Hosts Japan clinched 10 gold medals on the last day of competition at the World University Karate Championships in Kobe, losing just two of the finals in which they were represented.
Hosts Japan earned their place in three of the four team event finals as action continued today at the World University Karate Championships in Kobe.
Hosts Japan had an extremely successful first day at the World University Karate Championships in Kobe, ensuring their representation in five out of a possible six finals.
Athletes competing at the World University Karate Championships will be hoping to emulate the success of some of the sport's star names which have participated at previous editions when the event gets underway in Kobe tomorrow.
Iran and Japan won the respective men’s and women’s team kumite events on the final day of competition at the Asian Karate Championships in Amman in Jordan.
Japan converted seven of their eight final appearances into gold medals on day two of the Asian Karate Championships in Amman in Jordan.
Japan were the most successful nation on the opening day of the Asian Karate Championships, reaching the final in eight of the 15 events being contested in Amman in Jordan.
Amman is poised to host the Asian Karate Championships from tomorrow with the event the first to offer qualification points for Tokyo 2020.
Ana Draskovic of Montenegro has been stripped of her karate silver medal at the Mediterranean Games for a doping offence.
Japan ensured that they ended karate's qualification tournament for the Buenos Aires 2018 Summer Youth Olympic Games by advancing three athletes out of three in Umag in Croatia.
Japan’s Keisei Sakiyama was one of the six winners on the opening day of karate’s qualification tournament for the Buenos Aires 2018 Summer Youth Olympic Games (YOG), claiming the men’s over 68 kilograms kumite gold medal in Umag in Croatia.
Countries will have a final chance at securing their place in the karate events at the Summer Youth Olympic Games in Buenos Aires when Umag in Croatia stages a qualification tournament this weekend.
World Karate Federation President Antonio Espinós discussed the future of the sport in the Americas in Chile's capital Santiago.
Canada and Venezuela won the respective men’s and women’s team kumite events as action concluded today at the 2018 Pan American Karate Federation (PKF) Senior Championships in Santiago.
Brazil claimed two gold medals on the second day of the 2018 Pan American Karate Federation (PKF) Senior Championships in Santiago, winning the men’s under-67 kilograms and women’s under-55kg kumite events through Vinicius Figueira and Valeria Kumizaki respectively.
At the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens, Iranian judoka Arash Miresmaeili was disqualified for weighing in at nearly four pounds above the limit for his weight class of his under-66 kilograms match against an Israeli opponent Ehud Vaks in the first round. It was claimed Miresmaeili had gone on an eating binge to protest the International Olympic Committee's recognition of the state of Israel. Iran does not recognise the state of Israel, and Miresmaeili's actions won praise from high-ranking Iranian officials. Mohammad Khatami, the country's President at the time, was quoted as saying Miresmaili's actions would be "recorded in the history of Iranian glories". He was later awarded $125,000 by the Government - the same amount given to Olympic gold medallists.
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Japan will this week mark the important milestone of two years until the start of the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo with a series of special events. Michael Pavitt takes a look behind the scenes to see how preparations are progressing
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