Maya Laylor News Today

There is a popular adage that says “What a man can do, a woman can do better” and this is apt in the case of Team Nigeria’s female athletes who have continued to make the nation proud while the male athletes appear to be struggling to re-enact their glory days.  As if the men are […]

Taiwo Liadi has grabbed a silver medal for Nigeria in weightlifting at the ongoing Commonwealth Games in Birmingham, United Kingdom.

BIRMINGHAM, United Kingdom - On the heels of making history at the world aquatic championships, Josh Liendo continues to break down barriers.

India weightlifter Punam Yadav failed to clinch her third consecutive Commonwealth Games medal as she finished last in the women's 76kg category final after failing in all her three clean and jerk attempts at the ongoing 2022 event, here on ...

Maya Laylor of Toronto has already won gold at the Commonwealth Weightlifting Championships. Now she and her coach, who also happens to be her father, are getting ready for a much bigger stage: the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris.

Details of five additional competitions for weightlifters hoping to qualify for the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham have been finalised.

Details of five additional competitions for weightlifters hoping to qualify for the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham have been finalised.

Thursday, 22 April 2021 Kianoush Rostami won an Asian Championships gold medal but he could not have looked unhappier on the platform and the podium in Tashkent. Rostami, one of the world’s most popular weightlifters who has won gold and silver at the past two Olympic Games, is clearly still seething about his failure to qualify for Tokyo 2020. The 29-year-old Iranian has the third highest total at 96kg in Olympic qualifying but sits 32 nd in the rankings because he scored zero points in the...