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Moscow will host the 2030 World Weightlifting Championships – the first time an Olympic federation has chosen to stage a global event in Russia since the country’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine began in 2022. The International Weightlifting Federation (IWF) announced its decision on Sunday, four months after confirming Russian athletes would again be eligible to compete in its events. In July, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) provisionally lifted a suspension on the Russian Olympic Committee. That suspension had been imposed following the country’s invasion of Ukraine. Advertisement The IOC’s subsequent decision potentially opened the way for Russian athletes to compete for their country at the 2028 Olympic Games in Los Angeles. The IWF announced the host cities of four world championships at junior, youth and senior levels, awarding the 2029 senior event to Ahmedabad in India. “All the bids we received were excellent and we are sure that the championships in your respective countries will be a huge success,” said IWF general secretary Jose Quinones. No world championships in an Olympic sport, summer or winter, have been held in Russia since the start of the war in Ukraine. The 2025 World Aquatics Championships, initially awarded to the Russian city of Kazan, were instead moved to Singapore. Advertisement Moscow has not held the World Weightlifting Championships since 1983. The Russian Weightlifting Federation said: “[We are] the first Olympic sports federation to succeed in bringing a top-level official competition back to the country in many years.” Federation president Aleksandr Vinokurov thanked the IWF in a post on Telegram “for their trust”, with the championships also serving as a qualifying event for the 2032 Olympic Games in Brisbane, Australia. “Russia has all the necessary experience and capabilities to host competitions of the highest level,” he said. “Moscow has repeatedly staged major international sporting events and has modern infrastructure.” Advertisement In announcing its decision in July to provisionally lift Russia’s suspension, the IOC said that no decision had been taken on whether Russia could display their flag, colours and anthem at the Olympic Games. The IOC said it would continue to “not organise IOC events in Russia or invite Russian government or state officials to its events”. Some Russian athletes competed at the 2024 Paris Olympic Games and this year’s Winter Olympics in Milan as neutrals. Ukraine filed an appeal to the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) requesting that the IOC decision to lift its suspension of the Russian Olympic Committee be annulled. The IOC’s move decision came after the International Paralympic Committee had already ended Russia’s exile from global sports events, with the country’s athletes allowed to compete under their national flag at the Winter Paralympics. Advertisement Five Ukrainian athletes are listed to compete in the 2026 IWF World Championships in Ningbo, China, which are scheduled to take place from 27 October to 8 November. (BBC News) Related Topics: lka Sports SriLanka Up Next SAMHiTA palm-leaf manuscript digitisation project launched (Pics)
The Consumer Affairs Authority (CAA) has filed a case against LAUGFS Gas PLC, over its failure to ensure an uninterrupted supply of gas to consumers. The case was filed on Oct. 29 before Court No. 5 of the Colombo Chief Magistrate’s Court, alleging that the company had failed to maintain an uninterrupted gas supply in violation of Direction No. 86 issued by the CAA. The court issued summons on LAUGFS Gas in connection with the case and ordered the company to appear on Nov. 11. The case is scheduled to be taken up before Colombo Additional Magistrate Darshima Premaratne on that date. Advertisement LAUGFS Gas is one of the two LP Gas companies in the local market with major shareholders including businessmen Dhammika Perera and W.K.H. Wegapitiya. LAUGFS Gas absent from market for a month Meanwhile, the LAUGFS Gas customer service centre has stated that the company’s gas has been unavailable in the local market for around a month. The centre said the company currently had no gas cylinders in stock and could not specify when the gas shipments it had ordered would arrive in the country. Around 450,000 LAUGFS gas cylinders are normally sold each month. Advertisement The supply disruption has forced consumers who depend on LAUGFS Gas to seek alternative supplies, while also placing additional pressure on the gas market. Litro Gas supply upped to 40,000 MT Litro Gas Chairman Channa Gunawardena has said that demand for Litro Gas has increased due to the shortage of LAUGFS Gas. Speaking to the Aruna newspaper, he said that although around 32,000 metric tonnes of gas had previously been released to the market each month, the company had now increased the volume to 40,000 metric tonnes. Litro reportedly supplies around 80% of the country’s LPG market, while LAUGFS accounts for the remaining 20%. Advertisement The chairman also said that around 1.8 million Litro gas cylinders were sold each month and that the company had increased supplies to meet the higher demand following the disruption to LAUGFS supplies. Ownership of LAUGFS Gas According to financial reports submitted to the Colombo Stock Exchange and company announcements on the ownership of LAUGFS Gas, LAUGFS Holdings Limited is the major shareholder of LAUGFS Gas PLC. The report for the year ended March 31, 2026, states that LAUGFS Holdings Limited holds 74.02% of the voting shares in LAUGFS Gas PLC. Meanwhile, business reports and an official announcement by LAUGFS Holdings published in Sept. 2025 stated that the shareholding in LAUGFS Holdings is equally divided, with 50% each held by Vallibel Three (Pvt) Ltd, controlled by Dhammika Perera, and W.K.H. Wegapitiya, founder of LAUGFS Holdings Limited. Advertisement Continue Reading News 3 more cops interdicted after another custodial death Published
Three police officers have been interdicted following the death of a suspect while in police custody at Nikaweratiya Hospital on October 27. Two police sergeants and a constable attached to the Kobeigane Police Station have been interdicted in this manner. The incident follows the custodial death in Homagama, which led to strong public backlash. Advertisement Continue Reading BIZ Prices of bakery products including bread, upped Published
The price of a 450-gram loaf of bread will be increased by Rs. 5, effective from midnight today (Oct. 30), the All Ceylon Bakery Owners’ Association (ACBOA) announced.
Meanwhile, ACBOA President M.K. Jayawardena stated that the Association had also decided to increase the prices of other bakery products by Rs. 5, with the revised prices coming into effect from midnight today.
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