belarus, the International Weightlifting

As weightlifting awaits a crucial decision from the International Olympic Committee (IOC) next week,

his vote on the Executive Board to athletes, and donating a substantial sum from his International Weightlifting

lifting weights, essentially to send out a message that has rarely, if ever, been heard in 2020: that weightlifting

he is a natural optimist who has "a reputation for being a bit boring because I’m a doctor" - hopes weightlifting

if rumours are true.Four times in recent weeks the IOC has made statements about weightlifting, none

It’s not just weightlifting either, though we must take our punch on the chin."

Jeddah has been announced as host of the 2021 International Weightlifting Federation (IWF) Junior World

concerns" over IWF governance and put the sport on notice, saying the IOC would "review the place of weightlifting

Iran's Navab Nasirshelal has officially been confirmed as the men's under-105 kilograms weightlifting

tested positive for dehydrochlormethyltestosterone, also known as "oral turinabol".The International Weightlifting

respectively.The IOC has also confirmed the disqualification of Turkey's Erol Bilgin from the men's 62kg weightlifting

Star Wars actor Mark Hamill has led tributes to actor and Commonwealth Games weightlifter Dave Prowse who has died at the age of 85.

known for playing Vader in the original Star Wars trilogy, but began as a sportsman and made England’s weightlifting

but did not win a medal.Prowse was a dominant figure in domestic competition at the British National Weightlifting

with three successive heavyweight titles in the early 1960s.He later worked promoting the "Bullworker" weightlifting

Venezuela has become the latest nation in weightlifting to face a loss of Olympic quota places because

female.The list of nations with restricted quotas has been updated this month by the International Weightlifting

them.Roxana Cocoș won a medal at London 2012, only to be disqualified along with the entire Romanian weightlifting

Finalising the host city contract and sport programme for the Krakow Małopolska 2023 European Games were cited as key to accelerating preparations for the third edition of the multi-sport event.

, canoeing, muaythai, modern pentathlon, road cycling, rugby sevens, shooting, teqball, volleyball, weightlifting

respectively.A new swimming pool is reportedly being contrasted and would host artistic swimming, while the weightlifting

The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has begun a formal proceeding against the National Olympic Committee of the Republic of Belarus (NOCRB), in light of allegations it has breached the Olympic Charter.

referee Ramie Al-Masri are also in the running.The Executive Board was also updated on the International Weightlifting

Federation and developments within the sport, including Maxim Agapitov's re-election as Russian Weightlifting

Federation President and Vietnam being set to be barred from weightlifting at Tokyo 2020 after two teenagers