Taekwondo News

Nursing Injury, India's Aruna Tanwar Loses In Taekwondo Paralympics Round Of 16

Aruna was absolutely no match to her opponent from Turkey, losing 0-19 in the K44-47kg category.

Tokyo Paralympics: Aruna Tanwar Set To Be India's First-Ever Taekwondo Entry

Aruna Tanwar has been awarded a wild card entry into the upocoming Tokyo Paralympic Games. She has become India's first-ever Taekwondo entry into the Games.

5-Year-Old Boy From Hyderabad Gets Guinness World Record In Taekwondo

Five-year-old Aashman Taneja credited his sister, who holds two Guinness World Records, as his inspiration and teacher.

London 2012: South Korea's Hwang retains women's -67kg title

South Korea's Hwang Kyung-Seon retained her Olympic taekwondo women's under-67kg title on Friday at the ExCel Arena here.

Olympics taekwondo: Rohullah Nikpai bags first medal for Afghanistan

Taekwondoka Rohullah Nikpai came for a gold medal but a bronze was enough to fill his eyes with tears, as he won the first medal at the London Olympic Games for his country Afghanistan.

McPherson beats British favourite at Olympics

American taekwondo fighter Paige McPherson knocked out British world champion Sarah Stevenson in the first round of the women's 67-kilogram division at the London Olympics.

Two-time champion loses 1st-round taekwondo fight

An Azerbaijani competitor has beaten two-time Olympic taekwondo champion Steven Lopez of the United States in the first round at the London Games.

British controversy overshadows Games prep

An ugly selection controversy surrounding a British entrant into the Olympic Taekwondo competition has been dominating the news ahead of the London Games.

Afghanistan's first Olympic medallist eyes an encore

Afghanistan's first Olympic medallist Rohullah Nikpai has vowed to bring more laurels for his country at the London Games beginning from Friday.

Global body pledges fair fight

Taekwondo's world body called Monday for a fair and enjoyable competition at the London Games to help the Korean martial art stay in the Olympics following judging controversies which have hit the sport.

Martial arts for peace in Afghanistan

The taekwondo star who became Afghanistan's first ever Olympic medallist at the Beijing Games in 2008 wants to repeat the feat in London -- in the hope of bringing peace to his troubled homeland.