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TOKYO - Karate had its long-awaited moment at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics last week but does it deserve a place in future Games? That is the question that will follow the Japanese martial arts' governing ...

The opening presentation of CP+ 2025 in Yokohama, Japan, saw Canon kick things off in literal fashion, announcing its partnership with the Olympic Council of Asia via a blistering Karate demonstration ...

The schedule for the Tokyo Games features 33 sports, and four of those disciplines have never been contested at the Olympic level before. Surfing, skateboarding, karate and sport climbing are the ...

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 ...

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 ...