Indian Weightlifting 2010

• Year 2010: Below-par performance by Indian lifters

  Dope menace ebbed a bit in Indian weightlifting but the country's lifters produced below-par performances in the two multi-sporting events of the year - Commonwealth Games and Asian Games - in which they were allowed to take part only after paying a hefty fine to the international parent body.

• Lifter Soniya aims good show in CWG to boost Asiad chances

  Tipped to win a gold medal in the Commonwealth Games, top Indian woman weightlifter Soniya Chanu on Tuesday said a good show in the mega event will be a confidence booster for the Asian Games in China.

• Indian lifters will win at least four golds: Coach Harnaam

  Their build-up to the Commonwealth Games was marred by doping controversies but Indian weightlifting coach Harnaam Singh said the lifters will look to regain their lost glory by reaping a rich medal haul in next month's Delhi Games.

• Weightlifters look to erase dope shame in Commonwealth Games

  Saved from missing the Commonwealth Games by a last-minute loan from the Organising Committee, Indian weightlifters would look to erase the dope shame of the previous two editions with a rich haul of medals in the October 3-14 mega-event.

• Chanu pleads innocence, accuses IWF of keeping her in dark

  Facing a life ban after failing a second dope test, weightlifter Sanamacha Chanu on Thursday accused the Indian Weightlifting Federation of keeping her in dark about the banned substance methylhexaneamine, which she said she cannot even spell properly.

• Monica Devi looks for revival in Commonwealth Games

  Two years after she was unceremoniously dumped out of the Beijing Olympics for flunking a dope test, top Indian woman lifter Monica Devi on Sunday said she wants to silence her critics by winning a Gold medal in the Commonwealth Games.

• Dope-tainted Monika Devi rejoins CWG camp

  After serving a two-year ban for a dope flunk in 2008, top Indian woman lifter Monika Devi has joined training for the Commonwealth Games to be held here in October after clearing a confirmatory test, Indian Weightlifting Federation said on Monday.

• Ban threat looming large for Indian lifters

  Indian weightlifters' participation in the 2010 CWG in jeopardy, the sport's governing body meets on Wednesday to decide whether to ban the country for a spate of dope flunks last month.

• Third lifter fails dope test, IWF faces ban

  Indian weightlifters' participation in CWG 2010 is in jeopardy as the national federation is facing the prospect of a 1-year ban after a 3rd positive dope test.