Karate in the Olympics will consist of kata (forms) and kumite (sparring). A Karate practitioner is called a karateka. The Tokyo 2020 Games will see 80 athletes competing in the two styles.

Oversight commissioners lambasted the organizers of the 2020 Tokyo Olympics for numerous bribery and bid-rigging scandals and leaving "significant tasks to tackle related to governance" on June 6.

Friday night proved to be a busy night for Cuban striker Robelis Despaigne, as the former UFC heavyweight and Olympic taekwondo medalist showcased his striking power once again in the Karate ...

An executive at Japanese publishing house Kadokawa was found guilty on Oct. 10 of bribing a former Tokyo Olympics organizing committee member. Toshiyuki Yoshihara, charged with paying 69 million ...

An Olympic bronze medalist in Taekwondo ... Jeff Le-Imagn Images Despaigne made his debut for Karate Combat just two months after exiting the UFC, and the towering striker immediately reignited ...

Originally planned for Summer 2020, the pandemic-postponed 2020 Summer Olympics is scheduled from 23 July to 8 August 2021 in Japan. The games are officially called Tokyo 2020 for marketing and ...

An Olympic bronze medalist in Taekwondo ... Despaigne made his debut for Karate Combat just two months after exiting the UFC, and the towering striker immediately reignited interest in his ...

who were later cleared to compete in the Tokyo 2020 Olympics. The agreement also contained a termination clause that threatened to pull the 2034 Games from Salt Lake City if the US government did ...

a University of Utah political science professor who has written extensively about the Olympics.Tokyo postponed the 2020 Summer Games until 2021 because of the COVID-19 pandemic and then held them ...

After switching from his initial event, the 400 meters, he won a surprising silver medal in the men's 100-meter dash at the 2021 Tokyo Olympics. The former Texas A&M sprinter then followed it up ...