Karatekas with refugee status will have the opportunity to participate at the 2016 Karate World Championships in Linz in Austria, it has been announced.

A new National Training and Development Centre of Karate has been officially opened in the Moroccan city of Rabat in a bid to grow the sport in the African country. 

Karate is set to enjoy increased television coverage after the sport’s worldwide governing body signed an agreement with Manolo Romero's International Sports Broadcasting (ISB) today.

The Karate1 Premier League event in Sharm el-Sheikh will go ahead as planned despite security concerns in the region, World Karate Federation (WKF) President Antonio Espinós has confirmed after claiming cancelling the event would be “following the recommendations that the terrorists are giving us”.

International Olympic Committee (IOC) member Frankie Fredericks and project manager Ansley O’Neal “have seen a good picture of our sport”, World Karate Federation (WKF) President Antonio Espinós has claimed after the pair conducted a visit to the Paris Open here this weekend.

The World Karate Federation’s (WKF) flagship annual competition series, the Karate1 Premier League, will undergo widespread changes effective from 2017 in order to enhance the visibility of the sport, its President Antonio Espinós has revealed.

Former SportAccord vice-president Antonio Espinós believes the organisation should steer clear of trying to organise multi-sport events, criticising the World Combat Games as a “nightmare” which serves no real purpose for the International Federations (IFs).

Life is pretty good for World Karate Federation (WKF) President Antonio Espinós at the moment.

There is “no special reason” why karate shouldn’t be chosen for inclusion at Tokyo 2020, World Karate Federation (WKF) President Antonio Espinos claimed here today, though he remains wary of some of the challenges the sport faces in the lead up to next year’s decision at the International Olympic Committee (IOC) Session in Rio de Janeiro.

Japan’s reigning world kata champions Kiyou Shimizu and Ryo Kiyuna both lived up to their billing by claiming women’s and men’s gold respectively on the opening day of the World Karate Federation (WKF) Karate1 Premier League finale here.

An event to celebrate karate being named among the five sports recommended for inclusion on the Olympic programme at Tokyo 2020 has been held in the Japanese capital.

Karate South Africa (KSA) has claimed the South African Sports Confederation and Olympic Committee (SASCOC) failed to follow the correct procedure in taking the decision to de-register its membership.

Karate will be able to submit a bid for inclusion in the 2024 Summer Paralympics after being accepted as a member of the International Paralympic Committee (IPC) by the body's Governing Board.