The FISU-endorsed Daegu 2024 World University Taekwondo Festival kicked off on 5 July with an opening ceremony and the first day of combat.

World Taekwondo (WT) President Chungwon Choue awarded the International University Sports Federation (FISU) President Leonz Eder an honorary 8th Dan certificate in recognition of his unwavering support for Taekwondo in university sports.

Chuncheon, Korea, will host a trio of World Taekwondo events from 1-5 July, featuring around 200 athletes from 40 countries including Refugee Team and Individual Neutral Athletes.

World Taekwondo maintained its excellence in the Fifth ASOIF Governance Review with an A2 ranking in three consecutive editions, and ranked 12th out of 32 International Sports Federations (IFs) in the Olympic Programme.

World Taekwondo (WT) has marked this year’s World Refugee Day by reaffirming its commitment to empowering refugees and displaced people through sport. 

Pascal Gentil, member of the French Taekwondo team for the Sydney 2000 and Athens 2004 Olympic Games and former co-Chair of the WT Athletes Committee, has been named by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) as a "Believe in Sport" ambassador for Paris 2024.

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.

The World Taekwondo Olympic Solidarity Camp 2024 for Youth, aimed at the African region, commenced on May 20, 2024, at the Senegal National Arena (Arène Nationale du Sénégal). This camp, organized by World Taekwondo in partnership with the IOC Olympic Solidarity Team and the African Taekwondo Union (AFTU), seeks to provide top-tier training and strategic guidance to young athletes and coaches in preparation for the Dakar 2026 Youth Olympic Games and the Los Angeles 2028 Olympic Games.

World Taekwondo has today signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with K-DOC Co. Ltd, a Korean medical services company, that will see the two organisations work together on global expansion of medical services in Taekwondo.

The World Taekwondo Coach-Referee Joint Training Camp for the Paris 2024 Olympic Games has successfully concluded for 32 coaches and 26 international referees in Muju Taekwondowon, Korea.

An inspiring evening in Jordan’s capital Amman featuring competition in Taekwondo, Baseball5 and Badminton brought a fitting end to the 2nd Taekwondo Humanitarian Foundation (THF) Hope and Dreams Sports Festival.

President of the International Taekwon-Do Federation (ITF), Paul Weiler, has said World Taekwon-Do is not an enemy, but rather an organisation with a different style that can complement the goal of making the sport more popular worldwide, in an exclusive interview with Inside The Games.

In an unprecedented sporting showcase, the Dominican Republic has been the epicentre of sporting excellence, successfully hosting three internationally renowned events: the Paris 2024 Olympic Qualifier, the Paralympic Qualifier and the prestigious Dominican Open.

From the streets of Dakar to qualifying for the Paris 2024 Paralympic Games, Idrissa Keita's story is one of resilience, grit and unwavering determination to become this summer a Paralympic athlete.

World Taekwondo issued a statement on diversity, equality and inclusion on 21 March, the UN International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination.