We are making a habit of it. First it was the Table Tennis Federation of India (TTFI) and now it's the Indian Weightlifting Federation (IWF). IWF's laxity in furnishing necessary visa ...

The Weightlifting Federation of India has decided to conduct gender determination tests for women lifters and they plan to make it mandatory at national level competitions. The sports community is up in arms at the move. The argument being made by the woman weightlifters against the test is that the ...

Weightlifting is one of the few sports where we have an Olympic medal – thanks to Karnam Malleswari’s bronze medal winning effort at Sydney 2000. It is also one of those rare mainstream sports where Indian women have completely overshadowed ...

Weightlifting is the oldest and most basic form of physical competition.. Early ‘strongman’ contests developed into the modern sport of Weightlifting during the 19th century. While it may seem deceptively easy, Weightlifting requires a combination of power, speed, technique, ...