Chief Ekeji’s second coming into the National Sports Commission (NSC) of Nigeria where he has now risen to the position of Director-General may be the tonic the country needs to join the league of countries which maximise their potentials to rank high on the medal table. With a new sports minister/Chairman of the NSC, Engineer […]
Uganda is very proud to be the first African Country to host Africa’s Major Events after the change of WFA governance.This time, we are not only hosting Africa for the first time with President Khaled and his new Executive, but are also hosting Africa’s 1st Youth Under-17 years old athletes. Combining Youths U-17, Men & […]
Indian Weightlifting Federation has warned that the country might end up with very few medals in the 2010 Commonwealth Games as the lif ters are training without basic equipment, food supplements and enough coaches due to Sports Ministry’s apathy. IWF General Secretary Baldev Raj Gulati said the lifters have been facing problems galore at the […]
Among members of the Parliament of the Republic of Moldova elected this spring you find Vadim Vacarciuc, teacher, trainer, Vice-president of the Moldova Weightlifting Federation He participated four Olympic Games. He was ranked 5th in Atlanta and in Sydney. In Athens he was eliminated after his three unsuccessful snatch attempts. In 2008 Beijing Olympics he […]
Open Selection trials, Pune from 8-10 Aug Selection trials for Commonwealth Senior Championships at Penang, Malaysia from 18-23 Oct 09 and World Weightlifting Championships at Goyang City, Korea from 17-27 Nov 09 from the CORE GROUP under ACTC scheme will be held at Army Sports Institute, Ghorpadi, Mundwa Post, Pune from 08-10 Aug. The trials […]