SWISS COURT LAUNCHES APPEAL AGAINST IOC Professor Liviu Crisan, President of the World Union of Karate Federations reacted to the decision of the IOC Executive Board.... Read More
ACCUSATION OF 1.3 MILLION EUROS HAVING BEEN PAYED BY TOKYO 2020 IAAF damaged by IOC senior member Lamine Diack, the Senegalese president of the IAAF (International Association of Athletics Federations)... Read More
THE NEED FOR ACCOUNTABILITY IN WORLD KARATE Unification was a buzzword in karate before United World Karate was formed in 2013. World Karate Federation (WKF) life president... Read More
CHANGING TIMES AND BELTS-RANKINGS IN JAPANESE KARATE With the death of many older sokes over these last 15 years or so and their replacement by younger ones,... Read More
IF SQUASH DECIDES TO RE-ENTER THE OLYMPIC RACE IT MUST WAIT UNTIL 2024 President of European Squash federation, Zena Wooldridge talks to Sports Emic One of the most legally challenging issues for... Read More
NORTH KOREA BID TO HOST JUDO WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS picture from IJF – official dinner with officials and athletes The president of the International Judo Federation (IJF) has... Read More
DR RAVEE RAGHAVAN TALKS WITH SPORTS EMIC We must never forget what history tells us, which is that in almost all cases the tolerance of “harmless” political... Read More
IS DOPING CHEATING? Is Doping Cheating? The question of legitimacy has circled around professional sports for generations. Whether it’s the ‘too round’... Read More
SKATEBOARDING AND KARATE BOTH STRUGGLE FOR ADEQUATE OLYMPIC REPRESENTATION Just as karate is embroiled in a bitter struggle for unification as it pushes for Olympic recognition, skateboarding is... Read More
INSIDE THE KARATE HISTORY Takashi Sasagawa, the Japanese billionaire, is urging the Tokyo 2020 organisers to include WKF karate in the 2020 Olympic Games.... Read More