Double Paralympic powerlifting gold medallist Lin Tzu-hui of Chinese Taipei will miss the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games after receiving a two-year ban for testing positive for a prohibited substance.

Hosts Japan earned a further two gold medals on the second and final day of the World Para Powerlifting World Cup, which doubles as a Tokyo 2020 test event.

Hosts Japan won two gold medals in the men's events at the World Para Powerlifting World Cup in Tokyo, doubling as a test event for next year's Paralympic Games.

World Para Powerlifting has announced that power assist suits created by technology giants Panasonic will be used at next year's Paralympic Games in Tokyo.

Powerlifting world record holder Siamand Rahman has been unveiled as the fifth and final star of a visual campaign promoting next year's Paralympic Games in Tokyo.

Uzbekistan powerlifter Navruzbek Abdurasulov has been given a four-year doping ban by the International Paralympic Committee (IPC).

The Jordan Paralympic Committee (JPC) has staged a powerlifting technical official certification course in preparation for the upcoming West Asian Para Games in Amman.

Multiple Paralympic and world champion Sherif Osman led Egypt to victory in the first mixed team event at the Nur-Sultan 2019 World Para Powerlifting Championships which concluded in Kazakhstan's capital today.

China’s Deng Xuemei broke her own Asian record on her way to winning the women’s over-86 kilograms title at the World Para Powerlifting Championships in Kazakhstan’s capital Nur-Sultan.

Nigeria’s Folashade Oluwafemiayo held off China’s Zheng Feifei in an epic battle to claim the women’s up to 86 kilograms gold medal at the World Para Powerlifting Championships in Kazakhstan’s capital Nur-Sultan.

Nigeria’s Bose Omolayo set a world record in winning the women’s up to 79 kilograms event at the World Para Powerlifting Championships in Kazakhstan’s capital Nur-Sultan.

The women’s up to 67 kilograms event at the World Para Powerlifting Championships has been postponed until tomorrow after an unexplained fire alarm affected today’s schedule in Kazakhstan’s capital Nur-Sultan.

Ukraine’s Mariana Shevchuk won the women’s up to 55 kilograms gold medal on day three of the World Para Powerlifting Championships in Kazakhstan’s capital Nur-Sultan.

Egypt won two of the seven golds on offer on the second day of the World Para Powerlifting Championships in Kazakhstan’s capital Nur-Sultan – formerly Astana.