World champion Angelo Crescenzo advanced to the men’s under-60 kilogram kumite final on the opening day of the Karate 1-Premier League event in Dubai.

Dubai will host the second leg of the Karate 1-Premier League season from tomorrow, with the event a critical stop in the race for Tokyo 2020.

Two-time world champion Giana Lotfy secured a third consecutive title at the African Karate Federation (UFAK) Senior and Junior Championships at Tangier in Morocco.

Hosts Morocco earned six gold medals on the second day of competition at the African Karate Federation (UFAK) Senior and Junior Championships at Tangier in Morocco.

Kata was to the fore on the opening day of competition at the African Karate Federation (UFAK) Senior and Junior Championships at Tangier in Morocco.

Nearly 400 athletes from 23 countries have converged on the city of Tangier in Morocco for the African Karate Federation (UFAK) Senior and Junior Championships.

World Karate Federation (WKF) Commissions have held meetings in Paris to discuss the strategy for the future of the sport.

Serap Özçelik Arapoğlu, beaten by Japan's Miho Miyahara in the women's under-50 kilograms division at the last World Federation Championships in 2018, earned revenge in Paris tonight  as she her 10-4 in the final of the season-opening Karate 1-Premier League event.

Germany’s world champion in male kumite over-84 kilograms, Jonathan Horne, was beaten 5-0 on day two of the season-opening Karate 1-Premier League event in Paris as Georgia’s Gogita Arkania earned a shock progression to tomorrow’s finals.

Hosts France will be represented in two of the finals determined on day one of the season-opening Karate 1-Premier League event in Paris.

A series of events have been held in Japan to familiarise potential fans with karate, as the sport prepares to make its Olympic bow this summer.

The new Karate 1-Premier League season is set to begin tomorrow in Paris, where coveted points towards the Tokyo 2020 Olympic standings are at stake.

Iran won five gold medals at the Karate 1-Series A leg in Santiago as favourites were left shocked in the Chilean capital.

The World Karate Federation (WKF) has begun the New Year by launching a new official website.

The British Karate Federation (BKF) has appointed Paul Newby and Davin Pack as its performance coaches for this year's Tokyo 2020 Olympic qualification tournament.