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ITF aims strategic development of Taekwon-Do in Asia

  • Taekwon-Do

Asia is the continent where Taekwon-Do was born and where it took its first steps at the hands of its creator, General Choi Hong Hi, and a select group of students, who carried out demonstrations beyond the borders of Korea. But now only 20 Asian countries are active members of the International Taekwon-Do Federation (ITF).

of 2024, additional technical seminars will be organized and offered by the Asia Development Team in China


China investigating former sports director for alleged corruption

  • Sports

A former high-ranking Chinese sports official is under investigation for corruption state media reported on Thursday. This marks the latest individual to be targeted in the country's anti-graft campaign.

broadcaster CCTV, Gou Zhongwen, who held the position of Director of the General Administration of Sport of China


Chungwon Choue: Universality and popularity of Taekwondo is on full display

  • Taekwondo

Taekwondo is a sport that provides hope and dreams, said the president of the World Taekwondo (WT) Chungwon Choue in his congratulation for the 51th founding anniversary of the WT, on 28 May.

Congratulations to Gambia and Guinea-Bissau  representing Africa; Palestine, Timor Leste and Hong Kong, China


Three-time Olympic swimming champion Sun Yang set to return after drug ban

  • Swimming

China's disgraced three-time Olympic gold medallist Sun Yang says he is keen to return to competitive swimming "as soon as possible". Sun's ban after a member of his entourage smashed vials of blood with a hammer during a row with drug testers ended on Tuesday.

ban issued by the Court of Arbitration for Sport ended on Tuesday. pic.twitter.com/F3gNx6Gz8d— Sports China


Australia's Opals begin their pre-Olympic tour

  • Basketball

Seven Consulting Opals will kick start their world tour in Asia tomorrow: playing three games against China

The Opals clash with China again, hosting the team this time at the Ford BALLIN’24 series this July,

Looking towards the hometown Ford BALLIN’24 series against 2nd ranked Team China, duo Olympian Cayla

 OPALS – 2024 SCHEDULE   29 MAY – China Series* Opals vs China | Benxi City, Liaoning

Province, China Time Zone Guide: 7:30 (AWST) - 9:00 (ACST) - 9:30pm (AEST)  31 MAY – China Series

* Opals vs China | Shenyang City, Liaoning Province, China Time Zone Guide: 7:30 (AWST) - 9

:00 (ACST) - 9:30pm (AEST)2 JUNE – China Series* Opals vs China | Shenyang City, Liaoning Province


Csaba Bohm, Gintare Venckauskaite triumph at Modern Pentathlon World Cup Final

  • Modern Pentathlon

Hungary's Csaba Bohm set a new world record to take the men's event at the UIPM Pentathlon World Cup Final in Ankara on Saturday (25 May), with Lithuania's Laser Run specialist Gintare Venckauskaite claiming the biggest win of her career.

Those World Championships in Zhengzhou, China run from 9-16 June with the final spots at Paris 2024 up


China triumphs over Korea again in women's recurve

  • Archery

China and Korea had played out an exciting gold medal match in the season opener in Shanghai last month

China doesn’t officially have a team quota for the Games yet, but their slots are guaranteed given their


Paris 2024: Paralympics blind football draw revealed

  • Paris 2024

The draw for blind football at the Paris 2024 Paralympic Games occurred in Schiltigheim, France, on Saturday, 25 May.

Eight of the world's top teams, Brazil, Argentina, Morocco, France, China, Japan, Colombia, and Turkey

undefeated Paralympic champions Brazil will compete against European champions France, Asian champions China

, and Euros silver medallists Turkey.Group AGroup BFrance (A1)Japan (B1)China (A2)Colombia (B2)Brazil




Kobe 2024 Para Athletics Day 8: Three golds for Uzbekistan, 16 up for Cockroft

  • Athletics News

Nurkhon Kurbanova broke the women's javelin T54 world record three times as Uzbekistan won three golds in the field. Britain's Hannah Cockroft won the women's 800m T34 for her second gold in Kobe and her 16th world title in total.

China took gold in a championship record 45.54, eight-tenths inside their mark from Dubai 2019, with

disqualified with Indonesia taking the final spot on the podium.With one day of competition remaining, China


"Slow, but steady", triple-jump queen Yulimar Rojas aims for 2025 World Champs

  • Athletics

After the first steps of her rehabilitation due to an injury that will prevent her from defending her Olympic gold in the triple jump in Paris 2024, the Venezuelan Yulimar Rojas prepares "the return of the queen" with an eye on the 2025 World Athletics Championships, Agence France-Presse reported Thursday. 

The Indoor World Cup will be held in Nanjing, China, between 21-23 March 2025 and the Outdoor World Cup


Natural snow at the Winter Olympics only in Sapporo from 2080?

  • Winter Olympics

The International Olympic Committee (IOC), which has been involved in mistakes and some cases of corruption over the years, has no responsibility whatsoever in a very complicated matter that particularly affects the current generation and puts the organisation in a very difficult position, according to some information from AFP.

host the 2018 Winter Games.The IOC could only decide between Almaty (Kazakhstan) and winner Beijing (China


Hong Kong weightlifting head resigns after Taiwan 'country' gaffe

  • Weightlifting

resigned on Friday after making a gaffe that the government lambasted as potentially violating the "one-China

Josephine Ip, chairperson of the Hong Kong, China Weightlifting and Powerlifting Association, was criticised

May that Ip's speech was "absolutely unacceptable" and gave rise to a "suspected violation of the one-China

to a similar gaffe Ip made in March that referred to Hong Kong -—a special administrative region of China

maximum penalty of life in prison.Last year, Hong Kong's sports associations were told to include "China


US Senators latest to push for WADA explainer on doping scandal

  • Sports

Like a constant drizzle, criticism and demands for clarification keep pouring over the World Anti-Doping agency s handling of the 23 positive tests from China’s 2021 swimming team. American politicians have now united in their ask for answers from the global watchdog, the Associated Press reports.

competitive concerns and may constitute a broader state-sponsored strategy by the People’s Republic of China

AP also reported back in April that China had significantly increased their yearly donations to WADA’