Olympic Taekwondo News

First Test begins at MCG today: Ponting wary of skilful and unpredictable Pakistan * Yousuf says his boys better prepared than West Indies MELBOURNE: There was one word Ricky Ponting used to sum up Pakistan: mystery.

It is a tradition for Beijingers to go to temple fairs during the Spring Festival.

Arms twisting hands grabbing legs wrapping, tangling with a Brazilian jiu-jitsu black belt is like fighting a human tarantula.

KUALA LUMPUR, Dec 22 -- The Higher Education Ministry has turned down a proposal to set up a Sports University, since eight Higher Education Institutions had been identified as excellence centres for the development of sports.

THE Stoke United Taekwondo Association's junior team are aiming for Olympic glory after having their best-ever season.

Korean coaches have played a key role in the drastic improvement of taekwondo exponents in Southeast Asia.

MORRIS TWP. - Wednesday was just like any other school day for Chisu Edwards. The Frelinghuysen Middle School seventh-grader attended all of his classes, but something strange happened: He saw Ronald McDonald, along with Olympic gold medalist Shawn Johnson and several photographers, walk into his social studies class about 2 p.m. 'That's when I ...

TEENAGE Scottish sporting sensation Laura Smith floored the opposition to win gold at the UKTC British Taekwon-do championships.

In August 2008, Bat-El Gaterer became the first Israeli taekwondo fighter to take part in the Olympic Games.

Donald Tsang, chief executive of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region declares close of the 2009 East Asian Games in Hong Kong, south China, Dec.

The 5 th East Asian Games in Hong Kong came to an emotional close tonight , with an enthusiastic crowd cheering the star-studded finale at a coliseum in this southern Chinese city.

IT WAS only a month ago that the taekwondo squad knew for sure they would get to compete in the Laos SEA Games when the Olympic Coun-cil of Malaysia gave them the green light.

Darcy Kimmich, a 20-year-old junior at the University of Denver, competes in a taekwondo match, breaking cement bricks with her arm.

It has been a long process but I think I have finally forgiven Peter Bonetti. The mental scars of a 10 year old whose world has just ended take years to heal.

Taekwondo players chant "Nepal Ama Ko Jai" in a vibrant mood after their training session ends each day.

AMY Truesdale is bidding to be one of the first taekwondo fighters with a disability to taste Olympic glory.

The win earned her one of eight female spots on the first-ever under-24 USA National Team.

Alfred Jong, in red gear, lands a kick to Justin Schmoede's face in a Black Light 110-123 pounds category match.Star photo by SA©bastien Perth unknown An Olympic gold medalist was in town for the Taekwondo club of Whitecourt's twentieth annual tournament.

Silver medallist at Beijing Olympics Hoang Anh Tuan said he might retire from international competitions if he doesn't win a gold in the men's 56kg event at the Southeast Asian Games in Laos.

A 27-year-long friendship has brought two highly trained Taekwondo athletes for a visit to Drayton Valley.