A conspiracy and a tainted dessert have been blamed by senior sports officials in Egypt for a weightlifting doping scandal that involves girls too young to be named.

The International Weightlifting Federation (IWF) has awarded its 2019 Junior and Youth World Championships to Fiji’s capital Suva and American city Anaheim respectively.

European Weightlifting Federation (EWF) President Antonio Urso has criticised those in charge of the sport after the International Olympic Committee (IOC) gave them a December deadline to address "massive" doping problems.

Weightlifting must convince the International Olympic Committee (IOC) that they have addressed doping problems by December or risk missing the 2024 Summer Olympic Games, they were warned here today. 

The Korea Weightlifting Federation has appointed a new Executive Board.

Several supporters of Antonio Urso have been ousted from the International Weightlifting Federation's (IWF) Executive Board after the Italian failed to beat Tamás Aján in the race to become President at the Electoral Congress here in Bangkok.

A new member of the International Weightlifting Federation's (IWF) Executive Board is hoping to use her wealth of expertise in coaching to good effect after being elected.

Ursula Papandrea has become the first woman ever to sit as a vice-president of the International Weightlifting Federation (IWF) after being elected here.

Tamás Aján has today been re-elected for a fifth term as President of the International Weightlifting Federation (IWF) after defeating main rival Antonio Urso in the vote here.

Thirty years ago there had never been a Women's World Championship in weightlifting. 

Weightlifters who have been disqualified from podium positions at the 2008 and 2012 Olympic Games for testing positive could damage their countries’ future prospects if they fail to return the medals as part of the sport's new anti-doping policy.

The Italian candidate Antonio Urso has made one last push in his campaign to be elected President of the International Weightlifting Federation (IWF) by setting out his plans for a new system of Olympic qualification, based on individual rather than national performance.

The International Weightlifting Federation (IWF) and Lagardère Sports have reached a new multi-year media relationship that will run through to 2020.

International Weightlifting Federation (IWF) President Tamas Ajan, the Hungarian who has been in key roles at the governing body for more than 40 years, says he still has the energy and vitality to take the sport through a challenging period of change over the next four years.

Thomas Wesselhoff, the recently elected President of the Swedish Weightlifting Federation (SWF), has died just a month after taking office.