India's Martina Devi clinches silver at Asian Junior Weightlifting ChampionshipsIndian lifter Martina Devi secured a silver medal in the women's junior +87kg category at the Asian Junior Weightlifting Championships, lif...
27 Dec, 2024, 09.30 AM IST
India's Sanjana wins gold in clean and jerk, silver in snatch and total liftSanjana also won a silver in the snatch with an effort of 86kg in the youth competition. She lifted 112kg in clean and jerk to pick up a go...
02 Aug, 2023, 10.08 PM IST
Siddhanta Gogoi crowned 61kg junior Asian champion; Gyaneshwari, Koyel win silver medalsThe 19-year-old Siddhanta, who had upstaged senior Shubham Todkar earlier this month at the Commonwealth Championships, lifted 265kg (116kg...
30 Jul, 2023, 10.09 PM IST
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...
27 Jul, 2023, 10.03 PM IST
Indian lifters set for rich medal haul despite absence of MirabaiSince the 2011 edition of the Commonwealth Championships, India have finished as the best-performing nation every time barring in 2013 and ...
11 Jul, 2023, 01.16 PM IST
CWG 2022: Indian weightlifter Lovepreet Singh captures Bronze medal in Men's 109 kg finalLovepreet Singh was off to a great start. He lifted a solid 157 kg in the first Snatch attempt and he took the lead after this. His other o...
03 Aug, 2022, 05.39 PM IST
Pradeep Singh books CWG berth; 34 new records created by IndiansOn the final day of the competition, India bagged two yellow metals, one silver and two bronze to wrap up their successful campaign in styl...
09 Sep, 2017, 04.48 PM IST
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...
23 Dec, 2015, 01.07 PM IST
National lifting championship from December 24 sans five state unitsIWF earlier this year had imposed a year-long ban on four States -- Delhi, Punjab, Haryana and Manipur -- for returning highest number of d...
12 Dec, 2015, 04.04 PM IST
Weightlifting: Indian lifters sweep team trophies at Commonwealth championshipIndia bagged the top honours in senior men, senior women, junior men, junior women and youth girls categories, while finishing runners-up i...
16 Oct, 2015, 03.53 PM IST
- Punam Yadav wins gold in two categories at Commonwealth championship
In the men's section Vishnukanth S, Ragala Venkat Rahul and Vikas Thakur claimed the top positions in their respective weight divisions.
14 Oct, 2015, 03.49 PM IST
India to host international weightlifting event for first timeIndia will field 40 weightlifters - 11 youth (boys & girls), 16 junior (men & women) and 13 senior (men & women) - in the Commonwealth Cham...
26 Aug, 2015, 03.45 PM IST
Eight weightlifting coaches handed two-year suspensionThe Federation has also imposed a year-long ban on four states including Delhi for returning highest number of dope cases off late.
22 May, 2015, 04.45 PM IST
21 Indian lifters test positive for banned substances, suspended provisionallyThe National Anti-Doping Agency has increased the ban period of first time dope offenders to maximum of four years from two, effective from...
04 Apr, 2015, 04.14 PM IST
Junior weightlifters end campaign with 14 medalsIndia won a silver on the last day of the competition today as Swapna Priya Baruah ended second in the Junior Women 69kg division.
05 Jan, 2015, 04.36 PM IST
- Junior India women lifters bag medals
In the Junior Women's 53kg category, Pramila lifted 76kg in snatch and 101kg in clean & jerk for an overall 177kg to seal the silver medal ...
03 Jan, 2015, 09.38 PM IST
- China issues visas to Arunachal karate team
The Chinese Embassy in New Delhi, after a marathon discussion with the Indian authorities, has agreed to issue visas to Arunchalee karateka...
18 Jul, 2011, 07.34 AM IST