A four-strong Nepalese Para-taekwondo team travelled to India to compete in an international tournament

The team, including two players, left for Ahmedabad to take part in the Para-taekwondo Championship and

Bahadur Sunuwar entered the 42kg weight category.Coach Lokendra Acharya and vice-president of the Nepal Para-taekwondo

Association Bhimsen KC accompanied the players on their trip.In recent weeks, Nepal taekwondo player

Sita Bhandari was crowned as the Para-athlete of the Year at the Pulsar Sports Awards ceremony at the

Taekwondo Championship in Manila.

Taekwondo player Sita Bhandari was crowned as the Para-Athlete of the Year at the Pulsar Sports Awards

IWAS) World Games in Sochi.She secured a bronze medal, a performance she matched at this year's Asian Para

Taekwondo Championship in Manila.The award ceremony took place at the Nepal Academy Hall ©Facebook/Nepal

Sports Journalists Forum“I enjoy playing taekwondo although it is not easy for the players like us,”

days to come.”Bhandari had previously compete in table tennis and football, but eventually became a taekwondo

The World Taekwondo Federation (WTF) has opened the official bid and host city selection process for

A total of 28 events are available to bidders including the World Taekwondo Championships, the World

Taekwondo Grand Prix Series, the World Taekwondo Grand Prix Final and the World Taekwondo Team Championships.Also

on offer are the World Taekwondo Junior Championships, the World Taekwondo Cadet Championships, the

World Taekwondo Poomsae Championships, the World Para-taekwondo Championships and the World Taekwondo

The World Taekwondo Federation (WTF) has unveiled designs of 20 National Olympic Committees’ (NOCs) coloured

 In March, the WTF announced that taekwondo players will be permitted to wear coloured trousers

modernise.It is hoped the move will help to deliver a more spectator friendly experience at Rio 2016, where taekwondo

venue and watching on televisions at home to easily identify athletes.The WTF announced in March that taekwondo

with fans inside and outside the Carioca Arena 3 venue.They have revealed they are looking to conduct taekwondo

and Para-taekwondo demonstrations between sessions, as well as looking at ways of using Brazil’s culture

Paris 2024 have reiterated their commitment to delivering a "fantastic" Paralympic Games should they be awarded the hosting rights.

“The Games would open up so many more opportunities for people of all ages to get involved in Para-sport

powerlifting under Paris 2024’s bid plan.It lies close to Zenith Paris, which would be used for judo and taekwondo

Russia should be banned from all international sporting competition, including the Rio 2016 Olympic Games, until they have achieved a "culture change", the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) has said. 

samples to conceal positive tests, including summer ones not normally linked with doping like sailing, taekwondo

analyse the report’s findings in detail to evaluate what impact they have on the Paralympic Movement and Para-sport

parties to better establish how the findings implicate the Sochi 2014 Paralympic Winter Games and Russian Para-athletes

Around 5,000 athletes from 300 universities are set to compete in the European Universities Games (EUG) which will officially open tomorrow in Rijeka and Zagreb in Croatia.

to add beach volleyball, basketball 3x3, bridge, chess, golf, judo, rowing, karate, sport climbing, taekwondo

and rugby sevens.Two Para-sports were also included on the programme, with athletes due to participate

230 from Spain, 200 from Slovenia, but also 48 athletes from Israel, two from Iceland to compete in taekwondo

Registration for this year’s European Para-Taekwondo Championships in Warsaw is now open.

intellectually impaired) and P30 (motor impaired) athletes competing in Poland’s capital.Organised by the Polish Taekwondo

Federation and promoted by the European Taekwondo Union (ETU) and the European Para-Taekwondo Union,

the Championships is recognised by the World Taekwondo Federation.Para-taekwondo has been included on

here.Last month, ETU President Sakis Paragalos led a delegation to Ulyanovsk to discuss the development of Para-taekwondo

the Volga River, 893 kilometres east of Moscow.Ulyanovsk may host the sixth edition of the European Para-Taekwondo

Argentina’s Facundo Novik is the highest climber on the Para-taekwondo world rankings as he jumped 13

places to seventh after he clinched K44 under 61 kilograms gold at the recent Pan American Para-Taekwondo

into the top 10 of the K44 75kg category after he secured silver in the category at the Pan American Para-Taekwondo

(P20) athletes and athletes with a neurological impairment (P30).It was also the first continental Para-taekwondo

Championships, due to be held in Warsaw on September 16.The latest Para-taekwondo rankings were released

by the WTF following the Pan American Para-Taekwondo Championships ©WTFIt is set to be the largest Para-taekwondo

event in 2016.A host of athletes have made their first entry onto the Para-taekwondo world rankings,

European Taekwondo Union (ETU) President Sakis Paragalos had led a delegation to Ulyanovsk to discuss

the development of Para-taekwondo in Russia and Europe.

on the Volga River 893 kilometres east of Moscow.The city may host the sixth edition of the European Para-taekwondo

between May 25 to 28.The Volga-Sport-Arena would hold the competition, with Paragalos joining European Para-taekwondo

Union vice-president Evgeny Klyuchnikov on a tour of the facilities.The European Para-taekwondo Championships

meeting was also held with Governor of Ulyanovsk region, Sergey Morozov, to also outline how to develop Para-taekwondo

well as Russia.It was signed to mark the occasion of the ETU representative office opening to work on Para-taekwondo

United States topped the men’s team standings at the Pan American Para-Taekwondo Championships in Mexican

Querétaro is set to play host to the fourth Pan American Para-Taekwondo Championships tomorrow as 31

athletes with a neurological impairment (P30).Nicaragua, Peru and Honduras will all be making their Para-taekwondo

The fourth Pan American Para-Taekwondo Championships is the latest example of our commitment to delivering

"Para-taekwondo is growing dramatically around the world and each time we host a competition we are

world silver medallist Gersson Mejia of Guatemala is among those set to compete at the Pan American Para-Taekwondo

Championships ©WTFThe event will be the first continental Para-taekwondo championships to take place

The Para-taekwondo world rankings have been published for June with a number of changes following last

Santana Santana, thanks to his gold medal-winning performance in Port Said.The first-ever African Para-Taekwondo

runners-up Morocco’s three and third-placed Spain’s two.Nigeria, participating in their first international Para-taekwondo

event, came fourth with one gold medal and one bronze.Germany, meanwhile, won their first Para-taekwondo

was staged ahead of the Championships between Morocco’s Rajae Akermarch, who won silver at the 2015 Para-Taekwondo

Federation (WTF) Grand Prix Finals in Mexico City.The match was held under Para-taekwondo rules with

The World Taekwondo Federation (WTF) has announced a new bidding process for its major events between

Thirty-five events are available to bid for, including the 2019 and 2021 editions of the World Taekwondo

it is more than just a contract, it is a partnership," said WTF President Chungwon Choue.Thirty-five taekwondo

World Junior Championships, the World Cadet Championships, the World Poomsae Championships, the World Para

The latest Para-taekwondo world rankings have been published following last month’s Asian Open Championships

kilograms category to take second place.It leaves Hasim Celik third and Faith Celik fourth in what is Para-taekwondo

Croatia’s Ivan Mikulic following his third-place finish in Manila.The second edition of the Asian Para-Taekwondo

placed athletes on the world rankings for the first time.The event was the first of five continental Para-Taekwondo