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India to send 125-130 athletes to CWG; IOA won't interfere in selection matters: Raghuram IyerIndia is sending 125-130 athletes to the Glasgow Commonwealth Games, competing in eight able-bodied and four para sports. This scaled-down ...- Asian Weightlifting Championships in India postponed to MayThe Asian Weightlifting Championships, which was slated for April in Ahmedabad, has been officially rescheduled to May 12-17. This shift co...
- Mirabai carries Indian weightlifting as juniors rise but doping woes persist in 2025Indian weightlifting saw Mirabai Chanu win a World Championships silver medal. This was the sport's main achievement this year. Doping issu...
- Mirabai Chanu's weight class axed from 2028 Olympics, to bulk up to 53kg for LA GamesIndian weightlifting champion Mirabai Chanu is gearing up for a new challenge as she prepares to compete in the 53kg division at the upcomi...
- After Asian success India's youth weightlifters eye Commonwealth Games 2026 qualificationIndian athletes aim to reach higher levels after winning 33 medals at the Asian youth and junior weightlifting championships in Doha. They ...
- Mirabai Chanu's inspiring comeback from injury in pursuit of Paris Olympics gloryAfter enduring a strenuous six-month recovery period from a hip injury, Indian weightlifter Mirabai Chanu has made a triumphant return to c...
- North Korean weightlifters clean up in Hangzhou but won't be at OlympicsNorth Korea made a stunning return to weightlifting after a four-year absence, winning six gold medals and smashing six world records at th...
- India will host Olympics in future, says Sports Minister Anurag Thakur"Our athletes are performing well and the federations are becoming more accountable. There is transparency, accountability and professional...
- Mirabai Chanu will spearhead Indian campaign in World Weightlifting Championships in Riyadh from September 4Indian weightlifter Mirabai Chanu, who won silver at the Tokyo Olympics, will lead the country's challenge in the world weightlifting champ...
- Indian weightlifter Bindyarani Devi wins silver at Asian ChampionshipsIndian weightlifter Bindyarani Devi lifted 80kg and 83kg in her first two snatch attempts with relative ease but her 85kg try was deemed a ...
- Mirabai Chanu: Indian weightlifting's lone ranger at TokyoThe lone Indian weightlifter to qualify for the Tokyo Games, Chanu will be eager to make amends for the disappointing show at the 2016 Rio ...
- Landmark year for weightlifters but no getting away from dope shame eitherRecords shattered, a teen star discovered and a best-ever medal haul at a marquee event -- it could well have been the perfect year for Ind...
- I am innocent, will challenge suspension: Sanjita ChanuSanjita, who had won a gold in the women's 53kg category in the recent Gold Coast CWG, was suspended by the International Weightlifting Fed...
- FIH chief Batra elected unopposed as IOA PresidentIndian Weightlifting Federation (IWF) President Birendra Baishya was also in the fray initially for the President's post but eventually pul...
- Doping menace comes back to haunt Indian weightlifting in 2015The two women lifters -- Pramila Krisani and Minati Sethi -- were caught for doping at the Commonwealth Championships in Pune in October an...
- Geeta Rani's 'B' sample tests positive, faces lengthy banGeeta Rani has already been provisionally suspended after her 'A' sample result and she will now have to face a NADA panel hearing.
- Not enough podiums, but lifters bury ghosts of dopingIndian lifters exceeded expectations at the quadrennial event, winning three gold, four silver and five bronze, an improvement of four meda...
- China issues visas to Arunachal karate teamThe Chinese Embassy in New Delhi, after a marathon discussion with the Indian authorities, has agreed to issue visas to Arunchalee karateka...
- Weightlifting: Iran weightlifting legend pulls out of OlympicsIran's double Olympic gold medallist Hossein Rezazadeh has pulled out of the 2008 Games.
- IWF officials to present their case to MinistryTop officials of the beleaguered IWF will meet Sports Ministry officials to present their case on the allegations of bribery and "manipulat...
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