World's strongest man Lasha Talakhadze will miss the world weightlifting championships after winning the last 10 combined Olympic and world super heavyweight titles. Talakhadze, a three-time Olympic ...

There are 61 athletes in the five women’s weightlifting classes at the Paris Olympics. Mary Theisen-Lappen is the oldest one. At 33, Theisen-Lappen doesn’t have the orthodox background of a lifter who ...

Lifting the British heavyweight title would be the fullfilment of a dream for boxing champion Frazer Clarke. The Staffordshire fighter, an Olympic bronze medallist, has been in the gym "day in, day ...

China's Li Wenwen eased to victory Sunday in the women's heavyweight class to give her nation a fifth gold in the Olympic weightlifting competition in Paris -- hoisting her coach in the air to ...

Joe Dube, the Jacksonville weightlifter who worked his way to a world championship and a bronze medal at the Mexico City Olympics in 1968, died on Sept. 8 at the age of 81. His son, Joseph Dube Jr., ...

Former standout amateur Sam Sexton insists he can be the new face of British heavyweight boxing and give the domestic division a much-needed boost. The Norwich fighter is in Germany sparring with ...