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IAAF damaged by IOC senior member Lamine Diack, the Senegalese president of the IAAF (International Association of Athletics Federations)...

Unification was a buzzword in karate before United World Karate was formed in 2013. World Karate Federation (WKF) life president...

With the death of many older sokes over these last 15 years or so and their replacement by younger ones,...

President of European Squash federation, Zena Wooldridge talks to Sports Emic One of the most legally challenging issues for...

picture from IJF – official dinner with officials and athletes The president of the International Judo Federation (IJF) has...

We must never forget what history tells us, which is that in almost all cases the tolerance of “harmless” political...

Is Doping Cheating? The question of legitimacy has circled around professional sports for generations. Whether it’s the ‘too round’...

Just as karate is embroiled in a bitter struggle for unification as it pushes for Olympic recognition, skateboarding is...

Takashi Sasagawa, the Japanese billionaire, is urging the Tokyo 2020 organisers to include WKF karate in the 2020 Olympic Games....

With karate vying for a place in the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, its bid has been hamstrung by the sport’s tragically...