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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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

EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) -- El Pasoans Jesus and Angel Jasso are twins. They turn 18 this upcoming October, and they are both national champions in taekwondo. But they share a special bond outside of ...

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 ...

PARIS — Competition gets underway at the Paralympic Games in Paris on Thursday, with athletes getting their first medals in four of the 22 scheduled sports. The first Paralympian medalists will be the ...

TOKYO, July 27. /TASS/. Russian taekwondo fighter Vladislav Larin won gold of the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo after defeating Dejan Georgievski of North Macedonia 15-9 in the final bout on Tuesday ...