World Karate Federation

Karate will definitely not be one of the sports at the next Olympic Games in Paris in 2024, so Jovana Prekovic will not have the opportunity to defend the gold medal won in Tokyo.

Spain's decision to ban athletes from Kosovo - which it does not recognise - from competing under their national flag at the 2018 World Karate Championship in Madrid has highlighted the hurdles that athletes from disputed countries face, Besim Hasani, head of the Kosovo Olympic Committee, told BIRN on Tuesday.

CACAK - The 43rd international karate tournament The Gold Belt of Cacak, which has brought together masters of karate from 14 countries who will compete in 14 categories, has been opened by Serbian Minister of Sports Vanja Udovicic in Cacak, central Serbia.