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Ravi Kumar to represent India in Asian Weightlifting C`ship

Commonwealth Games gold medallist K Ravi Kumar has been selected to represent India in the Asian Wei...

SSCB men, Manipur women dominate National Games weightlifting

The Services Sports Control Board men and Manipur women dominated the weightlifting events winning...

National Games: Weightlifting platform eaten up by termite

Barely five days before start of the National Games, an imported laminated board meant for weightlif...

Arunachal Pradesh weightlifter wins three gold medals

Arunachal Pradesh weightlifter Hitlar Tagru won three gold medals in the 6th National Youth Weight...

Improvement in dope front, below-par in performance by lifters

Dope menace ebbed a bit in Indian weightlifting but the country`s lifters produced below-par perform...

Indian lifters continue their gold rush

Indian lifters continued their gold rush with two more yellow metals out of four medals they won o...

CWG gold medalist to take part in Railway weightlifting meet

Commonwealth Games gold medalist Renu Bala Chanu will be the star attraction in the 58th All-India R...

Chanu pleads innocence, accuses IWF of keeping her in dark

Sanamacha Chanu accused the Indian Weightlifting Federation of keeping her in dark about the banned ...

Kalmadi rules out paying weightlifting fine from IOA pocket

Kalmadi has ruled out giving any monetary assistance to IWF in paying the fine to the game`s world b...

International body will not agree to fine reduction: IWF

Indian Weightlifting Federation (IWF) on Saturday said its parent international body will not agree...

Sports Ministry asks IOA to resolve weightlifting fine issue

With the deadline to pay a hefty fine of USD 3.75 lakh to the International Weightlifting Federation...

We will win 15 medals in weightlifting in CWG: Baishya

Indian Weightlifting Federation claimed that lifters would bag 15 medals in the Commonwealth Games....

I am innocent, says weightlifting coach

Malhotra said that he was deeply hurt by the sexual harassment allegations levelled against him.

Now, IWF suspends coach on sexual harassment allegations

IWF suspended Coach Ramesh Malhotra for alleged sexual harassment of junior lifters.

IWF forms committee to look into sexual harassment charges

Indian Weightlifting Federation constituted a three-member committee to probe into the charges of se...

IWF to ask for IOA help to pay USD 1 lakh third instalment

Faced with difficulty in paying a hefty USD 1 lakh as the third instalment of fine to its internatio...

India to send 15-strong team in World Junior Weightlifting

India will be represented by a strong 15-member team, including seven girls, in the World Junior Wei...

Indian women lifters get one quota place for Youth Olympics

India got a quota place in women’s weightlifting competition for the Youth Olympic Games in August i...

Indian lifters win three more bronze in Asian Jr C’ship

Indian lifters won three bronze on the final day to end the Asian Junior Weightlifting Championships...

Indian lifters add four more medals in Asian Jr C`ship

India added two silver and as many bronze to take their medal count to seven on the second day of ...

Santoshi bags three bronze in Asian Junior Weightlifting

India opened their medal account in Asian Junior Weightlifting championships with Matsa Santoshi b...

Indian girls crowned team champions in Asian Weightlifting

India were on Sunday crowned girls team champions in the Asian Youth Weightlifting Championships whi...

India wins three medals on Day 1 of Asian Youth Weightlifting

India opened their campaign in the Asian Youth Weightlifting Championships with 48kg woman lifter Ma...

5 lifters tested positive in Udaipur, not 25: IWF

The Indian Weightlifting Federation rubbished "reports in international media" that 25 lifters had ...

Two new national records set in Senior National Weightlifting

Services lifter K Ravi Kumar today set two new national records in men`s 69 kg category event on t...

Soniya wins gold in Senior National Weightlifting

Reigning Commonwealth champion Soniya Chanu clinched gold in women`s 48kg while Sunil Kumar staged...

IWF to impose doping fine on state units instead of lifters

Indian Weightlifting Federation has decided to slap financial penalty on affiliated units for dope...

Indian lifters win gold, bronze in South Asian Games

Indian lifters fetched one gold and one bronze in weightlifting at the National Sport Gymnasium comp...

India escape ban, fined USD 5,00,000 for doping fiasco

Clearing the way for Indian weightlifters` participation in the Commonwealth Games, the game`s gov...

New IWF chief vows to make weightlifting dope-free sport

Newly-elected Indian Weightlifting Federation President Birendra Prasad Baishya today vowed to clean...

Former Union Minister B P Baishya elected IWF chief

Member of Parliament and IOA North East Commission Chairman Birendra Prasad Baishya was today elec...

India weightlifting reaches new depths of shame in 2009

Six dope cheats plunged Indian weightlifting into new depths of shame in 2009.

Sports Ministry rules out probe in lifters` doping

The Sports Ministry ruled out a probe into the serial doping in Indian weightlifting which is set to...

IWF executive body to be reconstituted on Dec 27

A new executive body of the Indian Weightlifting Federation, the members of which resigned en masse ...

Lu sets 2 world records at weightlifting worlds

Lu Xiaojun of China has set two world records to claim two gold medals in the men’s 77-kilogram divi...

Weightlifting federation lenient to drug cheats: Malleswari

The IWF, facing strong action from the international body for a spate of dope cases, is paying the p...

Weightlifting Federation election process to start this week

The Indian Olympic Association will this week set the ball rolling for elections to reconstitute the...

Indian dope cases still in process of being confirmed: IWF

The “strong action” it has promised against repeat dope-offender India is a only a position statemen...

IWF takes tough stand, to take strong action against India

The International Weightlifting Federation vowed to crack the whip on repeat dope-offender India, sa...

India`s fate still undecided in IWF meet

A decision on whether to ban the dope-tainted IWF has been deferred till tomorrow by the sport`s w...

IWF submits mass resignation; fresh elections soon

India`s national weightlifting federation committee has stepped down after taking responsibility for...

Ban threat looming large for Indian lifters

Indian weightlifters` participation in the 2010 Commonwealth Games in jeopardy, the sport`s govern...

Fresh IWF elections soon: IOA

The Indian Olympic Association said fresh elections will be held to reconstitute the Indian Weightli...

IWF executive committee resigns during emergency meet

Under intense pressure from Union Sports Minister MS Gill and the IOA following a series of dope f...

IWF owes explanation for dope shame: Gill

The Indian Weightlifting Federation owes an explanation and an apology to the country for the dope s...

Facing ban, India not fielding lifting team in World C`ships

Facing ban from the international parent body after a series of dope flunks, India has withdrawn i...

Weightlifting builds self-esteem among breast cancer survivors

In addition to muscle building, weightlifting can also improve self-esteem among breast cancer survi...

Indian lifters end C’wealth C’ships with whopping 27 medals

Veteran lifter Geeta Rani led the charge as India added six more medals on the final day of Commonwe...

Lifters add 11 more medals at Commonwealth C`ships

Indians continued their impressive show at the Commonwealth Senior and Junior Weightlifting Champi...

Indian lifters leave for C`wealth C`ships in doping backdrop

A 29-member Indian squad today left for Malaysia to take part in the Commonwealth Senior and Junio...

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