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.

Paralympic gold medallist Mariana Shevchuk of Ukraine broke her own world record on her way to a dominant victory at the World Para Powerlifting Championships in Tbilisi.

Egyptian Rehab Ahmed won her third consecutive gold medal on the second day of the World Para Powerlifting Championships in expected fashion at the Hualing Ballroom in the Georgian capital Tbilisi.

Paralympic champion Omar Qarada of Jordan overcame a strong challenge from Le van Cong of Vietnam to claim men’s under-49 kilograms gold at the World Para Powerlifting Championships in Georgian capital Tbilisi.

Britain claimed a hat-trick of gold medals on a day where records tumbled at the World Para Powerlifting Junior World Championships in Georgian capital Tbilisi.

The 2021 World Para Powerlifting Championships is set to be the first step towards the 2024 Paralympics in Paris, with participation at the competition mandatory to be in with a chance of participating at the Games.