RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) Taekwondo may be best known for its flashy and acrobatic kicks, but the electronic scoring system used at the Olympics apparently doesn't care whether or not fighters use the ...

C.J. Nickolas hardly looks like one of the most lethal fighters in the world. He’s wearing baggy jeans covered in large colorful patches with pink socks and carrying a yellow Pikachu backpack. His ...

Alrighty, then. We’ve got a big PPV this weekend and the shutting down of all things sports over at Showtime. PFL is coming soon around the bend and KSW just had another wild event. There’s a ton of ...

South Korean taekwondo fighter Lee Ah-reum has decided not to take part in an upcoming international competition following an incident in which she was caught driving while intoxicated, the Korea ...

For Brentwood’s Denise Nickolas, it was just another day as a single mom with two kids. But for her son, CJ, now 22, those days still inspire him. He remembers his mom working all day as a nurse and ...

The spectacle of hand-to-hand combat has captivated humans for centuries, and taekwondo provides that in surplus. It’s one of the Olympic fighting competitions that will take place in Paris, along ...

BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KERO) — Two of the best Taekwondo competitors that are from Wasco are preparing to represent their country when they travel to the Dominican Republic next month for the Pan ...

IIS Taekwondo Fighting Chance launches a national programme to identify and train eight female athletes for a long-term ...

MOSCOW, August 14. /TASS/. Russian taekwondo fighters Vladislav Larin and Maxim Khramtsov have secured their berths at the 2020 Summer Olympic Games in Tokyo due to high ratings of both fighters, ...

Her high front kick could easily take down an opponent and win her a medal in any championship. But in Afghanistan, taekwondo champion Marzieh Hamidi has been sex-shamed by the Taliban and driven out ...

RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) - South Korea once again dominated Olympic taekwondo in Rio de Janeiro, winning two gold medals and three bronze that gave the Asian country a record 19 medals since the sport ...