World Taekwondo
Wuxi finally set for World Taekwondo Championships in 2025
The Chinese city of Wuxi has regained hosting rights to the World Taekwondo Championships after seeing off competition from three rival bidders for the 2025 event
World Taekwondo embraces gamification to enhance broadcast experience
World Taekwondo introduced new gamification effects during its Goseong 2022 Octagon Diamond Games as part of plans to enhance the experience for viewers watching on television
Baku lands 2023 World Taekwondo Championships
The Azerbaijani capital of Baku has been awarded hosting rights to the 2023 edition of the World Taekwondo Championships
Cancún replaces Wuxi as World Taekwondo Championships host
Cancún has been elected to replace Wuxi as host of the 2022 World Taekwondo Championships, while Bosnia & Herzegovina is set to stage its first World Taekwondo event after Sarajevo landed the 2023 World …
Wuxi loses World Taekwondo Championships hosting rights due to Covid-19
The 2022 World Taekwondo Championships will no longer take place in the Chinese city of Wuxi and have been pushed back to the final quarter of the year because of the Covid-19 pandemic
Choue sets out goals for fifth term as World Taekwondo president
Chungwon Choue has been re-elected for a fifth term as president of World Taekwondo after standing unopposed for the position
Choue set to retain World Taekwondo presidency
Choue Chung-won is set to secure a fifth term as president of World Taekwondo after it was confirmed he will face no opponents in the upcoming October elections
World Taekwondo opens applications for presidential election
World Taekwondo has invited candidates to apply for its presidential election in October this year.
Current president Chungwon Choue is expected to win another four-year term at the federation
Spring Media retains World Taekwondo media rights contract
The Spring Media agency has renewed its global media rights agreement with World Taekwondo in a deal that will run until 2024
Seoul satellite city Goyang to become World Taekwondo’s headquarters
World Taekwondo, the sport’s international federation, has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with city authorities to relocate its headquarters to South Korea’s Goyang City.
World Taekwondo eases financial burden on sponsors
World Taekwondo has reached an agreement with several of its sponsors to postpone fees for 2020, and waive payments for 2021, amid financial pressures caused by Covid-19
2021 World Taekwondo Championships moved following Olympics postponement
World Taekwondo has announced that it will reschedule its 2021 World Championships, following the International Olympic Committee’s confirmation that the 2020 Olympic Games will be pushed back by 12 m…
World Taekwondo rebrands to end WTF connection
The World Taekwondo Federation (WTF) has completed a rebrand to World Taekwondo as it seeks to modernise and shake off negative connotations connected to its previous acronym.
Choue set to continue as World Taekwondo Federation president
Chungwon Choue is set to secure a fourth four-year term as president of the World Taekwondo Federation (WTF) after it was announced that he will stand unopposed in elections scheduled for June 23.
WTF details organisational and personnel reshuffle
The World Taekwondo Federation (WTF), the sport’s global governing body, has undertaken a wide-ranging organisational and personnel reshuffle in an effort to improve the way it administrates the sport in regions around the world.
WTF becomes latest federation to step away from SportAccord, World Combat Games
The World Taekwondo Federation (WTF) has today (Monday) become the latest sports body to withdraw from the World Combat Games and suspend its membership of SportAccord in the wake of the controversy whipped up by the latter organisation’s president, Marius Vizer.
Korea lands WTF World Championships as new appointments made
The World Taekwondo Federation (WTF) has appointed Hoss Rafaty as its new secretary general and has awarded the 2017 World Championships to Muju in South Korea.
WTF targets pro-league launch
The World Taekwondo Federation global governing body is planning to launch a new professional league, according to president Chung-won Choue.