Double world champion Francisco Mosquera, who competed in this year's International Weightlifting Federation (IWF) World Championships in September, has been provisionally suspended after testing positive for the steroid boldenone.

North Korea has agreed to open up to foreign visitors from anti-doping agencies to protect its sporting future, three months after the country was said by the United Nations to be "more isolated from the global community than ever before".

Twelve European countries and the International Weightlifting Federation (IWF) Refugee Team provided the athletes, and Ancient Olympia was the backdrop for the latest addition to the sport’s ever-growing calendar.

USA Weightlifting (USAW) wants the sport's governing body to take "swift and decisive action" against two technical officials who subjected Olympic silver medallist Kate Vibert to "body shaming and humiliation".

Lydia Valentin, one of the most popular weightlifters of the 21st century, has announced her retirement from the platform after her hopes of qualifying for Paris 2024 were beaten by injury.

The 2024 European Weightlifting Championships are moving from Turkey to another nation next February.

The International Weightlifting Federation (IWF) is consulting with members in the first step towards downsizing its flagship event, the annual World Championships.

A weightlifter who won eight international gold medals before taking a senior role in Iran’s National Olympic Committee has died aged 96.

Lasha Talakhadze had to work hard to win his seventh straight world title, and he will have to work harder to hold off his challengers, according to his coach.

Nearly every day has been a Mother’s Day at the IWF World Championships in Riyadh - because there are so many mums among the 354 taking part here.

Akbar Djuraev came back down in weight to see off his team-mate Ruslan Nurudinov in the 109 kilograms head-to-head between two Olympic champions from Uzbekistan at the International Weightlifting Federation (IWF) World Championships.

China had its worst result of the International Weightlifting Federation (IWF) World Championships when Li Wenwen left the warm-up room with her right arm packed in ice halfway through the women’s super-heavyweight contest.

Norway's strongest electrician suffered a shock when she bombed out of the women’s 87 kilograms at the International Weightlifting Federation (IWF) World Championships.

Liang Xiaomei did something that nobody had managed in five years when she extended her lead at the top of the Olympic rankings and claimed China's seventh victory at the International Weightlifting Federation (IWF) World Championships here.