At the ExpoCentro Center in the Brazilian city of Balneário Camboriú, the preparations continue at the highest level for the launch of the BC Fight Week, organised by International Vision Sports Management (IVSM).  

The International Weightlifting Federation has announced the 2024 Refugee Team of four athletes: Parisa Jahanfekrian (originally from Iran, but based in Germany), Aline de Souza and Monique Araujo (both from Brazil, but currently based in the USA) and Addriel Garcia (Cuba/Italy).

USA wrestlers had three Olympic quotas in women's wrestling and four out of six in freestyle wrestling after the 2023 World Championships. The women's team managed to secure three berths, but the freestyle team missed out at both weights.

Para-taekwondo athletes are preparing for the European Qualification Tournament for the Paris 2024 Paralympic Games in Sofia, Bulgaria followed by the Asian Qualification Tournament for the Games in Tai'an City, China.

The UAE, known for its advances in the development of jiu-jitsu and the empowerment of its practitioners, will see its mission take another important step towards completion in the coming days. 

The first continental wrestling qualifier of the year began on 28 February in the Mexican city of Acapulco. The Greco-Roman wrestlers were the first to compete in the Pan American qualifying tournament.

Magda Wiet-Hénin, France's 2023 World Taekwondo Champion in the women's -67kg category, has had a childhood dream of winning the Olympic Games and will be among the contenders for Paris 2024, reports L'Est Républicain.

The US weightlifters took part in the European Championships in 2024. They did not compete for any medals, but... why was the American country allowed to take part in the European qualifying tournament, and what can this mean for weightlifting and the whole Olympic qualification system?

USA Paralympic taekwondo athlete Evan Medell won bronze at Tokyo 2020, but the tournament ended in frustration for him. He broke his leg early in his semi-final bout against Croatia's Ivan Mikulic and now his dream is to win Paralympic gold in Paris, Team USA reports.

The controversy in Indian wrestling continues as the two governing bodies are set to hold Olympic trials on the same dates, causing confusion among the athletes.

The Mexican city of Acapulco hosted the 2024 Pan American Wrestling Championships from 21-24 February. Team USA won the team trophies in all three categories and took home all 10 gold medals in freestyle wrestling.

New Zealand is in danger of being left without an Olympic quota in taekwondo. On 30th January Taekwondo New Zealand (TNZ) announced the names of the four athletes selected to represent New Zealand at the upcoming 2024 Oceania Olympic Qualifiers Tournament. Cole Creich-Watene (men's -58kg), Eisa Mozhdeh (men's -68kg), Jamie Carpenter (women's -57kg) and Jemesa Landers (women's -67kg) were due to compete for qualification spots at the continental qualifiers. However, their participation at Paris 2024 will be in doubt even if they win the continental tournament.

On the 2nd of March, ADXC 3 arrives at the Balneário Camboriú, in Santa Catarina, with an explosive list of fights, and two more fights have been confirmed. The preliminary card, in the flyweight division, features a jiu-jitsu duel between Zayed Alkhateeri and Oziel Santos.

The Taekwondo Humanitarian Foundation (THF) Jordan project in the Azraq refugee camp has been running since 2016. It has shown significant results through the "Humanitarian Taekwondo Center" opened in 2018, where children can practice taekwondo in the best conditions.