Probed for corruption, world weightlifting chief resigns

Tamas Ajan has resigned as president of the International Weightlifting Federation (IWF) while an investigation into alleged corruption is ongoing, the governing body said in a statement on......

Olympic champion Lyu suspended after positive doping test

IMAGE: Xiaojun Lyu became the oldest man to win Olympic gold in weightlifting when he claimed the 81kg title in Tokyo last year. Photograph: Edgard Garrido/Reuters China's three-times Olympic......

Doping weighs heavily on lifters

Staged in a grand theatre in the land of mythical strongmen Hercules and Atlas, the Athens Olympics were supposed to herald a rebirth for the sport of weightlifting.But buried under an avalanche of......

Weightlifting federation probe reveals corruption, doping cover-ups

'I found an organisation that had been subject for close to half a century to an autocratic leader who dictated through various control mechanisms everything that occurred within the organisation.'......

Pratima seeks hearing from IWF

Banned weightlifter Pratima Kumari has sought a "fair hearing" from the International Weightlifting Federation, claiming she never took any banned substance knowingly or otherwise.The lifter has......