Lasha Talakhadze had to work hard to win his seventh straight world title, and he will have to work harder to hold off his challengers, according to his coach.

Nearly every day has been a Mother’s Day at the IWF World Championships in Riyadh - because there are so many mums among the 354 taking part here.

Akbar Djuraev came back down in weight to see off his team-mate Ruslan Nurudinov in the 109 kilograms head-to-head between two Olympic champions from Uzbekistan at the International Weightlifting Federation (IWF) World Championships.

China had its worst result of the International Weightlifting Federation (IWF) World Championships when Li Wenwen left the warm-up room with her right arm packed in ice halfway through the women’s super-heavyweight contest.

Norway's strongest electrician suffered a shock when she bombed out of the women’s 87 kilograms at the International Weightlifting Federation (IWF) World Championships.

Liang Xiaomei did something that nobody had managed in five years when she extended her lead at the top of the Olympic rankings and claimed China's seventh victory at the International Weightlifting Federation (IWF) World Championships here.

Three world record holders and an Olympic champion are among 27 athletes who have declared their intent to weigh in without lifting at the International Weightlifting Federation World Championships, which begin in Riyadh in Saudi Arabia on September 4.

Two members of the weightlifting refugee team are in despair about the prospect of missing the biggest event of their "new" careers.

North Korea has entered a strong team at the International Weightlifting Federation (IWF) World Championships in September, a month after a no-show at an Olympic qualifier ended any hopes of them lifting at Paris 2024.

The International Weightlifting Federation (IWF) has announced plans for the creation of a refugees team who will compete at the World Championships in Saudi Arabia in September.