Weightlifting could hand doping control to WADA

By Brian Oliver FORDE, Norway (Reuters) - Weightlifting took a significant step on Friday towards becoming the first sport to hand over control of its governing federation's anti-doping programme to WADA, after enduring six months of relentless bad publicity. The congress of the European Weightlifting Federation (EWF), meeting in Forde, Norway, voted unanimously in favour of a proposal to transfer the sport’s worldwide doping control system to the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA). The globa