Taekwondo is a branch of karate. It became an official part of the Olympics and entered the global arena in the year 2000. In taekwondo, there is a belt ranking system. The colors of the belts go in ...

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 ...

Uzbekistan's Ulugbek Rashitov retained his men's Olympic taekwondo featherweight title on the men's side while South Korea's ...

“IT’S ANALOGOUS TO an employee’s punching his/her boss because he/she doesn’t get a raise — completely inappropriate and unprofessional.” A commenter at olympics.blogs.nytimes.com was stunned by Cuban ...