International Weightlifting Federation chief Tamas Ajan resigns amid corruption probe
International Weightlifting Federation president Tamas Ajan has stepped down from his role after 43 years of service in the organisation amid the ongoing investigation into alleged corruption.
Apr 16, 2020, 12:30 PM IST
Manipur Chief Minister writes to Rathore to intervene in Sanjita doping controversy
Manipur Chief Minister N Biren Singh today sought the intervention of Union Sports Minister Rajyavardhan Rathore in the doping controversy involving Commonwealth Games gold medallist Sanjit Chanu while also suggesting that there could be an error in the identification
Jun 03, 2018, 14:16 PM IST
CWG gold medallist Sanjita Chanu cries foul after failing dope test
"I can't believe that I have tested positive because I haven't taken anything myself."
Jun 01, 2018, 21:33 PM IST
CWG gold medallist Sanjita Chanu fails dope test
International Weightlifting Federation (IWF) said on its website that Sanjita, who had won a gold in the women's 53kg category in the recent Gold Coast CWG, has tested positive for testosterone.
May 31, 2018, 19:18 PM IST
Doping charges: Three Chinese weightlifters stripped of 2008 Olympic gold by IOC
The Chinese trio, all aged between 31 and 34, tested positive for the banned GHRP-2, a human growth hormone.
Jan 13, 2017, 11:03 AM IST
Yogeshwar Dutt gets engaged, to tie the knot on January 16 next year
Chairman of the Indian Wrestling Foundation (IWF) Brij Bhushan Sharan was also present at the occasion along with AAP Haryana state chief Naveen Jaihind.
Oct 11, 2016, 11:57 AM IST
China faces 1-year ban from weightlifting over doping
China is the world's dominant country in weightlifting, having topped the medal table at every Olympics since 2000.
Aug 25, 2016, 18:51 PM IST
International Weightlifting federation names 15 re-test doping failures
"The IWF imposed mandatory provisional suspensions upon the athletes," the Lausanne, Switzerland-based federation said in a statement.
Aug 24, 2016, 20:19 PM IST
Taiwanese weightlifter Hsu Shu-ching demands London gold after Rio win
Hsu pipped Chinese favourite Li Yajun to first place in the women`s 53kg class, four years after she was undone by Kazakh lifter Zulfiya Chinshanlo who later failed a doping test.
Aug 08, 2016, 04:42 AM IST
Rio Games: Russia faces ban from Olympic weightlifting over doping offences
The IWF executive announced this month that 20 suspicious cases had been found in retests of samples from the 2008 and 2012 Olympics in Beijing and London.
Jun 23, 2016, 11:21 AM IST
Rio Olympics 2016: Sushil Kumar may move court if trial not called
Sushil has already taken the matter to the doorsteps of Prime Minister's Office but is yet to get a response from the government.
May 14, 2016, 20:28 PM IST
Indian Weightlifting Federation says tainted lifters got supplements from outside: Report
The tainted trio of Geeta Devi, Manpreet Kaur and Harkirat Kaur, had purchased food supplements from a shop in Ludhiana.
Dec 17, 2015, 12:19 PM IST
Bulgarian weightlifters banned from Rio Olympics
IWF made the decision Thursday to give out the punishment after 11 Bulgarian weightlifters were tested positive for doping earlier this year.
Nov 20, 2015, 15:35 PM IST
IWF forms five-member committee to look into dope scandal
Three positive results in a calendar year lead to a one-year ban of the national federation.
Nov 17, 2015, 16:35 PM IST
