Peace and Sport has unveiled a host of new Champions for Peace, including Didier Drogba, who will "help to spread the organisation's vision across the world".

at Rio 2016, joins the list as well as French sambo champion Laure Fournier and two-time world taekwondo

world champion Zsolt Moradi has also joined the ranks alongside Tahl Leibovitz, the United States' Para-table

Para-taekwondo athletes have spoken of their excitement three years from the sport making its Paralympic

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

in making their debuts in the Japanese capital.It was confirmed earlier this month that para-taekwondo

“Now we have the chance to be the first to represent our countries in the sport of taekwondo.

gold medal in taekwondo.”It has been claimed the sport has increased in competitiveness since news of

that fills me with emotion.”The growth of the sport is expected to be shown next month, when the World Para

Badminton World Federation (BWF) President Poul-Erik Høyer has expressed his delight that the sport has been awarded 14 medal events for its Paralympic Games debut at Tokyo 2020.

Having 14 medal events, across which to showcase the diversity and excitement of Para-badminton, will

BWF is committed to producing an inspiring Para-badminton debut that adds value to the Tokyo 2020 sports

Now we know the overall number of Para-badminton athletes for Tokyo 2020 and the medal events, we will

September to November this year.The IPC are due to publish the qualification guide in January 2018.Taekwondo

This is fantastic news for the ITTF and the Para-table tennis movement," ITTF President Thomas Weikert

A Para-taekwondo athlete from Panama has set his sights on the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games.

prevented him from walking and moving his right hand.His doctor recommended that he start practicing taekwondo

Para-taekwondo is preparing for its Paralympic debut ©World TaekwondoVerbel has received support from

both the Pan-American Taekwondo Federation and the Panama Paralympic Committee."

We made the procedures to participate in Para-taekwondo in conjunction with the national and international

Anti-doping education sessions took place during the World Taekwondo Cadet Championships in Sharm El-Sheikh

celebrate the sport’s young athletes and provide them with key experience", but also a chance for World Taekwondo

souvenirs for high scores.A similar education programme will take place during the London 2017 World Para-Taekwondo

World Taekwondo President Chungwon Choue met with officials from British Taekwondo during a visit to

the sport were discussed.Methods by which the organisation can "contribute to the ambitions of World Taekwondo

of the recent 2017 General Assembly in Muju" were also considered.London is hosting the 2017 World Para

is also one of the strongest taekwondo nations in a competitive sense.Chungwon Choue, bottom right,

champion Jade Jones.Choue and other officials also visited the University of East London, where British Taekwondo

and discuss how we, as a Member National Association, can contribute more to the future of World Taekwondo

Spinning kicks in Para-taekwondo will now be awarded four points after the sport's International Federation

be worth three points, but a decision was taken to up the amount to four with the aim to encourage Para-taekwondo

players to attempt the kick more often.The change comes under article 13.3.3 of the Para-taekwondo competition

more than they used to receive ©World TaekwondoThe new points system will be in use during the World Para-taekwondo

Championships, which are being staged at the Copper Box Arena in London on October 19.Para-taekwondo

2015 after their bid to be included was approved by the International Paralympic Committee.Action in Para-taekwondo

A number of Peace and Sport's champions have been in attendance at the 2017 Friendship Games in Bujumbura in Burundi.

endorse the power of sport for change".France's Pascal Gentil, a double Olympic bronze medallist in taekwondo

along with compatriot Jean-Baptiste Alaize.Paralympian Alaize recently won a bronze medal at the World Para

Vietnam's Truong Thi Kim Tuyen has targeted winning gold at the Southeast Asian (SEA) Games in Kuala Lumpur.

The 20-year-old claimed a silver medal in the women's under-46 kilogram class at the World Taekwondo

Championships, which took place in Muju in June.She became the first Vietnamese taekwondo player to achieve

Korea, Tuyen is hoping to secure another podium finish in Malaysia's capital city later this year.The taekwondo

Action in Kuala Lumpur will take place from August 19 to 31 this year.The Para Games are due to begin

Iran continues to have a strong presence in the latest World Para Taekwondo rankings following the Asian

up a place to third in the women's under 49kg K44 standings.Britain, the hosts of this year's World Para

Taekwondo Championships, were handed a boost as Amy Truesdale became world number one in the women's

Pha Manyvong has targeted Tokyo 2020 after making a historic Para-taekwondo debut for Laos.

became the first from his country to compete on the international stage when he appeared at the Asian Para

were able to send their athlete to the event in South Korea thanks to World Taekwondo's (WT) Booyoung Para

Taekwondo Development Programme."

We appreciate the WT Para Taekwondo Department and the Laos Taekwondo Federation that helped us out very

 "One day my friend from the USA suggested I get involved in the Para-side too.

World Taekwondo has opened the bidding process for its major events from 2019 to 2024.

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.The full list can be accessed by clicking here.The World Taekwondo Events Bid

World Taekwondo event.World Taekwondo recently hosted a Partnership Workshop as part of its ongoing

Iran won four gold medals at the World Taekwondo Asian Para-Open after a string of strong performances

defeating Russia’s Bilal Iakhiaev 17-9 in the over-75kg K44.Competition took place in Chuncheon ©World Para

Taekwondo"I'm very excited to earn my third gold medal at the third edition of the Asian Open," said

twice.Pha Manyvong made history by becoming the first competitior from Laos to compete in an international Para-taekwondo

The Netherlands’ Mariska Beijer and Sweden’s Tobias Sandberg have been nominated for the International Paralympic Committee (IPC) Allianz Athlete of the Month Award for June.

who broke a seven-year-old world record when he won the men’s T53/54 1500 metres event at the World Para

compiled from submissions by National Paralympic Committees and International Federations.American taekwondo

World Taekwondo President Chungwon Choue has revealed here today that a verbal agreement has been reached

with the International Taekwondo Federation (ITF) for the two organisations’ demonstration teams to

for the Pyeongchang 2018 performance is due to be signed during the Championships, where a World Taekwondo

Championships ©World Taekwondo"We will discuss it with the competitions, but as long as they follow

In 2020, Para-taekwondo is on the official programme of the Paralympics Games."

That’s also kind of a blue ocean area so we are open to ITF Para-athletes."

Bach is due to meet Moon on Monday (July 3).World Taekwondo is currently the only taekwondo body recognised