Karate
US gives visa date in 2023, Turkish athletes not attending games
Turkish national karate team will not be participating in the World Games held in Birmingham, Alabama, between July 8 and 10, as the U.S. consulate in Istanbul has given July 2023 to apply for visas, the karate federation has announced.
IOC has decided - Serbia without a chance to defend the gold medal
Karate will definitely not be one of the sports at the next Olympic Games in Paris in 2024, so Jovana Prekovic will not have the opportunity to defend the gold medal won in Tokyo.
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The Karate Kid was Greek
Syrian man teaches karate to kids in Reyhanlı
Nazhan Hamad, who fled the Syrian war to take refuge in Turkey, is teaching karate to Syrian orphans and Turkish children in the Reyhanlı district of the southern province of Hatay.
When in Syria, Namad served in the national karate team, winning three gold, two silver and one bronze medals in local competitions.
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Greek karateka wins gold in Madrid
Eleni Chatziliadou (left) of Greece celebrates her win against Ayumi Uekusa of Japan during the Women's Individual Kumite +68 kg competition at the Karate World Championships in Madrid, Spain, on Saturday. In clinching the gold medal, Chatziliadou avenged her defeat to Uekusa in 2016.
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Jerome Brown wins main event at Karate Combat Final in Athens
Karate Combat, the first mainstream, professional, full-contact karate league, held its second major event from Athens last Saturday.
The "Olympus" event featured five knockouts and won technical knockouts, with the UK's Jerome Brown winning over Davy Dona of France with a TKO in the main event.
Bulgarian Parliament To Vote On State Loan To NEC
The Bulgarian Parliament will vote at second reading on Wednesday for the approval of the loan which the state will grant for the equipment for the Belene nuclear power plant, ordered from Russia 8 years ago.
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Coaches of FRK-WKC, pleased by level presented in European Championships in Belgium
The coaches with the WKC Romanian Karate Federation (FRK-WKC) have expressed their satisfaction with the level shown by Romanian fighters in the European Championships for children, cadets and juniors organized by the World Union of Karate-Do Federations in Herstal, Belgium.
UWK World Cup in Belgrade, first competition organised under the aegis of United World Karate
The UWK World Cup, to be held in Belgrade on April 25-27, will be the first competition to ever be organised under the aegis of the United World Karate, according to the calendar established at the first meeting of the world organisation's Board of Directors this year in Bucharest.
Foto: (c) FRK WKC
First meeting of this year of the United World Karate's Executive Committee kicks off in Bucharest
United World Karate (UWK) Executive Committee's first meeting this year on Wednesday kicked off in Bucharest, according to a release the Romanian WKC Karate Federation provided to AGERPRES.
Photo: (c) FRK WKC