The final leg of the Karate 1-Premier League season in Rabat has been cancelled due to COVID-19 complications.

The Asian Karate Federation (AKF) has moved its flagship Asian Senior Karate Championships - as well as the under-21, junior and cadet editions - to Kazakhstan.

Wolfgang Weigert, the vice-president of the World Karate Federation (WKF), has received an honour recognising his contribution to the sport’s development.

Hosts Egypt won five gold medals on the final day of the Karate 1-Premier League event in Cairo, while karateka from the Ukraine, Brazil and Spain enjoyed success in two categories each.

Places in tomorrow’s finals were secured on another successful day for the hosts at the Karate 1-Premier League in the Egyptian capital Cairo, with two karateka who featured at the Olympic Games also progressing.

Egyptian athletes produced a strong showing on the opening day of the Karate 1-Premier League in capital city Cairo.

Karate 1-Premier League returns for the third tournament of the season in Cairo tomorrow, the first event since the sport made its Olympic debut at Tokyo 2020.

Karate Canada has hailed the inclusion of the sport on the programme for the 2027 Canada Winter Games.

The interim chair of the Board of the USA National Karate-do Federation (USA Karate) Rahul Bawa says he is "honoured" to have taken on the position, after John DiPasquale stepped down following sweeping reforms to the organisation’s governance.

The newly formed executive committee of the European Karate Federation (EKF) met for the first time after its election in May to discuss the progress of karate in the continent.

The Paris 2024 Organising Committee has ruled out the possibility of karate making its second Olympic appearance at the Games - despite growing calls in France for it to be included.

World Karate Federation President Antonio Espinós insists the sport can make a return to the Olympics as a permanent part of the programme.

Karate’s Olympic debut at Tokyo 2020 came to a controversial conclusion here tonight after Saudi Arabian Tareg Hamedi was disqualified for knocking out Sajad Ganjzadeh with a high kick, handing a motionless Iranian the over-75 kilograms gold medal.

World champion Ryo Kiyuna beat Spain’s Damian Quintero in the final of the men’s kata to give Japan their first gold in the new Olympic sport of karate.