A specialist dispute resolution company has strongly criticised the International Weightlifting Federation (IWF) and accused it of making "a significant inaccuracy" regarding its forthcoming elections.

Dozens of candidates have been barred from standing in the most important elections in the history of the International Weightlifting Federation (IWF) - but those who have been cleared will have to wait for a chance to be elected.

The International Weightlifting Federation (IWF) has urged Member Federations to submit nominations for the forthcoming Athletes' Commission elections due to take place during the IWF World Weightlifting Championships between December 7 and 17.

Uzbek capital Tashkent has been selected to host both the International Weightlifting Federation (IWF) World Championships and the embattled governing body's all-important Electoral Congress.

Sarah Davies, the outspoken chair of the International Weightlifting Federation (IWF) Athletes' Commission, believes the sport has "opened a new chapter" by adopting rules that give athletes a meaningful voice while curbing the influence of "doping nations".

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.

Halfway through the weightlifting programme at Tokyo 2020 Antonio Urso said, "The Olympic Games is demonstrating that it's possible to have a completely different sport, to rewrite weightlifting."

The International Weightlifting Federation (IWF) has launched a new website, coinciding with the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games and efforts to boost digital engagement.

Maxim Agapitov is challenging a decision by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) to withdraw his accreditation for Tokyo 2020.

More than 50 members of the International Weightlifting Federation (IWF) have voted against a proposal that could have helped to secure the sport's place on the Olympic Games programme.

About 40 members of the International Weightlifting Federation (IWF) have written to the governing body to say they will not be silenced throughout the Constitutional Congress on June 30.

Athlete empowerment, punishments for multiple doping violations, and age and term limits for Executive Board members are some of the points of contention among nations who have sent feedback on a draft Constitution to the International Weightlifting Federation (IWF).

The Executive Board of the International Weightlifting Federation (IWF) has disbanded the Commission it set up to reform the sport before it has finished its job.

The International Weightlifting Federation’s (IWF) failure to take any action over its "obsolete" Olympic qualification system is unfair to athletes and creates a risk that dopers will escape detection.