North Korea blasts "depraved capitalist system" for damaging weightlifting
By Nick Butler
November 20 - The "depraved capitalist system" of the West has damaged the sport of weightlifting and put commercial interests ahead of national honour, according to the official North Korean Government news agency KCNA.
November 20 - The "depraved capitalist system" of the West has damaged the sport of weightlifting and put commercial interests ahead of national honour, according to the official North Korean Government news agency KCNA.
British Weigh Lifting (BWL) today announced the coaching team that will lead the England weightlifting and powerlifting squads into the Commonwealth Games at Glasgow 2014.
September 30 - Three athletes have been selected for the world class programme (WCP) after impressing national governing body, British Weight lifting.
September 12 - North Korea has allowed competitors from South Korea to march alongside their flag and have their national anthem played at the Asian Cup and Interclub Weightlifting Championship in Pyongyang in what is a significant milestone for the rival countries.
August 30 - Pedro León Torres has been re-elected President of the Venezuela Weightlifting Federation.
August 5 - Israeli weightlifter Shimon Barak, who survived the Munich Massacre at the 1972 Olympics, has died at the age of 59.
A new logo for the 2013 International Weightlifting Federation (IWF) World Championships has been unveiled at a press conference in Wroclaw as the Polish Weightlifting Federation (PZPC) president, Szymon Kołecki revealed he expects the host country to win at least one medal.
May 18 - Tamás Aján has been re-elected as President of the International Weightlifting Federation (IWF) at the governing body's electoral congress in Moscow today.
April 12 - British Weight Lifting (BWL) have stepped up their recruitment plans, announcing a series of open talent assessment days for 13 to 23-years-old's in search of the next crop of Olympic competitors.
April 8 - British Weight Lifting (BWL) have announced the appointment of Sport England Board member Steve Rowley as their new non-executive chairman.
April 2 - Former Olympic and Commonwealth Games representative Tommy Yule has been named by British Weight Lifting as their new performance director and has been charged with leading the team to success at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games.
February 12 - Russian weightlifter Oleg Perepetchenov, who won a medal bronze at the Athens Olympics in 2004, has been disqualified for doping after tests of his stored sample found a prohibited substance, it was announced here today.
February 9 - The International Weightlifting Federation (IWF) has called on candidates to put themselves forward for election to the Executive Board and Committees.
February 5 - Italy's Maurizio Lo Buono (pictured centre) has been re-elected to a second four-year term as President of the Mediterranean Weightlifting Confederation after standing unopposed for the position.
January 10 - Following the recent allegations regarding Brazilian Weightlifting's plans to hire convicted international drug trafficker Galabin Boevski of Bulgaria as their coach, the International Weightlifting Federation (IWF) have denied to support such a move.
