Ten weightlifters from around the world will be given financial support in their effort to qualify for the Paris 2024 Olympic Games. 

For the third time in eight days a young Canadian was on the podium at the International Weightlifting Federation (IWF) World Youth Championships - a remarkable achievement for a nation that has never yet staged a national youth championship and never entered a youth athlete in an international competition until 2021.

A 16-year-old from Kazakhstan marked himself out as one to watch in the sport at the International Weightlifting Federation World Youth Championships here when he won a world title by a massive margin and said, "I can do better than that."

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.

A 12-year-old girl from Canada made her mark by becoming the youngest medallist in international weightlifting history - and she did it in style by winning a sweep of golds in snatch, clean and jerk and total.

Weightlifters from Russia and Belarus will not be able to join the Olympic qualifying pathway to Paris 2024 at their own Continental Championships in Armenia 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.

Two Olympic gold medallists and a world champion were among the weightlifters who took to the streets this week to help promote the sport in Bahrain and raise the credentials of the Gulf nation as a future host of international competitions.

The International Weightlifting Federation (IWF) is planning to keep closer checks on coaches as part of its effort to win back favour from the International Olympic Committee (IOC).

A group of 76 people with, at a conservative estimate, well over 2,000 years of experience in weightlifting gathered in Sweden this weekend to help their sport take another step "in a new direction".

Four nations that have never hosted the event - Bahrain, Venezuela, Armenia and Albania  - are among the five bidders to host the 2024 International Weightlifting Federation (IWF) World Championships.

Raising the global profile of weightlifting, and especially its athletes, is the aim of the International Weightlifting Federation's (IWF) newly-appointed communications manager, Pedro Adrega.

The International Weightlifting Federation (IWF) held its first intercontinental meeting under new President Mohammed Jalood, following his controversial election as President last year.

An Egyptian weightlifting coach who has successfully challenged a lifetime ban says he was "offered up as a scapegoat" for a doping scandal involving teenagers.

Khaled Korany, who was banned from weightlifting for life after being held responsible for a doping scandal involving teenaged girls, is clear to return to work after winning an appeal at the Court of Arbitration for Sport.