The opening day of World Karate Championships in Egypt immediately proved the depth of the global field, delivering several major upsets as the last ...

From the track to the top of the diving platform, women like Allyson Felix, Krysta Palmer, Raven Saunders and Simone Biles ...

TOKYO — The ancient martial art of Karate made its debut at the Summer Olympics in Japan this week. The sport was added as a nod to the country where it developed 700 years ago. There are two types of ...

TOKYO, Aug 5 (Reuters) - Spain's Sandra Sanchez won the gold medal for the women's karate "kata" competition in the discipline's Olympic debut in Tokyo on Thursday. Japan's Kiyou Shimizu took the ...

MANILA, Philippines — It all started on a lazy afternoon playing with friends. The then-10-year-old Rapha Herrera was playing with his friends and at about four in the afternoon, they left for karate ...

Karate is one of the new sports added to the Olympics for the first time at the Tokyo Games. The sport traces its roots to Japan where it was... Ancient Japanese Martial Art Karate Strikes For First ...