As World Taekwondo Federation (WTF) President Chungwon Choue explained to insidethegames this week, the sport has achieved a 50:50 male/female split in Olympic match referees – a landmark in the ...

Tadjou is also confident in the medal prospects of Ruth Gbagbi, Mamina Koné and Cheick Cissé. Gabriel Tiacoh remains the only competitor from the Ivory Coast to have claimed an Olympic medal after he ...

Steven Lopez of the U.S. battles with Mexican Rene Lizarraga during the 2013 Taekwondo World Championship in Mexico. Lopez, bound for his fifth Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, is a parishioner at St.

Three local martial artists brought home medals from the USA Taekwondo 2016 National Championships in Richmond, Virginia. The Ray Smith’s Tae Kwon Do students earned four medals at the championships, ...

LAS VEGAS, NV - JANUARY 31: (L-R) Anderson Silva of Brazil battles Nick Diaz in their middleweight bout during the UFC 183 event at the MGM Grand Garden Arena on January 31, 2015 in Las Vegas, Nevada.

South Korea’s Cha Dongmin wins taekwondo bronze in men’s heavyweight (+80kg) contests, beating Uzbekistan’s Dmitriy Shokin. The 2016 Olympic Games run from Aug. 5 through Aug. 21 in Rio de Janeiro.

Mixed martial arts fighter Anderson Silva will fight for a spot in the Brazilian taekwondo team at the 2016 Olympics in Rio de Janeiro. The announcement was made Wednesday after a meeting with ...

THE President of Nigeria Taekwondo Referees Association (NTRA), Ferguson Oluigbo on Friday urged all affiliates of the Nigeria Taekwondo Federation to begin to plan for their 2016 programmes. Oluigbo ...

National Taekwondo 2016 Senior Gold Medalist Rodali Barua is the first of Guwahati to be shortlisted in the prestigious Target Asian Games (TAG) scheme, a new initiative under the TOP (Target Olympic ...