Anthony Joshua now has a real fight on his hands – not in the ring but for the title of Sports Personality of the Year.

Getty ImagesHowever, in a less male-dominated year Bianca Walkden, who successfully defended her world taekwondo

in South Korea, ace wheelchair racer Hannah Cockcroft, who collected a brace of golds at the world Para-championships

Paralympic Committee's (IPC) Allianz Athlete of the Month prize for October after scooping her fourth World Para

Taekwondo title.

the winner on www.paralympic.org, with the other four nominees including a second athlete from the taekwondo

Sivak and Horie who all vying for the October Athlete of the Month award ©Getty ImagesAt the Asian Para

Taekwondo Open, Khurelbaatar defeated the world number one in the women’s under 49 kg K44.

 There was also no stopping her at the London 2017 World Para Taekwondo Championships, where she

 The Unites States' Kevin Polish was the first Para-archer to win a Worlds medal in 2005.The

World Taekwondo (WT) has extended the registration deadline for cities interested in bidding for major

Council Meeting in Hammamet in Tunisia on April 4.The events available to bid for include the World Taekwondo

Championships, the World Taekwondo Team Championships and the World Taekwondo Grand Prix Series and

Final.Also available are the World Taekwondo Junior Championships, the World Taekwondo Cadet Championships

, the World Taekwondo Poomsae Championships and the World Para Taekwondo Championships.

World Taekwondo President Chungwon Choue has today pinpointed good governance as a priority for the international

results of the Association of Summer Olympic International Federations' Good Governance survey, World Taekwondo

, held at the Holiday Inn London - Stratford City, covered a wide range of strategic areas as World Taekwondo

procedures for the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games were also addressed.It was reiterated that there will be 72 Para-taekwondo

, who passed away earlier this month.The World Taekwondo Council meeting was held on the sidelines of

We have so much to look forward to in the years ahead and by working together with the whole taekwondo

World Taekwondo President Chungwon Choue has expressed his disappointment that the governing body did

not receive a promised return invitation to send its Demonstration Team to last month’s International Taekwondo

and ITF counterpart Ri Yong-son, of North Korea, discussed the prospective performance of the World Taekwondo

World Taekwondo never received a return invitation as had been expected."

Championships, but they didn’t realise that," Choue told insidethegames here on the sidelines of the 2017 World Para-Taekwondo

Championships and World Taekwondo Grand Prix.On the last day of the 2017 World Taekwondo Championships

is currently the only taekwondo body recognised by the IOC.But the ITF is the older body having been

Great Britain’s Amy Truesdale was among the winners of the kyorugi events at the 2017 World Para-Taekwondo

medallists.An Opening Ceremony was held midway through today's action at the Copper Box in London with World Taekwondo

Popova and America's Iris Fuentes.An Opening Ceremony was held midway through today's action with World Taekwondo

President Chungwon Choue and GB Taekwondo chair Julia Newton among those in attendance.

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men's K42 over 75kg final ©World TaekwondoThe Opening Ceremony took place earlier in the day with World Taekwondo

TaekwondoAction at the Copper Box Arena is due to continue tomorrow with the opening day of the World Taekwondo

Grand Prix series event ©World Taekwondo

The biennial World Para-Taekwondo Championships are set to become an annual event in the build-up to

President Chungwon Choue spoke to insidethegames on the sidelines of this year's World Para-Taekwondo

Championships in London ©World TaekwondoThe 2017 World Para-Taekwondo Championships, which were held

a motor impairment.A record 47 athletes were registered in the poomsae sport classes.The 2017 World Para-Taekwondo

the best-ever World Para-Taekwondo Championships," Choue said."

 "The World Taekwondo Council are looking into hosting the World Para-Taekwondo Championships every

World Taekwondo President Chungwon Choue has expressed his confidence that London will deliver a "very

take place until Sunday (October 22).Choue was speaking to insidethegames during today’s World Para-Taekwondo

Britain's Jade Jones will be looking to go one better than the silver medal she won at last month's World Taekwondo

world number one at under 54kg earlier this year, the first Irishman to ever achieve such a position in taekwondo

attract a lot of attention from the home crowd.The three-time European champion is the most prominent taekwondo

Box Arena, a venue used for the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games, is all set to host a World Taekwondo

Grand Prix event and the World Para-Taekwondo Championships with action due to begin here in England

to be held from Friday (October 20) to Sunday (October 22).It will be preceded by tomorrow’s World Para-Taekwondo

A total of 263 athletes from a record-breaking 59 countries are due to compete at the World Para-Taekwondo

Championships ©World TaekwondoThe World Para-Taekwondo Championships will provide athletes the chance

World Championships we have seen a huge rise in the number of athletes around the world practicing Para-taekwondo

fighting overseas at my previous World Championships, I’m excited to finally get a chance to showcase Para-taekwondo

The Brazilian University Sports Confederation (CBDU) has presented its first group of volunteers who will assist at their major events.  

swimming, tennis, table tennis, beach volleyball, chess, basketball, futsal, 3x3 basketball, handball, taekwondo

 Swimming, table tennis and athletics will also be played in the Para-sport section.

The World Para Taekwondo rankings have been updated before the World Championships, which take place

Last month's Pan American Open in Costa Rica was the last chance for taekwondo players to earn ranking

GB Taekwondo has announced a partnership with 12BET which sees the online betting brand become an official

partner of this month's World Taekwondo Grand Prix and World Para-Taekwondo Championships in London.

The event, which is due to be held at the Copper Box Arena from October 19 to 22, will see the best taekwondo

athletes from across the globe taking part.The partnership between GB Taekwondo and 12BET was arranged

We are proud to be hosting the best taekwondo athletes in the world for the Grand Prix and World Para

Championships in London," GB Taekwondo chair Julia Newton said."12BET have recognised the global reach

Grand Prix and World Para Championships."

Goiás, which hosted the last World University Futsal Championship, is gearing up for the Brazilian University Games (JUBs) which will involve more than 5,000 athletes between October 18 and 29. 

futsal, handball, volleyball and table tennis.This year's edition also features three new sports - taekwondo

, a "League of Legends" event in e-sports and Para-athletics.The event will take place across approximately

coach Kalyan Kunwar hopes the country could challenge for Parlaympic Games medals at Tokyo 2020 when taekwondo

Kunwar has been credited for the development of Para-taekwondo in Nepal, with the nation having recently

bronze medals at World Championships.Sita Bhandari also secured a bronze medal at the Open European Para-taekwondo

Para taekwondo will make its debut at the Paralympic Games in Tokyo ©WTFKunwar added: "If players do

The sport was added to the Paralympic Games programme in 2015, with taekwondo joining badminton in making

their debuts in the Japanese capital.It was confirmed last month that taekwondo will have six Paralympic