Colombia, the strongest team entered in the Pan American Weightlifting Championships, has withdrawn two days before the event starts because of a dispute over "cash only" payments.

The equipment manufacturer Eleiko has offered to support the International Weightlifting Federation's (IWF) refugee team by hosting a training camp at its Swedish headquarters.

Saudi Arabia and Iran have both appointed new national head coaches as their weightlifting teams prepare for the Asian Championships in Jinju, Korea next month.

Weightlifters from Russia and Belarus will not be able to join the Olympic qualifying pathway to Paris 2024 at their own Continental Championships in Armenia next month.

The International Weightlifting Federation (IWF) has avoided the embarrassment of having to welcome the sport’s most famous doper of this century into its fold.

Two Olympic gold medallists and a world champion were among the weightlifters who took to the streets this week to help promote the sport in Bahrain and raise the credentials of the Gulf nation as a future host of international competitions.

The International Weightlifting Federation (IWF) is planning to keep closer checks on coaches as part of its effort to win back favour from the International Olympic Committee (IOC).

Four nations that have never hosted the event - Bahrain, Venezuela, Armenia and Albania  - are among the five bidders to host the 2024 International Weightlifting Federation (IWF) World Championships.

Thomas Bach praised the efforts of weightlifters from the Americas on a visit to the Dominican Republic, which helped the region to achieve its best ever results in the sport at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games.

A two-year "weightlifting war" in Bulgaria is finally over and a federation that was said to be "lost in space" can start a rebuilding process.

The French national weightlifting team has returned from a successful training camp in China which its performance director Arnaud Ferrari believes will act as "a springboard" towards winning at least one "home" medal at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games.

Two Olympic champions and a world champion will work alongside the London 2012 silver medallist Sajjad Anoushirivani in trying to restore Iran's status as one of the top achievers in world weightlifting.

A weightlifter from Kazakhstan who was found to have used other athletes’ urine samples for anti-doping tests is contesting a decision that cost him an Olympic gold medal.

Russia has agreed a partnership project with the Indian Weightlifting Federation and has entered a maximum team of four into a women-only weightlifting competition in Iran.