The World Karate Federation (WKF) has stripped Russia of Karate 1-Premier League hosting rights following the country's invasion of Ukraine.

Three-time European champion and World Games bronze medallist Anne-Laure Florentin has been elected to the French Federation of Karate and Associated Disciplines (FFK) Board of Directors, along with Eric Benhamou.

Egypt topped the overall medals table in the season-opening Karate 1-Premier League event in Fujairah following a late surge to claim three golds.

The remaining finalists have been decided at the Karate 1-Premier League event in Fujairah, with World Championship silver medallist Anita Serogina among those within one win of a title.

Germany's Shara Hubrich fell to an unexpected defeat against 20-year-old Egyptian Yasmin Nasr Elgewily at the first Karate 1-Premier League event of the year in Fujairah, but two Olympic runners-up advanced to finals.

Emirate Fujairah is set to stage the opening Karate 1-Premier League event of the new season at the Zayed Sports Complex.

Temuco in Chile is set to host the third event of this season's Karate 1-Series A from September 23 to 25.

World Karate Federation President Antonio Espinós has said "it is a privilege to return to one of the powerhouse nations of the sport in Europe" as preparations gear up for May's European Championships in Gaziantep.

Jonathan Horne, a former world karate champion, has been named as the German Karate Association's (DKV) men's, women's and under-21 kumite head coach.

Senior World Karate Federation (WKF) and USA Karate officials have met to discuss the sport's bid for inclusion at the Los Angeles 2028 Olympic Games. 

The Moroccan leg of the Karate 1-Premier League season has been delayed by two months in the latest calendar re-shuffled caused by COVID-19.

Brazilian Douglas Brose says he wants to add one more karate gold medal at the World Games to his trophy cabinet at Birmingham 2022 at what is likely to be his last appearance at the event before calling time on his career.

Karate star Jovana Preković and water polo player Filip Filipović scooped the top individual prizes at the Olympic Committee of Serbia's (OCS) end-of-year awards ceremony.

The Japanese team who competed at the Asian Karate Championships in Almaty are at the centre of a COVID-19 outbreak, with up to 16 cases reported by the Japan Karate Federation.

The first leg of the 2022 Karate 1-Premier League has been moved from Dubai to Fujairah.