The Czech Weightlifting Federation, under the leadership of Petr Krol, President, hosted the inaugural edition of the “Visegrad 4 Cup” in Prague, beautiful capital of the Czech Republic. History, geography and a thousand other threads bind the four countries involved in this originally political conglomeration called the “Visegrad 4”: Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland and Slovakia. […]
New Vision, New President and the first ever Commonwealth Games on African Soil announced at the 2015 CGF General Assembly Auckland, New Zealand, 2 September 2015 The Commonwealth Sports Movement is assured of a strong and impactful future as key decisions were taken today, 2 September 2015, at the Commonwealth Games Federation’s General Assembly in […]
The Malaysian Weightlifting Federation is proud to announce that its President Dato Ong Poh Eng had been elected as Vice President to the prestigious Olympic Council of Malaysia. IWF Vice President and also President of the Commonwealth Weightlifting Federation, Dato Ong Poh Eng is one of his country’s most active sports executives and has already excelled […]
Commonwealth Games England has announced that Rebekah Tiler will lead Team England out as the Official Flag Bearer at the 2015 Commonwealth Youth Games in Samoa. Rebekah was voted by Team England’s designated sport Team Leaders to carry England’s flag into the Opening Ceremony on 5 September in Samoa’s capital city of Apia. Having competed […]
The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has released its Anti-Doping Rules applicable to the 2016 Games in Rio de Janeiro (Rio). All athletes competing in Rio will be subject to testing as outlined in the Anti-Doping Rules, which have been drafted in accordance with the World Anti-Doping Code and the List of Prohibited Substances and Methods. […]