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.

Alice Folashade Oluwafemiayo put in a world record-breaking performance to claim women's heavyweight gold on Para powerlifting day at the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games here.

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.

Nigeria will bid to continue their domination of Para powerlifting competitions at the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games here, with events in the women's and men's lightweight and heavyweight categories set to be held tomorrow.

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.

Paralympic champion Abdelkareem Khattab smashed the world record to win men's under-88-kilograms gold at the World Para Powerlifting Championships in Georgian capital Tbilisi.

China's Gu Xiaofei overcame Paralympic champion Roohallah Rostami to win gold at the World Para Powerlifting Championships in Tbilisi.

Paralympic champion Bose Omolayo of Nigeria broke the world record in the women's up-to-79 kilograms category to claim victory at the World Para Powerlifting Championships in style in Tbilisi.

Nigeria's Lucy Ejike dethroned defending champion China's Tan Yujiao to take gold in a dramatic women's up-to-67 kilograms event at the World Para Powerlifting Championships in Tbilisi.