Paralympic champions Qi Yongkai, Tan Yujiao, and Guo Lingling starred for China as the country topped the World Para Powerlifting Championships charts in Dubai with 16 gold medals.

Para powerlifter Lasha Alelishvili has been banned for two years after tamoxifen was found in a urine sample he provided at the European Open Championships in Tbilisi, Georgia last year.

Powerlifting could soon be added to the European Universities Championships programme following talks in Ljubljana.

Renato De Jesus Dinis Muianga, coach of the Mozambique Para powerlifting team, is looking to add more athletes to their roster as they aim to to get two athletes to perform at the African Para Games in Accra later this year.

Powerlifter and former wheelchair tennis player Maria Antonieta Ortiz has been given a two-year suspension by the International Paralympic Committee (IPC) after testing positive for methylhexanamine.

Alice Folashade Oluwafemiayo put in a world record-breaking performance to claim women's heavyweight gold on Para powerlifting day at the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games here.

Nigeria's stranglehold on Para powerlifting events at the Commonwealth Games ended in stunning fashion here, when Paralympic gold medallist Latifat Tijani and Onyinyechi Gift Mark were disqualified from the women's lightweight competition due to a late arrival to a kit check.

Nigeria will bid to continue their domination of Para powerlifting competitions at the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games here, with events in the women's and men's lightweight and heavyweight categories set to be held tomorrow.

Uzbekistan powerlifter Iskandar Tursunbaev has been banned by the International Paralympic Committee (IPC) for three years after testing positive for banned substances in three urine samples.

New rules and regulations have been published by World Para Powerlifting after receiving the approval of the International Paralympic Committee Governing Board.

Nigerian Para powerlifter Omotola Eniola Falodun has been hit with a four-year ban by the International Paralympic Committee after failing a drugs test.

Baku has been confirmed as the host of this year’s International Blind Sports Federation (IBSA) Powerlifting and Benchpress World Championships.

Three-time Paralympic champion Sherif Osman of Egypt has been re-elected as the World Para Powerlifting athlete liaison.

Chile were crowned mixed team champions on the final day of the World Para Powerlifting Championships in Tbilisi.

Iran's Aliakbar Gharibshi marked his World Para Powerlifting Championships debut in style as he broke the world record to win gold in the men's up-to-107 kilograms event in Tbilisi.