The World Taekwondo Federation (WTF) has revealed details of the pilot project for its Taekwondo Humanitarian Foundation, which aims to deliver the sport and education programmes to refugee camps around the world. 

Sport has never been bigger business or a more prominent strand in the fabric of human affairs. At the same time, millions of people have been left trapped leading lives of grinding poverty, chronic insecurity or worse by the unpredictable economic and political convulsions that mark our times.

So it is hardly surprising that sports leaders find themselves under more and more pressure nowadays to put something back. To contribute more than an entertaining spectacle to a wider society whose support enables athletes, entourage members and officials to lead enviably comfortable, purposeful lives.

International Olympic Committee (IOC) President Thomas Bach has become only the fourth man to be made an honourary 10th Dan black belt in taekwondo, the World Taekwondo Federation (WTF) has announced.

Moldova’s Prime Minister Valeriu Streleț has met with the World Taekwondo Federation (WTF) President Chungwon Choue in their capital city of Chișinău, where he pledged to promote taekwondo across his nation.

Registration has officially opened today for this year's World Para-Taekwondo Championships in Samsun, Turkey. 

Nia Sanchez, the 2014 Miss USA, has been appointed as a goodwill ambassador by the World Taekwondo Federation (WTF) in a bid to continue to find ways of increasing female participation around the world.

Honduras' President Juan Orlando Hernandez Alvarado has called on the World Taekwondo Federation to help develop the sport in his country following a meeting with Chungwon Choue at the governing body’s headquarters in Seoul.

Belgium’s suspension from the World Taekwondo Federation (WTF) will be lifted within the next two months, the body’s President Chungwon Choue has told insidethegames.

A special committee is being convened to discuss rule changes following the World Taekwondo Championships here, with removing sensors on pads in athletes’ socks so as to stop kicks with the side of the foot scoring being one possible alteration.

It may hold the rather dubious honour of having American nu metal act Limp Bizkit and English veteran Sting as the best known musicians to have played within its walls, but the 7,500 capacity Traktor Ice Arena in Chelyabinsk has this week provided another strong advert for Russia’s reputation as an efficient host of major sporting events.

A Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) has been signed here today between the World Taekwondo Federation (WTF) and the International Committee of Sports for the Deaf (ICSD) to boost opportunities for deaf athletes in the sport.

"Unanimous" support for the World Combat Games was pledged by 15 of the 16 participating sports last month, SportAccord have declared today following the subsequent withdrawal of up to three of these members.

A "new beginning" has been hailed here today as the World Taekwondo Federation (WTF) World Championships officially opened with a historic demonstration by athletes from the WTF and the rival International Taekwondo Federation (ITF).

Incorporating taekwondo into both the Asian Para Games and the Parapan American Games is a future aim following the discipline's inclusion on the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic programme, it was revealed here at today's World Taekwondo Federation (WTF) General Assembly.

Taekwondo and wrestling have become the latest sports to suspend their membership from SportAccord, while taekwondo has also withdrawn from the World Combat Games.