World Taekwondo held a gala dinner to mark the 50th anniversary of its founding here tonight, honouring the best male and female athletes from each edition of the Olympic and Paralympic Games.

World Taekwondo President Chungwon Choue has defended the decision to allow Russian and Belarusian participants to compete as neutrals at the World Taekwondo Championships here, claiming it represents "a good example to support our athletes".

A second Iranian athlete in Danial Bozorgi has been provisionally suspended after returning a positive doping test prior to the World Taekwondo Championships here.

More female athletes are receiving a classification to compete in Para-taekwondo, an official has said.

Two Russian Olympic champions who have openly supported the war in Ukraine have had their applications to compete at the World Taekwondo Championships in Azerbaijan's capital Baku rejected.

The Ivorian Taekwondo Federation is to hold a National Women's Open tournament.

Four new members have been added to the Pan American Taekwondo Union (PATU) Council, following an online meeting.

Namdev Shirgaonkar has been re-elected as President of India Taekwondo.

Bianca Cook, Britain's three-times world heavyweight taekwondo champion, is determined to end her career on an Olympic high in Paris next year.

Iranian taekwondo athlete Reza Kalhor has been provisionally suspended after failing a drugs test.

Ukraine’s team has pulled out of the World Taekwondo Championships, due to begin later this month, due to the inclusion of Russian and Belarusian athletes.

World Taekwondo is assessing whether or not to allow Russia's Maksim Khramtsov and Vladislav Larin at its upcoming World Championships in Baku scheduled for May 29 to June 5 after the pair openly supported the war in Ukraine.

The Kuwait Taekwondo Federation and the Embassy of the Republic of Korea have held a successful Ambassador’s Cup Championship, also dubbed the "Kuwait Taekwondo Spectacle 2023."

International taekwondo is set to return to Australia in July for the first time since the COVID-19 pandemic with the announcement of three events in the Moreton Bay Region.

Hong Kong has officially signed the Host City contract for next year’s World Taekwondo Poomsae Championships at a special ceremony in Seoul.