Thailand’s Surodchana Khambao continued Thailand’s impressive start to the International Weightlifting Federation Junior World Championships after claiming all three gold medals in the women’s 53 kilograms category in Tashkent.

Thailand’s Chiraphan Nanthawong claimed the first gold medals of the 2018 International Weightlifting Federation (IWF) Junior World Championships on her way to winning the women’s 48 kilograms event on the opening day of competition in Tashkent.

More than 300 young athletes from a total of 53 countries are expected to gather here for the 2018 International Weightlifting Federation (IWF) Junior World Championships this week.

International Weightlifting Federation (IWF) President Tamás Aján has warned countries here at the world governing body’s Congress that the sport will "slowly disappear" if it loses its place on the Olympic Games programme.

International Weightlifting Federation (IWF) Member Federations have unanimously accepted the 10 newly-approved men’s and women’s bodyweight categories at the world governing body’s Congress here today. 

The 2019 International Weightlifting Federation (IWF) Youth World Championships have been re-allocated from Anaheim to fellow American city Las Vegas.

A report delivered by the International Weightlifting Federation's (IWF) independent monitoring group here has confirmed the "progress" made by suspended member federations.

The International Weightlifting Federation (IWF) Executive Board has today approved the 10 new bodyweight categories for both men and women here.

Turkey's three-time Olympic gold medal-winning weightlifter Naim Süleymanoğlu has been exhumed in Istanbul as part of a paternity lawsuit filed by Japanese citizen Sekai Mori, who claims to be his daughter.

Kazakhstan Weightlifting Federation (WFRK) secretary general Aldiyar Nuralinov has claimed there is a lot of support for their decision to challenge the qualifying system for the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo at the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS). 

Members of the International Weightlifting Federation (IWF) Medical Committee are said to have welcomed the proposed new bodyweight categories which will be submitted to the IWF Executive Board here.

The International Weightlifting Federation (IWF) Executive Board is set to meet here over the coming two days as the world governing body continues its battle to improve its anti-doping procedures to a degree deemed sufficient by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) to stay on the Olympic programme at Paris 2024.

The International Weightlifting Federation (IWF) claims to have received assurance from countries in Oceania of their full support for the sport's new Olympic qualifying system.

Another teenaged weightlifter from Azerbaijan has tested positive for anabolic steroids, putting his nation's place at the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo in doubt.

Closer collaboration and next year's Youth World Championships were among the main topics discussed as the USA Weightlifting leadership met with senior International Weightlifting Federation (IWF) officials in Budapest.