The World Karate Federation (WKF) has confirmed Irish athletes will be allowed to participate at this month's European Championships, with the international governing body claiming a solution to a national-level dispute seems unlikely to be found in the near future.
Global Athlete director general Rob Koehler has called for action from the International Olympic Committee (IOC), the Association of Summer Olympic International Federations (ASOIF) and the World Karate Federation (WKF) amid a dispute in Irish karate.
Britain's Sam Cana has joined the GB Taekwondo set-up after initially starring in karate.
World Karate Federation (WKF) President Antonio Espinós has claimed it is "simply not logical" to exclude the sport from the Paris 2024 programme before its Olympic Games debut at Tokyo 2020 and has vowed that the international governing body will "continue fighting until the end" for the "restoration of its honour and its athletes' rights".
Paris 2024 has stated it will not be reconsidering its proposal for new sports on the programme of the Olympic Games in five years' time after holding a meeting with leading figures from karate, which was controversially excluded.
Karate will tomorrow step up its campaign to reverse a decision not to include it on the programme of the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris by meeting French officials.
Reigning world champion Sandra Sanchez sealed the women's kata gold medal as she got the better of arch-rival Kiyou Shimizu for the second consecutive major event at the Karate 1-Series A competition in Salzburg.
Ugur Aktas of Turkey justified his status as the one to beat in the men's under-84 kilograms kumite division as he overcame Iran's Zabiollah Poorshab to reach the final of the category at the Karate 1-Series A event in Salzburg.
Reigning kata world champion Sandra Sanchez of Spain will take on Japan's Kiyou Shimizu in a repeat of the final at the last two major competitions after both athletes progressed to the gold medal bout at the Karate 1-Series A event in Salzburg.
Salzburg is set to stage the first major karate event since the sport failed with its bid for inclusion at the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris as the Austrian city will host the Karate 1-Series A competition beginning tomorrow.
The World Karate Federation (WKF) has launched a digital campaign as they bid to keep their Paris 2024 Olympic hopes alive.
The Venezuelan Olympic Committee (COV) supported a karate training event for officials in the South American nation.
The World Karate Federation (WKF) Athletes' Commission met in Dubai to discuss the current state of the sport and consider "new proposals".
World champions Sandra Sanchez and Kiyou Shimizu secured kata gold medals at the Karate 1-Premier League event in Dubai.
Japan’s Ryo Kiyuna and Spain’s Damian Quintero will meet in the men’s kata final at the Karate 1-Premier League event in Dubai.
At the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens, Iranian judoka Arash Miresmaeili was disqualified for weighing in at nearly four pounds above the limit for his weight class of his under-66 kilograms match against an Israeli opponent Ehud Vaks in the first round. It was claimed Miresmaeili had gone on an eating binge to protest the International Olympic Committee's recognition of the state of Israel. Iran does not recognise the state of Israel, and Miresmaeili's actions won praise from high-ranking Iranian officials. Mohammad Khatami, the country's President at the time, was quoted as saying Miresmaili's actions would be "recorded in the history of Iranian glories". He was later awarded $125,000 by the Government - the same amount given to Olympic gold medallists.
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