Other top stories in Paris included the hometown run of France's Althea Laurin in the women's heavyweight class and 18-year old American Kristina Teachout claiming women's welterweight bronze. Here's ...

Learn about the rules used for Olympic taekwondo, including how to win a match, ahead of the 2024 Paris Games.

The 2024 Olympics will continue the tradition of including combat sports, but there is one sport that has been put on the chopping block this time around. A competitor wins a judo match by throwing ...

LONDON — Jade Jones, a two-time Olympic gold medalist in taekwondo, is launching a career in boxing. Jones took gold for Britain in 2012 and 2016 and competed in four Games, most recently in Paris ...

Two-time Olympic taekwondo champion Jade Jones of Great Britain is switching sports to boxing. "Some days I wake up and think, am I absolutely crazy? Do you know what I mean?" Jones, 31, said in a BBC ...

South Korea claimed the first taekwondo gold medal of the Rio de Janeiro Olympics on Wednesday, restoring some pride to the country that invented the sport. Seventh-ranked Sohui Kim defeated Tijana ...

I did not grow up in a sports household. No one in my family was athletically inclined, and the only time I remember football on TV was when uncles came for Thanksgiving. My brother and I made feeble ...