The Russian weightlifting official Maxim Agapitov has had a complaint about an American counterpart "partially upheld" - a second ruling in his favour during a time of turmoil in the sport in recent weeks.

The International Weightlifting Federation (IWF) has announced that its all-important elections will be held on December 2 and 3 - but mystery surrounds the situation in European weightlifting, which may have to vote in a permanent leader a few days earlier.

Weightlifting’s warring factions put their differences aside to adopt reforms which they hope will help to secure the sport’s future on the Olympic Games programme.

Some of weightlifting’s most popular Olympic champions of the 21^st century - and a 92-year-old who won Olympic gold nearly 70 years ago - have added their voices to the clarion call for the International Weightlifting Federation (IWF) Executive Board to put the sport before their own interests.

Athletes’ leader Sarah Davies has told the Executive Board of the International Weightlifting Federation (IWF) that the sport belongs to its athletes, not those who govern it - and that its Olympic future is doomed unless the entire Board resigns.

Weightlifting’s warring factions are involved in a dispute that could end in legal action concerning the Acting President of the European Weightlifting Federation (EWF), Maxim Agapitov.

Relations between the two sides of weightlifting’s big divide have worsened in the past few days as the Executive Board of the International Weightlifting Federation (IWF) has refused to change course despite strong warnings about its future from inside and outside the sport.

The catastrophic cost of weightlifting losing its Olympic status is laid out in a letter to the International Weightlifting Federation (IWF) and all its members.

Weightlifting has reached "a do or die moment" in its quest to remain an Olympic Games sport and it is doomed to fail unless the leaders of the International Weightlifting Federation (IWF) resign en masse.

Zhou Jinqiang, President of the Chinese Weightlifting Association, has spoken of his pride in the team's record-breaking performance at Tokyo 2020, where they won seven gold medals.

Lasha Talakhadze ended the Tokyo 2020 weightlifting programme in suitably spectacular style by breaking all three of his own super-heavyweight world records on the way to his second straight Olympic title.

Algeria’s super-heavyweight medal contender Walid Bidani has been forced out of tomorrow's competition after testing positive for COVID-19.

Akbar Djuraev of Uzbekistan denied favourite and world record holder Simon Martirosyan to claim a sensational victory in the men’s 109 kilograms category at the Tokyo International Forum.

Emily Campbell’s superb performance in the super-heavyweights at Tokyo 2020 made her the first British woman ever to win a weightlifting medal at the Olympic Games.