The International Paralympic Committee (IPC) has suspended Para Powerlifting athlete Sunjeong Choe for a period of three years for committing an anti-doping rule violation (ADRV), in breach of the IPC Anti-Doping Code.

The International Paralympic Committee (IPC) has suspended Para-powerlifting athlete Latifat Tijani for three years for an anti-doping rule violation (ADRV) in breach of the IPC Anti-Doping Code.

Para powerlifter Konstantinos Dimou of Greece has been banned for three years by the International Paralympic Committee (IPC) after failing a drugs test.

Paralympic champions Qi Yongkai, Tan Yujiao, and Guo Lingling starred for China as the country topped the World Para Powerlifting Championships charts in Dubai with 16 gold medals.

Para powerlifter Lasha Alelishvili has been banned for two years after tamoxifen was found in a urine sample he provided at the European Open Championships in Tbilisi, Georgia last year.

Renato De Jesus Dinis Muianga, coach of the Mozambique Para powerlifting team, is looking to add more athletes to their roster as they aim to to get two athletes to perform at the African Para Games in Accra later this year.

Powerlifter and former wheelchair tennis player Maria Antonieta Ortiz has been given a two-year suspension by the International Paralympic Committee (IPC) after testing positive for methylhexanamine.

Nigeria's stranglehold on Para powerlifting events at the Commonwealth Games ended in stunning fashion here, when Paralympic gold medallist Latifat Tijani and Onyinyechi Gift Mark were disqualified from the women's lightweight competition due to a late arrival to a kit check.

Uzbekistan powerlifter Iskandar Tursunbaev has been banned by the International Paralympic Committee (IPC) for three years after testing positive for banned substances in three urine samples.

New rules and regulations have been published by World Para Powerlifting after receiving the approval of the International Paralympic Committee Governing Board.

Nigerian Para powerlifter Omotola Eniola Falodun has been hit with a four-year ban by the International Paralympic Committee after failing a drugs test.

Baku has been confirmed as the host of this year’s International Blind Sports Federation (IBSA) Powerlifting and Benchpress World Championships.

Three-time Paralympic champion Sherif Osman of Egypt has been re-elected as the World Para Powerlifting athlete liaison.

Chile were crowned mixed team champions on the final day of the World Para Powerlifting Championships in Tbilisi.

Iran's Aliakbar Gharibshi marked his World Para Powerlifting Championships debut in style as he broke the world record to win gold in the men's up-to-107 kilograms event in Tbilisi.