Weightlifters from Russia and Belarus will have to wait a while longer before learning whether they can join the qualifying pathway for the Paris 2024 Olympic Games.

Eight weeks ago, the 16-year-old American Ella Nicholson paused her CrossFit activities and "started out on a weightlifting track".

Thailand had two debut winners on day five of the International Weightlifting Federation (IWF) World Youth Championships and one of them, Thanaporn Saetia, is hoping to step straight up to senior level by lifting at the Asian Championships in Jinju, South Korea next month.

Canada's Olympic champion Maude Charron claimed the Pan American 59 kilograms title in Bariloche, Argentina - despite failing with three of her six lifts.

Emily Ibanez Guerrero lived up to her billing as one of the most exciting young talents in the world when she won three medals at the International Weightlifting Federation (IWF) World Youth Championships here.

The "Tokyo effect" is persuading Governments to put more money into weightlifting and is inspiring a new generation of youngsters in the sport, the International Weightlifting Federation (IWF) President Mohamed Jalood said after a day of success for the Philippines, Turkmenistan and India.

The debut of a phenomenally talented 12-year-old girl from Canada is expected to be one of the highlights of the International Weightlifting Federation (IWF) World Youth Championships, starting tomorrow in Durres, Albania.

Colombia, the strongest team entered in the Pan American Weightlifting Championships, has withdrawn two days before the event starts because of a dispute over "cash only" payments.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

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.

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.