IWF forms committee to look into sexual harassment charges

Last Updated: Saturday, July 24, 2010, 19:58

Indian Weightlifting Federation constituted a three-member committee to probe into the charges of sexual harassment of junior lifters by an unnamed coach as alleged by Karnam Malleswari.

IWF to ask for IOA help to pay USD 1 lakh third instalment

Last Updated: Friday, July 9, 2010, 21:00

Faced with difficulty in paying a hefty USD 1 lakh as the third instalment of fine to its international body, Indian Weightlifting Federation has asked the Indian Olympic Association to bail it out.

5 lifters tested positive in Udaipur, not 25: IWF

Last Updated: Thursday, April 1, 2010, 19:01

The Indian Weightlifting Federation rubbished "reports in international media" that 25 lifters had tested positive during the Senior National Weightlifting Championships in Udaipur.

IWF to impose doping fine on state units instead of lifters

Last Updated: Monday, February 22, 2010, 18:30

Indian Weightlifting Federation has decided to slap financial penalty on affiliated units for dope offences of their lifters while leaving the job of determining punishment to individual offenders to the NADA.

India escape ban, fined USD 5,00,000 for doping fiasco

Last Updated: Friday, January 22, 2010, 22:01

Clearing the way for Indian weightlifters` participation in the Commonwealth Games, the game`s governing body has decided against imposing a ban on the Indian Weightlifting Federation and let it off with a USD 500,000 fine.

New IWF chief vows to make weightlifting dope-free sport

Last Updated: Sunday, December 27, 2009, 20:08

Newly-elected Indian Weightlifting Federation President Birendra Prasad Baishya today vowed to cleanse the sport from the doping menace which has brought shame to the country in the past.

Former Union Minister B P Baishya elected IWF chief

Last Updated: Sunday, December 27, 2009, 19:18

Member of Parliament and IOA North East Commission Chairman Birendra Prasad Baishya was today elected unanimously as the Indian Weightlifting Federation president at its General Body Meeting here today.

IWF executive body to be reconstituted on Dec 27

Last Updated: Monday, December 7, 2009, 18:02

A new executive body of the Indian Weightlifting Federation, the members of which resigned en masse last month, will be constituted by the IWF General Body in its special meeting here on December 27.

Weightlifting federation lenient to drug cheats: Malleswari

Last Updated: Monday, November 23, 2009, 15:42

The IWF, facing strong action from the international body for a spate of dope cases, is paying the price for its "lenient" attitude towards drug cheats, feels India`s first Olympic medallist in the sport Karnam Malleswari.

Weightlifting Federation election process to start this week

Last Updated: Sunday, November 22, 2009, 18:21

The Indian Olympic Association will this week set the ball rolling for elections to reconstitute the dope-tainted Indian Weighlifting Federation.

Indian dope cases still in process of being confirmed: IWF

Last Updated: Sunday, November 22, 2009, 16:39

The “strong action” it has promised against repeat dope-offender India is a only a position statement as of now, the International Weightlifting Federation said on Sunday.

IWF takes tough stand, to take strong action against India

Last Updated: Saturday, November 21, 2009, 21:28

The International Weightlifting Federation vowed to crack the whip on repeat dope-offender India, saying that strong action will be taken against the country for a series of dope flunks by its lifters.