{"id":17987,"date":"2025-09-01T12:04:44","date_gmt":"2025-09-01T12:04:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/?p=17987"},"modified":"2025-09-01T12:04:44","modified_gmt":"2025-09-01T12:04:44","slug":"pakistan-to-host-world-and-asian-masters-weightlifting-championships-in-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/?p=17987","title":{"rendered":"Pakistan to host World and Asian Masters Weightlifting Championships in 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>Pakistan is set to host one of the biggest international sporting events in its history as the World Masters Weightlifting Championship will be staged in Islamabad in February next year.<\/p>\n<p>More than 500 athletes from across all seven continents are expected to participate in the competition.<\/p>\n<p>According to a press release issued by the Pakistan Masters Weightlifting Association (PMWA) on Sunday, the event will be held under the prestigious \u201cGrand Prix\u201d banner and will run alongside the Asian Masters Championship, bringing together top weightlifters from around the world. Both men\u2019s and women\u2019s competitions will be contested.<\/p>\n<p>Calling the development a \u201cmajor milestone in the country\u2019s sporting history,\u201d PMWA President Arshad Khan said, \u201cThe staging of the World and Asian Masters Championships is a great honour for Pakistan and recognition of our consistent success at Masters level. It will also strengthen Pakistan\u2019s profile as a host of international sporting events.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In preparation for the event, a five-member delegation of the International Weightlifting Federation (IWF) is scheduled to visit Islamabad from September 9 to 12 to inspect venues and review the arrangements.<\/p>\n<p>Sports officials say the successful hosting of the championship will not only highlight Pakistan\u2019s sporting potential but also serve as an opportunity to showcase the country\u2019s ability to host large-scale international tournaments.<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Pakistan is set to host one of the biggest international sporting events in its history as the World Masters Weightlifting Championship will be staged in Islamabad in February next year. More than 500 athletes from across all seven continents are expected to participate in the competition. According to a press release issued by the Pakistan [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-17987","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-english-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17987","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=17987"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17987\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=17987"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=17987"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=17987"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}