Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The Libyan Prime Minister of the Government of National Uven athletes from nity, Abdelhamid al-Dbaiba, Tuesday honoured the Libyan athlete, Salma Mohamed al-Maadani, who won gold medal in karate in the 61 kg category at the 19th edition of the Mediterranean championship held in Tunisia. Four hundred [...] Full text...

Cotonou, Benin (PANA) - Benin won four medals, one silver and three bronze at the first African e-championship of kata which ended on Saturday, sports sources said on Monday. Bararath Abé Codjo, Giovanna Aditi, Laissu Diallo and Ihsane Adjanohoun won medals for their country in the category of children aged 8 [...] Full text...

Rabat, Morocco (PANA) - Morocco has won the African karate championships for seniors, juniors and cadets, which it organized from February 7-9 in Tangier, bagging a total of 37 medals including 15 gold, 13 silver and 9 bronze. Egypt came second with 39 medals (11 gold, 19 silver and 9 bronze) [...] Full text...

Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - The Tunisian karate team, parading teams in the senior, junior and cadet categories, will take part in the African championships, scheduled from 7 to 9 February in Tangier, Morocco, a source close to the Tunisian Karate Federation has indicated. The Tunisian delegation of 10 athletes will travel [...] Full text...

Rabat, Morocco (PANA) - The Royal Moroccan Federation of Karate and Associated Disciplines (FRMK) is organizing from February 7-9, at Ziaten covered hall in Tangier, the 19th edition of the African Karate Championship for the senior category, the 11th for juniors and the 3rd for cadets, it announced in a [...] Full text...

Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - By winning 27 medals (nine gold, two silver and six bronze) at the first African Karate Western Region Championship in Cadet, Junior and Senior Karate held from January 9-12, 2020 in Bamako, Mali, Senegal finished ahead of the eight participating countries. Senegalese fighters, who all came back [...] Full text...

Cotonou, Benin (PANA) - Beninese karatekas won 15 medals at the 6th edition of the Open Zainab Saleh Karate in Lagos, Nigeria, PANA reported Monday from sports sources in Cotonou. The Beninese won 15 medals including 5  gold, 7 silver and 3 bronze. They distinguished themselves more precisely in kata and kumite [...] Full text...

Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - Senegalese Karatekas wrapped up their performance in the 18th African Senior Championships in Gaborone, Botswana, on Sunday in third place with a harvest of medals.   They won two continental titles: one with the girls Mama Amina Dione, Maguette Mbaye and Mariama Sow, led by their captain Magatte [...] Full text...

Sahl Hasheesh, Egypt (PANA) - The United International Karate Federation has said it will host its “International Youth Championship” and the “African Adult Championship” at Sahl Hasheesh, a resort destination in Egypt's Red Sea governorate. According to an official statement from the Federation, obtained here by PANA, the championships [...] Full text...

Rabat, Morocco (PANA) – The 14th African championships for senior karatekas will hold from 7 to 9 September in Rabat, Morocco, according to the president of the Moroccan Royal Federation of Karate and Associated Disciplines (FRMKDA), Mohammed Moktabil. The competition will bring together more than 100 karatekas – men and [...] Full text...

Luanda, Angola (PANA) - Japanese masters Wednesday commenced the training of over 50 Angolan karate fighters in the capital city of Luanda, as part of efforts to update the fighters' skills. In the first training session, the athletes learned about physical, psychological and moral aspects of the sport, The training is being [...] Full text...

Bamako, Mali (PANA) - Senegal has won the first Zone 2 karate championships of the Supreme Council for Sports in Africa (SCSA), taking home 10 gold medals. Senegal is followed by Mali with eight gold medals while Mauritania ranked third in the competition that ended Monday in Bamako, the Malian [...] Full text...

Bamako, Mali (PANA) - The Malian capital, Bamako, will, from 8 to 11 June, host the Zone II of the Supreme Council for Sports in Africa's (SCSA) first karate championship, a statement from the Malian Federation of Karate (FEMAKA) announced. According to the federation, 90 per cent of participating countries have [...] Full text...

Bamako, Mali (PANA) - Mali has won the second edition of the Open International Karate Tournament, named after "Abdul Wahab Traoré''. Gabon, Burkina Faso and Egypt also participated in the tournament. The competition was held to pay tribute to Mr. Abdul Wahab, considered as the father of martial arts in Mali. Organizers [...] Full text...

Nouakchott- Mauritania (PANA) -- The Mauritanian national Karate team is due in Dakar Thursday to take part in the African Zone 2 karate tournament, scheduled for 2-4 July in Senegal, PANA learnt from sports sources. The Mauritanian delegation is headed by the President of the Mauritanian Karate Federation and [...] Full text...

Bamako- Mali (PANA) -- Senegal has won the second edition of the karate Open inte rnational championship in Bamako, Mali, after winning 29 medals, including 14 gold, 6 silver and 9 bronze. Although hosts Mali won the greater number of medals, it placed second on accoun t of the [...] Full text...

Tripoli- Libya (PANA) -- Libya will host the Karate championships for Arab clubs from 10-11 March to which many Arab countries are expected to send teams, sports sources told PANA here on Sunday. The sources said that the General Assembly of the Arab Karate Confederation was due to meet [...] Full text...

Abidjan- Cote d'Ivoire (PANA) -- The first edition of Karate championships of the African Zone III will be held from 3-10 May in Abidjan, Ivoirian Federation of K arate and Associated Disciplines (FIKDA) said. The competition will feature contestants under 17 and 20 years old from Benin, B urkina [...] Full text...