Saudi fighter Hattan Al Saif has achieved a Guinness World Record for the fastest knockout in the Professional Fighters League (PFL) MENA, winning her bout in just 41 seconds. With only three years of experience in martial arts, Al Saif has quickly (...)
The much-anticipated 2023 Saudi Games are just around the corner, and the organizing committee has officially confirmed the preparedness of 31 venues ready to host a multitude of thrilling competitions. Over 6,000 male and female athletes will (...)
The Riyadh 2023 World Combat Games official tournament is set to kick-off in 90 days, starting from 20 until Oct. 30, 2023. The multi-sport event of mixed martial arts, is the first of its kind to be held in the Middle East.
Taking place at the (...)
RIYADH — The Organizing Committee for the Saudi Games has started registration for auditions for various sport events that required holding performance tests in all regions of the Kingdom.
The auditions will continue until June 5 while the (...)
The Saudi Arabian Olympic & Paralympic Committee (SOPC) President Prince Abdulaziz Bin Turki Al Faisal held a signing ceremony to host the 2023 World Combat Games (WCG) with the President of the Global Association of International Sports Federations (...)
FUJAIRAH — The Saudi Arabian Taekwondo player Donia Abu Taleb has won a bronze medal in the Arab Taekwondo Championship Cup.
Donia achieved her success in the Arab Taekwondo Cup 2022 "G2" class by winning the bronze medal in the 57 kg category. The (...)
RIYADH — Minister of Sports Prince Abdulaziz Bin Turki Al-Faisal, who is also the president of the Saudi Arabian Olympic Committee, launched on Monday the "Nafes" platform to license sports clubs, academies, and private gyms for the first time in (...)
JEDDAH — Minister of Sports and Chairman of the Saudi Arabian Olympic Committee (SAOC) Prince Abdul Aziz Bin Turki Al-Faisal inaugurated the first Saudi International Athletes Forum here on Saturday.
A galaxy of prominent local and international (...)
Prince Abdulaziz bin Turki Al-Faisal, Minister of Sports and Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Saudi Arabian Olympic Committee, launched the first edition of the "Saudi Games" which is one of the "Quality of Life" program, and which is (...)
More than 500 Saudi male and female taekwondo players from various schools and clubs across Riyadh participated in the first recently-held training session in Riyadh.
The young players participated, in order to qualify for the World Junior (...)
RIYADH — Members of Kukkiwon demonstration team for Taekwondo visited the Kingdom for the 3rd time to promote Korean Martial Art, Taekwondo, last week. The visit came as part of their journey throughout the Middle East. Kukkiwon team had visited (...)
JEDDAH — Taekwondo and Karate Martial Arts Club Jeddah conducted a rating test at the Ecole Francaise Internationale Djeddah recently. The students won medals, trophies based on their performace. The function was attended by Laurent Mallet (School (...)
The Taekwondo Martial Arts Club Jeddah recently conducted a test at Al-Shoa'a International School in the city. In all, 35 students were awarded medals, trophies and certificates according to their standings. The school's director, Khalid (...)
Taekwondo Martial Arts Club Jeddah conducted a karate rating test at the Rose Garden Tower, Jeddah recently. The successful students won medals, trophies and certificates. Anwar Tawil and Ghassan graced the occasion. The test was held by Master (...)
Karate artists, who took part in the first Inter-School Championship which was conducted by the Jeddah Taekwondo Karate Martial Arts Club at Ecole Francaise Internationale jeddah recently, pose with school officials Laurent Mallet and Benjamin, (...)
(L-R) Bronze medalists Paige McPherson of the US and Germany's Helena Fromm, gold medalist South Korea's Hwang Kyung-seon and silver medalist Turkey's Nur Tatar pose at the women's -67kg taekwondo victory ceremony during the London Olympic Games (...)
The Jeddah chapter of Taekwondo Karate Martial Arts Club held a grading test in Ecole Francaise Internationale Djeddah recently. In all 38 students were awarded belts (Blue, Green, Orange & Yellow respectively) along with medals. The guest of honor (...)
The Taekwondo Martial Arts Club Jeddah held its grading test at Al-Falah International School, DPS-Jeddah, recently. In all 46 students participated in the test. Trophies were awarded to: Ashish Kumar; Nibras, Sailentiran, Arham, Vihar, Zaid Khan, (...)
GUANGZHOU, China: An “extraordinary” Asian Games Saturday closed after 15 days of thrills and spills that saw China reinforce its sporting credentials and Japan slip further behind.
On the last day of action at an Asiad unprecedented in size and (...)
A US woman who was born without arms or kneecaps is preparing to test for her black belt in taekwondo.
Sheila Radziewicz is scheduled to take her test next month at Bruce McCorry's Martial Arts in Peabody. The 32-year-old brown belt, who was born (...)
About fifteen athletes and officials from a taekwondo martial arts squad were kidnapped from a highway in western Iraq as they travelled for a training course in Jordan. The decomposed bodies of at least 13 of the squad were found in the desert in (...)
Prince Nawaf bin Faisal bin Fahd bin Abdulaziz, the Deputy President of Youth Welfare, received here today South Korean Ambassador to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia Hong Jong Ki and the Head of Korean taekwondo delegation currently visiting the (...)
Korea Friendship Express Caravan will visit Riyadh Oct. 17-18. It was launched by the Korea-Arab Society (KAS) in 2008 with governments, businesses and NGOs from both Korea and 22 Arab countries including the Kingdom. The KAS aims to promote (...)
The Jeddah chapter of Taekwondo Martial Arts Club, affiliated to the World Taekwondo Federation Korea, held the grading test at Al-Waha International School here.
The test, which was held at the grounds of the school, was witnessed by Zia Nadwi, (...)