In the latest move to consolidate the UAE's and Abu Dhabi's leadership on the continental and global jiu-jitsu map, Abu Dhabi will host the eighth edition of the Asian Jiu-Jitsu Championships at the Mubadala Arena in Zayed Sports City from 1-8 May, the UAE Jiu-Jitsu Federation has announced.

MMA competition will be taking place alongside Olympic sports in the African Games 2023 for the very first time in Accra, Ghana from 10-12 March.  

The 13th edition of the four-year, multi-sport event runs from 8-23 March, organised by the African Union (AU), the Association of National Olympic Committees of Africa (ANOCA), the Association of African Sports Confederations (AASC) and the Supreme Council for Sport in Africa (SCSA).  

International taekwondo events are set to return to Brisbane in 2024, with the World Taekwondo President's Cup (Oceania) and the Australian Open confirmed for 18-22 September at the Nissan Arena.

At the end of the third day of the 2024 Judo Tashkent Grand Slam, France topped the medals table with three gold, two silver and one bronze, ahead of Japan (two gold, three silver, six bronze) and hosts Uzbekistan (2,1,3). 23 countries won medals and 36 nations were represented. 

Alasan Ann is set to become the first Gambian taekwondo athlete to compete at the Olympic Games. Ann reached the final of the African Qualifying Tournament in February to earn his place at the Paris 2024 Taekwondo Tournament.

In a collaboration between the Pan American Taekwondo Union (PATU) and the recommendation of Panam Sports, the official launch of the first Pan American Taekwondo Championships in the U-21 categories has been announced. This initiative aims to strengthen and prepare the new generation that will compete at the 2028 Olympic Games in Los Angeles.

At the ExpoCentro Center in the Brazilian city of Balneário Camboriú, the preparations continue at the highest level for the launch of the BC Fight Week, organised by International Vision Sports Management (IVSM).  

The International Weightlifting Federation has announced the 2024 Refugee Team of four athletes: Parisa Jahanfekrian (originally from Iran, but based in Germany), Aline de Souza and Monique Araujo (both from Brazil, but currently based in the USA) and Addriel Garcia (Cuba/Italy).

USA wrestlers had three Olympic quotas in women's wrestling and four out of six in freestyle wrestling after the 2023 World Championships. The women's team managed to secure three berths, but the freestyle team missed out at both weights.

Para-taekwondo athletes are preparing for the European Qualification Tournament for the Paris 2024 Paralympic Games in Sofia, Bulgaria followed by the Asian Qualification Tournament for the Games in Tai'an City, China.

The UAE, known for its advances in the development of jiu-jitsu and the empowerment of its practitioners, will see its mission take another important step towards completion in the coming days. 

The first continental wrestling qualifier of the year began on 28 February in the Mexican city of Acapulco. The Greco-Roman wrestlers were the first to compete in the Pan American qualifying tournament.

Magda Wiet-Hénin, France's 2023 World Taekwondo Champion in the women's -67kg category, has had a childhood dream of winning the Olympic Games and will be among the contenders for Paris 2024, reports L'Est Républicain.

The US weightlifters took part in the European Championships in 2024. They did not compete for any medals, but... why was the American country allowed to take part in the European qualifying tournament, and what can this mean for weightlifting and the whole Olympic qualification system?