Turkey claimed three gold medals on the final day of the Karate-1 Premier League event in Istanbul as the sport hosted its first major international competition for a year.
Karatekas from Iran claimed three places in finals on the second day of action at the Karate-1 Premier League event in Istanbul, Turkey.
Turkish karatekas enjoyed success on home soil on the opening day of the Karate-1 Premier League in Istanbul.
Istanbul is set to open the 2021 Karate 1-Premier League season tomorrow, with seven of the incumbent Grand Winners set to compete.
Chinese Taekwondo and Karate Association President Guan Jianmin has discussed preparations for this year's Olympic Games in Tokyo.
The Karate 1-Premier League Rabat tournament has been postponed until October because of the coronavirus crisis.
The World Karate Federation (WKF) has announced contingency plans in case its qualification events for the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games cannot go ahead.
French Karate Federation (FFK) President Francis Didier has called for participants in indoor sports to be allowed to return to clubs "as soon as possible" amid Government restrictions imposed due to the coronavirus pandemic.
World Karate Federation (WKF) President Antonio Espinós claimed the popularity of the sport on social media contradicts one of the reasons for its exclusion from the Paris 2024 Olympic Games.
France’s multiple world champion karateka Alexandra Recchia is preparing for the Tokyo 2020 Games, where the sport will make its Olympic debut, by working up to 50 hours a week - as an employment lawyer.
Commonwealth Games netball gold medallist Ama Agbeze and five-time karate world champion Geoff Thompson have joined the Birmingham 2022 Organising Committee Board, it has been confirmed.
The Botswana National Sport Commission (BNSC) and Botswana Karate Association (BOKA) have held discussions over requesting to host the 2024 Commonwealth Karate Championships a year earlier.
The World Karate Federation (WKF) has postponed this year’s Mediterranean Championship due to the coronavirus pandemic.
The German Karate Association (DKV) has teamed up with the Tegla Loroupe Peace Foundation to finance the construction of a karate hall in Kenya.
Five-time world champion Gilles Cherdieu has been named as the new technical director of the French Karate Federation.
Canadian show jumper Ian Millar holds the record for the most Olympic appearances by an athlete in any sport. When he competed at London 2012 at the age of 65 it was the tenth time he had competed in the Games since making his debut 30 years earlier at Munich 1972. He had won his only Olympic medal at Beijing 2008 when he was part of Canada’s team that took silver in the team jumping event. Millar won a gold medal in the Pan American Games team jumping event at Toronto 2015. He announced his retirement in 2019.
Liverpool City Council - Project Director, World Gymnastics Championships 2022 - United Kingdom
The City of Liverpool is host to the World Gymnastics Championships in 2022. The World Gymnastics Championships 2022 will be one of the largest international sporting events ever to be held in Liverpool. Held at M&S Bank Arena in Liverpool from 29 October to 6 November 2022, more than 550 gymnasts from 75 countries are expected to compete. We are looking for a freelance Project Director to lead the team as maternity cover for an initial 6 month period (with the possibility of extension and potential of Championship role in due course). This is a fantastic role for an experienced Project Director to continue the planning of the 2022 Championships, offering an opportunity to shape a unique and prestigious, world-class major international sport event.
The unprecedented delay to Tokyo 2020 meant the dreams of some athletes were stopped in their tracks. Mike Rowbottom reports on the men and women who could not wait another year.
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