Olympic taekwondo champion Ahmad Abughaush is under arrest in Jordan, the Public Security Directorate has announced.

The Jordan Olympic Committee (JOC) has hailed the rise of taekwondo during King Abdullah II's reign in the country.

Olympic champion Ahmad Abughaush of Jordan beat home favourite Bradly Sinden to the men’s under 68 kilograms title as action begun today at the World Taekwondo Grand Prix series event here.

A number of recently-crowned world champions and Olympic gold medallists are due to compete at the first World Taekwondo Grand Prix series event of the season, which begins in Moscow tomorrow.

Great Britain’s double Olympic gold medallist Jade Jones and Jordan’s Ahmad Abughaush both claimed honours at the third World Taekwondo Federation (WTF) Annual Gala Awards at the Badamdar Hotel in Baku in Azerbaijan.

Faris Alassaf, the coach of Jordan's first ever Olympic medallist in any sport, has explained that watching Ahmad Abughaush win his taekwondo gold at Rio 2016 "was a dream".

Jordan Olympic Committee (JOC) President Prince Faisal bin Hussein has lavished praise on the country's Rio 2016 delegation after a Games which yielded the nation's first-ever gold medal.

The World Taekwondo Federation (WTF) has signed a strategic collaboration agreement with Swedish game developer Hello There, it has been announced.

Jordan’s first-ever Olympic champion Ahmad Abughaush roared to victory at Rio 2016 after attending the World Taekwondo Federation’s (WTF) Booyoung Dream Programme in July.